Junior Basketball says

Chapter 468

The rest time before the start of the second quarter was very short, so short that Spoelstra failed to come up with a particularly good way to limit the three-point shooting of the Timberwolves. He could only ask the players to fight each other. By the way Pray that the other person feels cold.

Of course, the Heat will continue to maintain perimeter defense and try to squeeze the Timberwolves' shooting space.At this time, Spoelstra misses Battier, who was on a truce due to a strained thigh. If this old and strong defensive gate can appear, the Heat will definitely not be reduced to the current situation, and it is impossible to play unscrupulously on the outside. Take a three-point shot.

After the start of the second quarter, the Heat stepped up their physical confrontation intensity on defense.Wade and James are the best in their respective positions in terms of strength. As long as they are willing, there is no problem with bullying their opponents directly with their muscles.When defending the opponent's shot, being careful with your hand movements and where you stand can minimize being called a foul by the referee.

The idea of ​​​​the Heat general is very beautiful, and this is also an important strategy for dealing with general shooting teams.But the Timberwolves are not an ordinary team. Their three-point shooting this season is the top in the league, and they have a lot of shots. They have Love, who is a rebounder on the inside, constantly fighting for rebounds. They are not worried at all about being caught. The Heat fought back.

With such a mentality, the Timberwolves players appear to be very stable, not impatient at all when attacking, and wait until the best opportunity arises before shooting.Of course, there will be times when they are successfully intercepted by the Heat. At this time, the best solution is to hand the ball to Xu Hao. His ability to force shots against the defense is recognized as the best in the team. If you don’t give him, you can give him. who?

More importantly, the Timberwolves have a lot of off-ball running masters. Whether it is Xu Hao, Korver or Ellington who came off the bench, their off-ball running is very good, and creating shooting opportunities is a piece of cake. .Coupled with McHale's courage to adopt a three-back lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, allowing Sheved to organize the offense on the field and deliver shells to the team's shooters, the Timberwolves' three-point firepower looks stronger than before. It was fierce, and the Heat couldn't resist it at all.

Watching the Timberwolves players continue to hit shots from outside the three-point line, the Heat players felt bitter in their hearts.They also have the ability to shoot three-pointers, but their stability is completely unable to compare with their opponents. Even if Ray Allen comes on the court, it won't be of any use.

The Timberwolves don't care what the guys on the opposite side think. Having built up their confidence, they are getting more and more happy with their shots, and their shooting rate is still maintained at a terrifyingly high level.McHale sat in his position and grinned without any image. It seemed that his strategy was correct. The Heat were completely unable to withstand the storm of three-pointers. They were destined to lose!

However, the Heat will not sit still. After all, they have three All-Star players on the court. At this time, one of them needs to stand up to help the team stop the bleeding. It would be great if they can tie the score.Generally speaking, it will be James or Wade who will complete this task, but to everyone's surprise, it is Bosh who stands up.

As an inside man, Bosh did not raise his hand to the low post to ask for the ball, but moved to catch the ball near the free throw line, which is also his attack range.The other Heat players also gave the ball to him in a tacit understanding. Every time he received the ball, Bosh hardly needed any time to adjust, and he just pulled it up and made a jump shot.His shooting point was very high and his shooting speed was not slow. Love, who originally wanted to grab a rebound under the basket, was caught off guard and could only watch in embarrassment as his opponent kept shooting from the same position.

Bosh's consecutive scoring helped the Heat stop the bleeding, and did not let the point difference continue to widen, but this is not good news for the Timberwolves.It's just that Bosh is on now, what if it drives other players in the Heat?No matter how sluggish the Big Three are, they are still the Big Three. McHale doesn't believe that the team can still win easily when the Big Three break out at the same time.Even if you want to win the game, you will definitely have to spend a lot of effort. It is not as simple as directly substituting to limit Bosh.

The Timberwolves' bench is full of talents. McHale thought for a while, and decisively replaced Ellington with Milicic, and asked him to specifically mark Bosh.Milicic can be said to be the fastest-moving insider in the Timberwolves. In the case that Love needs to continue to grab rebounds, it is undoubtedly the best choice for him to match up with Bosh who is tall enough.

For a while, four of the top five picks in the 03 Golden Generation appeared on the court, which also caused the sideline commentators to exclaim.Obviously, compared with the Big Three of the Heat, Milicic is not at the same level at all. Before that, his growth environment was not as good as that of James. Not bad, although not a star, but also one of the Timberwolves' indispensable inside rotation.

Facing the similar height but stronger Milicic, Bosh quickly became misfired.He has nothing to do. After all, Milicic can keep up with him in terms of speed, and is much stronger than him. Under constant physical contact, Bosh can still keep up with it. It is already very good, but the middle distance If you want to score a field goal, don't think too much about it...

After getting rid of Bosh, the Timberwolves continued to rely on their three-pointers to expand their lead. At the end of the half, they had opened the point difference to 16 points.This is a great shame for the Heat. In order to save face for themselves, they launched a crazy counterattack after the start of the second half. Janeway once narrowed the point difference to single digits.

However, just as they were ambitiously preparing to continue their pursuit, Xu Hao hit them with two consecutive three-pointers. Coupled with Ellington's one-stop dunk after stealing, the Timberwolves re-established their advantage in just a few rounds .Their fierce counterattack greatly damaged the morale of the Heat, causing the latter to completely fall into silence in the fourth quarter.

McHale did not chase hard and let Xu Hao lead the substitutes to finish the last half of the game.Despite this, they still won 117 to 105 at home, and in this game they made an amazing 43 of 25 three-pointers. They scored as many as 75 points in this item alone. No one can withstand the firepower!
From the perspective of the Timberwolves, this game obviously played their style, and the fans who watched the game gave them applause and cheers without hesitation. Next, we will see how they conquer the American Airlines Center in Miami.

(End of this chapter)