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"Josh, I need you to hold me up next, our inside line depends on you."

This time Xu Xiao directly came to an extreme five-year-old team, asking Josh to move to the center position, and playing Jimmy Butler and DeRozan as double forwards.

Needless to say, Jimmy is now a brick for the Timberwolves, moving wherever they are needed.

DeRozan also played the fourth position with the Spurs. With Middleton's shooting now, when attacking, the fourth position is definitely no problem. It's just that the defense needs to be more intense.

But Xu Xiao also activated a double backcourt, Westbrook and Bledsoe.

After Bledsoe had Thomas's skills, he was extremely vigorous on the offensive end, and at the same time he did not lose his defensive skills. After all, he started on defense.

Xu Xiao made a bold decision, asking Bledsoe to defend Wade and Westbrook to defend James.

This was not a decision that Xu Xiao made on the spur of the moment. This was something that Xu Xiao had carefully considered.

First of all, these two people have good defensive skills and good golf intelligence, so they can be top defensive players.

In addition, the Heat are now using a steel barrel formation. Okafor and Duhon have no shooting on the court, and their own space is not good.

Neither James nor Wade are players who are good at shooting. Although James' shooting percentage was good in this game, it was still not enough to make Xu Xiao change his strategy.

Bledsoe's speed can keep up with Wade. Westbrook can take a step away from James and use the speed advantage of the smaller lineup to encircle and suppress James.

The most critical point is that this is different from the Thunder using James to defend Harden and break an arm. The Timberwolves' offense is not affected at all.

There are three ball-holding points on the court, and Westbrook, Josh and even Bledsoe can initiate offense.

Of course, after all, it is the "Five Little Deaths", which is essentially a kind of gambling.

I bet you can't beat the inside and rebounds, but I bet my counterattack will hit you hard with three-pointers.

When the Timberwolves lineup came out, even the commentators were dumbfounded. What is this? The Heat are obviously playing center, and you don't have to kill them with your best twin towers.

This lineup was also somewhat unexpected by Spoelstra. After a few words with James in a hurry, the game continued.

After James received the ball, he saw that it was Westbrook who was defending him. Without thinking, he turned on God of War mode and went straight to the basket.

But as soon as Lao James started, the Timberwolves' defense came up, and the all-out campaign to encircle James began.

Lao Zhan is not afraid of this. After all, breaking through and passing the ball is what he is best at.

But when he wanted to pass the ball, he was suddenly stunned. In this lineup on the outside, Bosh had the strongest shooting ability.

I have no choice but to leave it to Wade.

But the Timberwolves' defense is very malleable. As soon as the ball is released, the defense immediately spreads.

Wade launched an attack again, but Bledsoe stayed close to him. In the end, Wade missed a throw and Josh collected the rebound, and Westbrook directly launched a counterattack.

DeRozan didn't wait for everyone to get into position and just opened his hand for a three-pointer.

In the next round, James chose to challenge Westbrook one-on-one in the mid-range. To be honest, this method is not what James likes, but if they cannot use misplaced single points to defeat Westbrook, then the Heat's offense will only become more difficult.

Seeing that the Timberwolves' defense was about to form a siege again, James no longer hesitated and directly started to force Westbrook.

But the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. James's attention was entirely on Josh, who was assisting in defense. Without paying attention, Westbrook directly completed the steal.

The latter was a direct long throw. Bledsoe in the frontcourt also launched a counterattack and returned the ball to DeRozan who followed up.

DeRozan just raised his hand at the three-point line, and the Heat's defensive players had to pounce directly.

But they all seem to have forgotten that DeRozan was originally famous for his dunks.

An acceleration passed the defender, and Wade, who was covering the defense, only hesitated for a moment between him and Bledsoe behind him, giving DeRozan room to take off.

At this time, it is useless to think about supplementary defense.

So another classic scene was born in the finals, DeRozan completed a dunk against Wade's defense.

After this goal, something was wrong with the atmosphere among the Heat players.

In the next round, James directly chose to face Westbrook with a mid-range pull-up and hit the iron directly.

Fortunately, Bosh broke out from the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound, and responded with a dunk, adding a "Raptors Roar" style roar.

Facing such a lineup without an inside line, he was so happy. He didn't need to be tortured by a muscle stick. Bosh was invincible. It's not just casual to say that he is suitable for the small ball era.

