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Chapter 467
Early the next morning, Xu Hao went to a street basketball court near his apartment to try his hand.There were few pedestrians on the road at this time, and no one would come to watch him practice. This was the time Xu Hao determined after many attempts.

According to his past habits, Xu Hao would practice his inside footsteps, free throws and mid-range shots on this small basketball court, and finally he would make three-pointers.However, due to McHale's special request, today he directly omitted the previous link. After warming up a bit, he picked up the basketball and started shooting from outside the three-point line, and soon there was a crisp "swish" sound.

In fact, it is very tiring for a person to practice three-pointers like this. After all, he has to pick up the ball by himself. If he uses too much strength, God knows where the basketball will fly.But what excites Xu Hao is that his touch was very good today. He kept running to pick up the ball and then brought it back to continue shooting without reducing his shooting percentage. It seems that there is no need to worry about the evening game.

After completing more tasks than usual, Xu Hao returned to the apartment, took a shower, took a good rest, and then stepped on the clock to report to the training hall.When Xu Hao came to the training hall, some teammates had already spontaneously practiced shooting three-pointers. It seemed that they were still a little nervous about tonight's game, for fear that they would ruin the whole game by constantly hitting the iron.

Seeing everyone's hard work, Xu Hao smiled slightly, and his confidence in defeating the Heat increased a bit.As long as you can play the tactics arranged by the head coach during the game, supplemented by crazy three-point shooting, it will be easy to win the game.

The time soon came to 6:[-] in the evening, and the game would start in an hour.At this time, the Timberwolves had completed their pre-game warm-up, leaving the field to the Heat players, who returned to the locker room to listen to the coach's final arrangements.

Of course, McHale didn't say too much, he just emphasized the tactical movement in the training session yesterday.Finally he said: "All along, I have asked you to run more actively on the field, don't stand still like a wooden stake, waiting for your teammates to feed you the ball. I hope you remember that only running and passing The ball creates the shot."

In order to make the team's three-point shooting more fierce, McHale took the initiative to change the game. He removed Jordan, let Kirilenko and Love swing up in turn, and at the same time put Korver in the starting position. .This lineup still has enough rebounding ability, but the level of three-point shooting can be said to be top-notch, and the Heat probably can't afford to go around.

Spoelstra didn't see the Timberwolves' intentions. He thought the opponent was dizzy and took the initiative to lower the height of the inside line.In the last game, he was impressed by the Timberwolves' inside combination, and now there is only one Love left, so he can play casually?

However, Spoelstra was knocked out of his wits in less than 3 minutes of the game. The Timberwolves sacrificed their three-pointers as soon as they came up. Can't interfere.

Only then did Spoelstra understand why the Timberwolves put up such a lineup with one big and four small. It seemed that they had made up their mind to let their team "enjoy" the baptism of three-point rain. This It's very deadly.

The Heat's perimeter defense is actually not bad, but the defensive tasks are basically concentrated on Wade and James.Chalmers performed well against some opponents, but both Rubio and Xu Hao can beat him to death.Every time against the Timberwolves, if Chalmers is not directly overwhelmed by the opponent at this point, it will be a great victory.

Wade and James were also in a hurry. They didn't expect the Timberwolves to shoot from beyond the three-point line so crazily. What's even more exasperating is that five players in their starting lineup all have the ability to shoot three-pointers.As the Heat's two strongest perimeter defenders, they are completely confused. No matter how good their defense is, they can't defend everyone in one go, right?
That's not the worst thing about the Heat.The Timberwolves are not a team with rigid tactics. The precise three-pointers allow them to open up a huge space. Anyone who breaks through with the ball or cuts in empty-handed can basically get a chance to attack the basket.And because they have to defend the Timberwolves' outside shots, the Heat's basket is basically empty.Under normal circumstances, it is Haslem who stays behind to guard the inside line. Unfortunately, he is short and it is difficult to prevent the opponent from attacking the basket.

Although Spoelstra called a timeout continuously, he still couldn't interrupt the Timberwolves' offensive.Accompanied by the shouts of the fans on the sidelines, the Timberwolves set off wave after wave of scoring frenzy. Later, they even unscrupulously shot three-pointers in the transition attack. The key is that the shooting rate is not low. It is undoubtedly a heavy blow to say.

Among the Timberwolves' starting five tigers, it's not Xu Hao, or even Love, the big insider who pulls out to shoot the ball the most, but Korver who drives the Heat the most crazy.To some extent, Korver and Ray Allen are the same type of players, but Ray Allen transformed into an off-ball shooter because he got older. The direction of the shooter is developing, and now both of them are the kind of existence with cunning movement and precise shooting skills.

In the previous match between the two teams, as long as Ray Allen showed his top off-the-ball running ability, the Timberwolves players would spend a lot of energy on him, and Korver, who is younger than Ray Allen, was on the court. Sometimes, the pressure on the Heat is even worse.As long as you are negligent, he appears in an unguarded corner, and then it is a three-pointer that goes straight to the heart.In the first quarter alone, Korver scored 4 three-pointers and scored 12 points.

Such a super three-point shooting is just a microcosm of the Timberwolves in this quarter. The team made a total of 9 three-pointers in this quarter, and scored 41 points together, breaking the Heat's defense. , and only let the opponent get 30 points.You must know that most of the Timberwolves' energy is on the offensive end, but even so, the Heat still failed to catch up with them.

Of course, this is largely because the Heat were stunned by the Timberwolves' three-pointer when they came up, and they began to lack confidence in themselves.For basketball players, the lack of confidence is very fatal, which will greatly reduce the shooting percentage.This situation sounds metaphysical, but it is real. When the Heat players enter a state of self-doubt, how can they believe that they can take the lead?Reflected in the game, it is naturally behind.

(End of this chapter)