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Chapter 392 The First Star

Chapter 392
Looking at James galloping across the field, McHale's heart was shrouded in a shadow.When Kobe has entered the twilight of his career, James is the league's number one star, which is beyond doubt.If he goes crazy in this game, can the Timberwolves still win from the Heat?He's not so sure about that.

As early as when he was in high school, James had already begun to ascend to the altar. Countless people praised him as possibly the strongest rookie in NBA history. It was basically a piece of cake for him to appear on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".With an all-round selfless style of play, a steel-framed body, and a calm atmosphere beyond his age, James' goal is obviously the number one star in NBA history.

However, James has never had a championship ring before, and this year is undoubtedly his best opportunity.Judging by his current appearance, he is determined to win the O'Brien Cup, which will also stimulate his fighting spirit.Now McHale is very worried about the situation on the court. If the players can't control it, he must call a timeout.

While McHale was thinking about it on the sidelines, Xu Hao, the real tactical core of the Timberwolves, was also thinking hard on the court.In the first round, James cracked the trap set by the Timberwolves against him in the previous game, and also scored a goal with a pull-up jumper that he is not good at. If he does not make changes, it is tantamount to giving James points for nothing. .

But before Xu Hao could come up with a countermeasure, James had already started killing all sides on the court.Breakthrough layups, pull-up jumpers, drifting three-pointers, low-post singles...all the scoring methods he can think of are displayed in his hands one by one. He is not playing like a strategic organizer at all, but more like a siege player Zhai's scorer, obviously has moved to kill.

Less than half of the first quarter, James had already scored 12 points and 3 assists, and the Heat also took a 20-13 lead.Faced with James' super impact, Xu Hao was beaten to a pulp, completely lacking the elegance of the previous game.His teammates also cast worried looks at him from time to time, fearing that he would collapse because he could not guard James.

In fact, with Xu Hao's psychological quality, he would not collapse, but he was very dissatisfied with his performance.James made it clear that he wanted to single out a team alone, and if he couldn't guard him, it was tantamount to giving up the initiative on the court.

After thinking about it, Xu Hao gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. Forget about using up all the personnel on defense, let's go toe-to-toe with the Heat!
Confrontation is a strategy formulated before the series begins.Although the real reason for winning the last game was Xu Hao teaming up with inside players to restrict James, the Timberwolves did score 110+ and achieved very good results in the attack.But now Xu Hao felt that he couldn't continue wasting time on the defensive end. James couldn't defend anyway.

Originally, he had the league's top impact and a wide court vision, but now his shooting has suddenly become more accurate for some reason. It can be said that James is invincible tonight. Isn't it asking for trouble to defend him?

Taking advantage of Love's free throw, Xu Hao ran to the sidelines and simply told McHale his thoughts, and the latter agreed without much hesitation.The situation on the court is very obvious. The Heat are in dire straits under the leadership of James. The Timberwolves' fairly good defense looks like paper. Now there is basically no other way except to play against each other.

Xu Hao, who received the authorization from the head coach, immediately conveyed the idea to his teammates on the field, and without any surprise, they unanimously approved it.They were frustrated just now, and now they are willing to use their best method to regain the field.

Amidst the cheers of the home fans, the Timberwolves set off wave after wave of offensive frenzy, but whenever they wanted to get close to the score, James' shots came suddenly, directly interrupting their momentum.It's okay to say once or twice, but the morale of the team will inevitably decline a few more times, and McHale had to call another timeout.

But when everyone bowed their heads and prepared to be trained, McHale found himself speechless.What can he scold?The players have done well enough, but they can't help James who is going all out.If even this has to be criticized, then there are not many people in the entire league who can not be scolded by the coach.

Now McHale can't come up with any effective plan. Any plan is ineffective in front of James. He can only hurry up and pour a bowl of chicken soup for everyone. I hope the players will do their best on the court and don't give each other another chance. .

This is easier said than done.At the end of the first quarter, the Heat expanded the point difference to 12 points. This score and rhythm are almost a replica of the previous game, except that the leading team has changed.

The double-digit lead further boosted the Heat's morale. James didn't even come off the court and continued to lead his teammates throughout the second quarter.He didn't rest for a minute during the entire first half, scoring 1 points, 27 rebounds and 8 assists single-handedly. You know, his statistics after the end of the last game were at this level, but now there is still the second half.

At the beginning of the third quarter, James was rested by Spoelstra, and the Timberwolves took the opportunity to narrow the point difference to 5 points.James Longyan, who originally wanted to rest for a while, was furious. He played again and scored 7 points in a row, helping the Heat to open the point difference to double digits again.McHale could only respond with a wry smile on the sidelines: Who made them so unlucky to encounter an explosive James.Originally, the strength of the team was not as good as that of the opponent, and now there is even less hope.

Xu Hao worked hard to score on the field, but he was facing Wade, who was also a guard with abnormal physical fitness. His defense made it very difficult for Xu Hao to score every time.The rest of the Timberwolves don't have the explosive scoring ability, they can only watch helplessly as the Heat control the point difference to about 14 points, which is called a comfortable game.

The Timberwolves fans at the scene gradually died down, and everyone's faces were filled with unconcealable disappointment.Originally they thought that the home team would be able to win two home games in a row, but now they can only reluctantly accept the ending of the big score being equalized.

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, McHale removed all the main players, and the game was basically settled.When he walked off the field, Xu Hao took a deep look at the Heat's bench, feeling all kinds of feelings in his heart...

(End of this chapter)

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