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Chapter 395 Still passing the ball
There is an essential difference between overtime in basketball and overtime in football. If the half-hour overtime in football is a requirement for players to continue to fight, then the 5-minute overtime in basketball will test who can hold on. That breath.

The Timberwolves are obviously in full swing now. Xu Hao's tip-up at the buzzer has greatly boosted everyone's morale. Everyone's face is sickly flushed, as if they can grit their teeth and fight their opponents for another 48 minutes.But the Heat are not bad either. Although they feel sorry for not being able to end the battle in regular time, the team's regular rotation is almost all veterans who have experienced many battles. They have encountered too many similar players in their careers. Things quickly slowed down.

The head coaches of both sides also took the time to make final arrangements for the players, but at this time tactical arrangements were of little use. What was compared was the depth of the bench, morale and the ability to withstand pressure at critical moments.

But having said that, overtime is basically equivalent to hand-to-hand combat. The main reason is that most players have committed a lot of fouls and naturally become the main target of the opponent.Especially for the main players, if they are sent off before overtime, the head coach really doesn't know where to cry, and the probability of losing will be very high.

Xu Hao has committed 4 fouls on his body now, so he is not dangerous for the time being. Anyway, his defensive moves have always been relatively clean, and even if he wants to do some dirty tricks, he will carefully avoid the referee's sight.Of course, he is also very clear that he is a thorn in the side of the Heat, and they will definitely target them as long as there is a chance. How to protect himself at this time is very important.

However, it is impossible for Xu Hao to play soy sauce in just 5 minutes. He wants to win the game in his heart. If he has no fighting spirit, he can't even make the buzzer tip-up to tie the game. Wouldn't it be right if he didn't win? Live hard?
After a short break, overtime finally began. Jordan struggled to pass the ball to Rubio in the air, but Heat point guard Chalmers arrived almost at the same time as the basketball.The guy who once defeated Rose in the NCAA Finals looked harmless, but Rubio knew that he was also a piece of brown sugar, so he quickly handed the ball to Xu Hao.This is also what McHale emphasized before the start of overtime: in these 5 minutes, try to send the ball to Xu Hao's hands.

To some extent, this is his distrust of the team's authentic point guard Rubio, but everyone including Rubio did not object.In fact, Xu Hao is the most threatening person in the team. As long as he has the ball in his hands, he can always attract the opponent's defense. At that time, whether he attacks by himself or passes it to his teammates, he has a lot of options.

Xu Hao was also unambiguous. He immediately started after receiving the ball from Rubio, and rushed all the way to the Heat's basket.At this time, Haslem was already in the three-second zone. He was very embarrassed by Xu Hao's attack before, and he tried his best to take revenge, but he underestimated Xu Hao's determination.One step away from Haslem, Xu Hao stomped hard, then flew into the air, slammed Haslem who was not on his feet firmly, and dunked the ball into the basket hard.

After landing, Xu Hao raised his head to the sky and screamed, which attracted deafening boos from the Heat fans. They couldn't bear the sight of their opponents showing off their power on their own territory.However, Xu Hao would not take their feelings into consideration. All he wanted was victory, and it was not strange to be dunked on the basketball court. As an inside player, Haslem should have gotten used to it long ago.

This dunk dunk seemed to sound the horn of offense. Love succeeded in consecutive singles in the low post with his footsteps under the basket. Rubio and Korver also hit three-pointers.However, the point difference between the two sides is still not widened. James and Wade's quick transition attack made the Timberwolves players clumsy.

In the final analysis, the Heat are a team of the Big Three. As long as the Big Three can perform well, others can follow up immediately. This is the fundamental reason why they recruit veterans. Veterans know better than young people on the court.

Neither the Timberwolves nor the Heat wanted to lose this game. The more the two sides fought, the more sparks flew. If the referee hadn't called consecutive fouls, the situation on the court would have been unstable.Even so, everyone's actions were not small. Xu Hao's breakthrough layup was pulled down very roughly by Battier. Fortunately, he rolled to the ground nimbly and was not injured.

Jordan, who was the most irritable in the starting line-up, was about to rush forward to argue with Battier, but was caught by Xu Hao in time.Now Jordan has only 4 fouls, and he doesn't want this guy to be sent off directly.After stopping all his teammates who were ready to fight, Xu Hao walked to the free throw line and made two free throws, and then ran back to the backcourt like a normal person.

In fact, Xu Hao was also very upset, but he knew that at this time, the more upset he was, the more he had to calm himself down and deal with the game with a violent attitude, which probably would not lead to any good results.What he has to do now is to continue to help the team score, and to get more points than the Heat, and use a victory to make all Heat fans shut their mouths obediently.

However, the Heat's strength is indeed strong. Even if the Timberwolves' morale is high, they are not behind. Although they don't lead much, they are enough to last until the last round.Soon the overtime game came to an end again, this time leading the Timberwolves, and also holding a 2-point lead.However, with 18.1 seconds left, Rubio made a fatal mistake. He lost the ball when he was blocked by Wade and Chalmers. The Heat relied on Battier's chasing three-pointer to overtake.

All this is so similar to the last moment of the fourth quarter, and the Timberwolves have no timeout now, they can only serve from the backcourt. The Heat obviously don't intend to let them do what they want, and adopt a full-court pressing tactic.After three passes and two downs, Xu Hao received the ball near the center line. Taking advantage of the fact that there was only one Wade in front of him, he quickly turned around and passed his opponent to pass the half court.

The numbers on the timer were running fast, but Xu Hao dribbled the ball steadily at the top of the arc, as if they were leading.With 5 seconds left, Xu Hao started. He swung Wade away with a sharp change of direction, and then went straight to the basket. The other players of the Heat were shocked and rushed forward to surround them. They were once again attacked by the same person. It would be funny to finish the buzzer.

However, Xu Hao smiled slightly, took off lightly before the route was blocked, passed the ball, and aimed directly at Korver in the bottom corner.Everyone on the sidelines was not calm: Nima, what are you doing?Also pass the ball?Aren't you afraid to play yourself to death?

(End of this chapter)