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Chapter 389 Offensive foul
The Heat's decline on the inside can be seen personally, which has a lot to do with their excessive reliance on the outside.Look at these insiders in their roster: Bosh is famous, but too thin and not good at defense; Haslem's defense is good, but his height is short like a small forward, Joel Anthony and Not to mention Turiaf.

Logically, as an important figure in the French men's basketball team, Turiaf should be able to play a big role. Unfortunately, after he was replaced at the end of the first quarter, his slow speed was fully exposed, and he was completely chased by the Timberwolves players. beat.In the more than two minutes he was on the court, the Heat were once again beaten by the Timberwolves 9-2, trailing by 11 points to end the first quarter.

Seeing such a situation, Spoelstra was so angry that his teeth hurt. He didn't expect the inside players under his command to be so useless.Originally in the regular season, relying on Bosh's shooting and Haslem's defense, the Heat didn't have such a big disadvantage at the basket. Not a small hidden danger.

The head coach didn't make a sound for a long time, James couldn't help it, and he said in a rough voice: "Coach, it's hard for our inside line to hold the Timberwolves, why don't we let Dwyane and I break through to kill their big man first?" Being taller, this may help the team reduce some pressure. I think the Timberwolves' interior offense is good, but it may not be able to stop us."

Spoelstra nodded, this is the only way at present.Without further ado, he casually took the tactical board handed over by the assistant coach and began to draw tactics for the players. For everyone in the Heat, losing is unacceptable.

The atmosphere on the Timberwolves' bench is also dignified. They don't believe that the Heat led by the Big Three will be defeated in one quarter.Although the team has taken the lead for the time being, it is foreseeable that the opponent will have a strong rebound in the future. If they cannot withstand this wave of offensive, then the previous advantage can basically be handed over to others.

While writing and drawing on the tactical board, McHale said in a deep voice: "On the offensive end, we will continue to focus on the inside, but we can give more opportunities to outside shooters. As for defense, who is willing to defend LeBron? ?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire bench fell into a brief silence.No one does not know how strong James is. The players in the league who can defend him one-on-one are almost the top defensive gates. Obviously, there is no such player in the Timberwolves.It is certainly not a problem to defend James, but it is difficult to be effective, and it is even likely to be crushed.

As the team's key 3D player, Ellington swallowed his saliva, and was about to stand up and recommend himself, but a calm voice sounded in his ears: "Coach, I think I can try it, and if it doesn't work, I'll replace it." Bar!"

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw Xu Hao's hand raised straight in mid-air, with a calm expression on his face, as if it wasn't him who spoke just now.Everyone couldn't help but be in awe: the boss is the boss, and he still pretends to be so aggressive when he applies to defend against James.

No one will deny Xu Hao's defensive ability. Before the Timberwolves met many outstanding outside players, such as Afflalo and Lawson of the Nuggets, Westbrook and Harden of the Thunder, and Parker and Gino of the Spurs Billy, when facing them, Xu Hao performed with ease.But now he has to deal with James, that is a prehistoric monster!

McHale frowned: "Chris, the team's offense still needs you, I don't think you need to put too much energy on the defensive end. And we have already agreed before the game, to play against the Heat, whatever Just come and defend yourself."

Xu Hao shook his head and said softly: "Now we are facing the Heat, but we can think about the Cavaliers back then..."

McHale was startled, he knew what Xu Hao meant.When James led the Cavaliers alone, most of his teammates were little-known little people, but he led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals many times, and even broke into the Finals. It is a classic in NBA history.

So what now?He does have better teammates around him, but he can switch to the single-core team leadership mode of the Cavaliers at any time.But what about the Timberwolves?Can their strength be comparable to the original Pistons?McHale was skeptical.

Xu Hao's meaning is very simple, James must defend.It's not impossible to fight against each other, what if the opponent goes crazy?James has proved that he is a superstar who can overthrow a strong opponent and win the entire series by himself!
Thinking of this, McHale sighed slightly: "I see, then in the second quarter, James will leave it to you!"

In the first round of the Heat in the second quarter, Chalmers did not have the ball, Wade did not have the ball, but gave it to James.Originally, he is also a top point forward, and he is already familiar with such things as controlling the ball and leading the offense.

But what James didn't expect was that standing in front of him was Xu Hao.But he soon came to his senses, the Timberwolves would be free no matter who came, and his Megatron tank charge was not a vain name. Can Xu Hao block him?
In fact, Xu Hao didn't think about directly carrying James. With his body, he was definitely looking for death, but he would not let James score easily.In the system, Xu Hao has "discussed" with James many times, and knows a lot about some of his habits and characteristics. Now it depends on whether he can complete a defense under pressure.

James took two steps back, started it suddenly, and started to accelerate immediately. Xu Hao turned his body slightly and followed him closely, not giving him a chance to continue his momentum.At the same time, he yelled at Little Jordan and asked him to help.

Before the start of this quarter, Xu Hao had already discussed with Jordan. He was responsible for entanglement with James, and Jordan seized the opportunity to cause the opponent to dribble the ball.Sure enough, James focused all his attention on Xu Hao. When he noticed that Jordan was blocking his breakthrough route, it was too late to brake, and he slammed into him like a cannonball.

Jordan, who was in a completely upright state, naturally fell to the ground in response, and the referee's whistle sounded just right: offensive foul!James rushed forward a few more steps before stopping. After hearing the whistle, he threw the ball on the ground bitterly and turned back to defend.Xu Hao stepped forward and pulled Jordan up with both hands. The two looked at each other with a smile and high-fived each other. This time the defensive cooperation is happy!
(End of this chapter)