But this passion was wiped out by the Timberwolves' counterattack before it lasted long.

Josh holds the ball at the three-point line, and the Timberwolves pick and roll two consecutive times. First, Josh blocks Westbrook and covers Westbrook to catch the ball.

Then DeRozan blocked Jimmy Butler and allowed Butler to bounce out.

Josh passed down, and Westbrook started at the same time. With a slight throw, the ball was given to the unguarded Josh.

Okafor jumped out quickly, and Josh took a hit without haste.

It gave DeRozan, who was unguarded on the baseline, a three-pointer.

The Timberwolves' space was so good that they completely overwhelmed the Heat's defense.

The Heat quickly requested a timeout.

"LeBron, why don't you attack their inside line? Is there anyone in their inside line who can stop you?"

Shiba questioned.

In his opinion, those few balls can hit the inside, and at worst, they can get a foul.

"Eric, how am I going to attack? Emmett's position just didn't leave any space for me at all. Can't you see that the Timberwolves have five people waiting for me in the paint? Our outside players don't even dare to make a three-pointer." cast."

Wade was expressionless at this time, and Okafor lowered his head in embarrassment.

The atmosphere of the team reached freezing point in an instant.

"We still need a lineup with space." Wade was the first to speak, easing the tense atmosphere.

Spoelstra could only helplessly shake his head and sigh. In his opinion, the five small lineups of the Timberwolves should be a desperate lineup for the lagging team, the kind of failure or failure.

This is really a stupid move for the leading side. If they can continue this lineup and take advantage of rebounds and inside, they can definitely overcome the 7-point difference.

Then Spoelstra didn't say much and directly replaced Ray Allen and Battier. In his opinion, this lineup had no chance of winning against the Timberwolves.

Bosh was also smiling bitterly, which meant that he had to fight the opponent's center inside again. He could only pray that the Timberwolves would not use the center.

Coincidentally, the Timberwolves also made a substitution, replacing Butler with Oden and continuing to follow the five-small route.

It's just that this time, I originally wanted to replace DeRozan, but now DeRozan has the right touch. Xu Xiaoke can't take down the player with the best touch. When he gets cold, he will come up and take the blame. thing.

DeRozan did not live up to Xu Xiao's trust. When he returned to the court, he once again hit Ray Allen with his back and made a jumper.

DeRozan's value has skyrocketed in this series because the Heat's defensive resources are completely insufficient.

The ones guarding him are either Duhon Cole, who is much shorter than him, or Ray Allen, who is half a beat behind him in age.

Facing these people, DeRozan was not used to it at all and directly punched hard.

Originally, the Heat had already caught up to 7 points, but DeRozan was forced to fight back to 15 points.

The Heat can only call a timeout.

But what's the use? You only have these cards in your hand, and this is the only strategy you can use, so I won’t just manipulate you.

Although the Heat have changed to a smaller lineup and have space and speed, the Timberwolves' overall defense is at a loss here.

The Heat's space shooting can't kill the Timberwolves. Whether it's Wade or James, the defender will always step on the free throw line to defend the zone.

At this time, Wade is not the Wade who was the weapon that broke the zone defense in the 08 international arena. Facing this defense, they can only pin their three-point hopes on Ray Allen, Battier and even Bosh.

But if Bosh goes out to shoot three-pointers, how can he guarantee rebounds?

Once the three-pointer is missed, the Timberwolves will seize the rebound as a counterattack. After all, they have three ball handlers on the court.

Back on the court, James began to continue his previous style of play, probably making peace with Spoelstra.

But at this time, due to physical fitness, the hit rate began to decline.

At this time, Xu Xiao changed back to the previous lineup, and Oden and Ibaka went to protect the rebounds and grind down the position.

In the position, Josh is the king of this lineup.

The unsolvable mid-range defeated the Heat's defense time and time again.

"Damn, why is he so good after coming to the Timberwolves? I've never seen him shoot before."

This is a reflection of the hearts of Heat fans at this time, because at this time, time is no longer enough, and even McGrady will be unable to stop this collapse.

In the end, in Stern's face, it was announced that the winner of the 2013 NBA championship was the Minnesota Timberwolves!

Yes, we are champions again! Congratulations to Minnesota for successfully defending their title and achieving two consecutive championships!