basketball hero

Chapter 574 The series is still very long

Barkley nodded with a smile.The situation is obvious, the Raptors intend to let Janeway 2 shoot, try to limit the shooter.In this way, with the personal abilities of James and Wei, they can forcefully score points through their personal abilities even when their shooting touch is not good, but it is not so smooth to drive their teammates.

The Heat's offense can't be opened, but on the defensive end, Chalmers was blown up by Ying Xiong in the opening game, which disrupted their defensive deployment. Great reduction.Both offensive and defensive ends are frustrated, and the scene will naturally not look good.

The second half started quickly, with neither team changing lineups and starting their respective starting lineups.

Chalmers dribbles over and points out to Wade.

James began to turn his back to the basket and ask for the ball.

But Ying Xiong didn't choose to go around the front. In his opinion, going around the front to defend is too dangerous. If one is not careful, someone hits the other behind, and there will be more shots at the basket.

James received the ball smoothly, and began to hit Yingxiong with his back on the left wing.He also played in the first half, but he didn't play with his back at the beginning like this quarter.His long-range shooting in the first half was really bad, so it makes sense to change his offensive method at this moment.

Ying Xiong defended James' back, mainly to block his breakthrough line and force him to make a turnaround jumper.When the opponent is making a turnaround jumper, he will use his excellent bullet speed and amazing wingspan to strike back and interfere.He firmly believes that letting the opponent turn back one-on-one and make a jump shot one-on-one will not kill him, let alone the opponent's hand feeling so bad today.

The most threatening thing about James is still that he creates opportunities for his teammates through his strong offensive power, scoring by himself, or attracting double-teams.Once you can't attract double-teams, and you can't get to the basket, relying on jump shots, it is difficult to make the opponent pay a painful price.

Of course, there are not many players in the league who can defend James one-on-one.However, among them, there must be Ying Xiong's name.

"It's not wise for LeBron to play like this! He's not me, and his back is not to that extent!" Barkley said, shaking his head.

Weber looked at him with a smile and didn't comment.He has also experienced Barkley's big butt back then, and he knows how powerful it is, but it is too exaggerated.

It was not so easy for James to push Ying Xiong under the 5-style with his back. He tried to turn around and go up the line to attack the frame, but Ying Xiong judged it in place in advance.In desperation, he could only turn around towards the baseline and make a jumper—but he missed!
Wade cleverly grabbed the offensive rebound and hit a throw!

At 52:40, the Heat scored 40 points, but the gap between the two teams was still 12 points.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball here, and Bargnani picked and rolled, the opponent flanked, and he hit the ground to Bargnani.

Bargnani breaks through the middle with the ball, and then points to DeRozan in the right corner. The latter breaks out again, and then points to Amir Johnson.

Amir Johnson catches and throws the ball - unfortunately misses.

But at this time, a person fell from the sky—Ying Xiong, the only one among the five who had never touched the ball just now!

Ying Xiong grabbed a rebound in the air, and dunked the ball into the basket hard on the head of the former Dragon King Bosh!
Bosh also lost a foul because of his eagerness to grab rebounds.

"Good shot!" Weber, who was the commentator, couldn't help but exclaimed.

The home team fans at the scene went crazy instantly... In fact, even though Bosh has left the Raptors for 3 seasons, they are still dissatisfied with the former boss of the team.It's not that the Raptors didn't provide him with leadership status and a big contract, nor did they fail to train him.But who would have thought that the "Dragon King" who has worked hard for 7 years and has become an all-star will go south to Miami without a word.This is like planting a peach tree hard, and when it bears fruit, the peaches are picked.This feeling is unacceptable.

Therefore, Raptors fans very much want to beat the Heat and beat the man who once abandoned the home team.

Yingxiong stood at the free throw line.In the Air Canada Center arena, the shouts of "MVP" were deafening.When he was about to make a free throw, he fell silent instantly.

With such ease of retraction, Barkley, who ended the scene, opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Ying Xiong made an additional free throw, and the point difference between the two sides came to as many as 15 points.

In the next game, James and Wei still couldn't get their hands back, even if they were in the shooter lineup, they couldn't solve this problem.

The Raptors' defensive strategy was implemented very well, which was to let them both shoot.But neither of them dared to vote in the end.Even if the two find the touch in the middle distance, they can't change the opponent's defense, nor can they drive their teammates.

Halfway through the final quarter, coach Spoelstra saw no hope of a comeback, so he directly removed the Big Three and surrendered his guns in advance.

Seeing that the opponent surrendered early, Coach Casey also replaced Ying Xiong and other main players. So far, the game has entered garbage time.

In the end, the Raptors defeated the Heat at home, won a good start to the series, and also won the first conference finals victory in team history.After this game, they rewritten the big score to 1:0.

Yingxiong played 36 minutes in this game, scoring 34 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Although the data is not as hot as in the series between the two teams last season, it is he who quickly played after the opening. Exploded Chalmers, established an advantage for the team, and laid the tone of the game.

In an interview with reporters after the game, Ying Xiong said that he would not think that the series would be easily won just because of a victory in one game.Opponents are bound to bounce back, and the series will be long, with no room for slack.

Even if the Raptors won G1 in the Eastern Conference finals, whether it is within the league, the media, or even the odds offered by the betting, they are all optimistic about the Heat's final advancement.You must know that last season, the Raptors also led by a big score at the beginning, and were eventually reversed.

On May 5, the second game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Raptors and the Heat will continue at the Air Canada Center Arena, the home of the Raptors.

In this game, the Heat began to change. They removed the starting power forward Haslem and replaced Battier as the starting No. 4.

Regarding this lineup, the Raptors are no strangers here. Battier said that it is the 4th position, but in fact it is James who is at the 4th position on the defensive end.Battier started the game to target Ying Xiong.

The Raptors did not change the starting lineup, and they were still the starting lineup for the last game.In fact, this starting lineup has won 2 consecutive victories since it was used in Game 4 of the last series.

At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Heat made a crazy breakthrough at the beginning of the game, and the Raptors paid a lot of fouls on the inside.Soon, Amir Johnson accumulated 2 fouls and was replaced by Valanciunas.

After Valanciunas came on the court, James began to play pick and roll against him.

(End of this chapter)