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After arriving in the frontcourt, the Wizards once again started with Hinrich and Li Kaiming's pick-and-roll. This time James and Chalmers communicated clearly and chose to double-team Hinrich so that he could not pass the ball. In desperation, Hinrich Passed the ball to Leonard on the outside.

At this time, Li Kaiming had reached the waist position after the pick-and-roll ended. When he clapped his hands and asked Leonard for the ball, James had successfully returned to the defensive position.

Li Kaiming pushed him with his back, feeling James' defensive strength, and then suddenly turned toward the baseline and shook off James. However, James's physical talent is really powerful. He fell half a body behind in the first shot and quickly caught up. Go up, but at this time Li Kaiming has already reached the basket in one step.

Heat center Turiaf once again came over to help James defend. However, Li Kaiming first shook Turiaf's hands with a shooting motion, and then directly hit Brac behind Turiaf through the crotch. After the latter caught the ball, he dunked hard with one arm on dry ground under the basket!

4 is better than 0!

After dunking, Brac roared to the sky!In the last round of the series, he encountered Hibbert, who was completely bigger and couldn't perform at all. But in the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Heat's temporary center, he experienced the feeling of Hibbert in the previous round. Dunk detonates the home court!

Spoelstra on the sidelines calmly reminded the Heat players not to over-defend, but had no intention of calling a timeout.

The Heat served to the frontcourt and gave the ball to James. The latter chose to let Battier pick and roll this time, but Leonard and Li Kaiming both chose to bypass the screen to defend James' breakthrough, so James passed the ball to the pick-and-roll. Battier drove to the top of the arc, Leonard made a cover, Battier missed the shot, and Blatche grabbed the rebound.

Facing the Heat without Bosh, the Wizards' insiders can do whatever they want in the penalty area.

Hinrich held the ball past half-court, took advantage of Chalmers not paying attention to his breakthrough, and made a fake fax throw from the mid-range, but unfortunately he did not score.

Turiaf desperately pushed away Blatche, helping the team to block the biggest threat of rebounding. When James next to him was about to grab this easy rebound, Li Kaiming suddenly came out from the side and used his long arms. Take the offensive rebound from James' head, then stand on tiptoes and hit the rebound!

6 is better than 0!

The Wizards' bench was already going crazy, and Zhang Weiping in the broadcast area also had smiles on their faces, "The Wizards started in a very good state. They played very methodically and took advantage of the Heat's weakness inside. , now these 6 points are all scored under the basket! I guess the Heat are going to time out!"

As soon as Zhang Weiping finished speaking, the referee's whistle came from the court, and Spoelstra indeed applied for a timeout!

The home fans at the MCI Center have become excited, especially the young people and children. They have begun to stand up in their seats and dance various fashionable dances. There are even some human weapons shaking vigorously with the music, making the two The soft lump kept shaking, as if it could break free and jump out at any time!

Spoelstra was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Heat players. "After the opponent takes a shot, you must immediately turn around and block your defender. Do you understand? Grabbing rebounds and blocking is much more important than jumping! Don't make such stupid mistakes again!"

After the game came back, the Heat served to the frontcourt. After the ball was given to James, they did not stop the ball. Instead, they transferred the ball to Wade on the outside.

Wade was moving when he caught the ball, so he used his speed to directly break through his shoulders. Thompson was really not good at defending Wade with his combination of speed and skills, and was easily passed. After reaching the basket, Wade combined the ball with a signature European step. He got away from Brac and made a layup, helping the Heat score the precious first point.

Spoelstra's timeout was still very useful. Starting from this round, the Heat's rebound protection was much more serious than before, and even James began to get stuck.

However, without Bosh, the Heat are still weaker than the Wizards in terms of strength inside. Therefore, the Wizards almost never took any shots from the outside in the first quarter, and the Wizards' shot rights were concentrated among Hinrich, Li Kaiming and Blatche. , these people did not hesitate after getting the ball, they just broke through to the basket and passed to Blatche when encountering help. After a single quarter, the Wizards got everything they wanted in the Heat's penalty area and scored 24 points in a single quarter. Leading the Heat by 28 points 25-3.

In the second quarter, Sanders changed into the rotation. After Li Kaiming came off the court, the Wizards still had an obvious advantage inside. Even myboy JaVale McGee, who was playing as a substitute for the Wizards, was not something Turiaf and his ilk could stop. Damn it, although McGee's technique and ball-handling ability are much weaker than Blatche's, it's not an exaggeration to say that his body is at the All-Star level from the head down.

In just half a quarter when McGee was on the court, he had 6 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Of course Spoelstra understands that the Heat can't beat the Wizards through rotation. Anyway, he only has these few cards in his hand, and he has already reached the Eastern Conference Finals. What's wrong with the star?

So James and Wade had to serve as substitutes for a period of time. When the two men's playing time was almost 20 minutes, Li Kaiming and others, who had only played for just over 10 minutes after more than half a quarter, came on again.

At this time, the score between the two sides was 38 to 41. In other words, even though the Heat did not lack giants on the court from beginning to end, they only overtook the Wizards by 3 points after half a quarter.

This is something that all the basketball commentators have not thought of. In their understanding, any one of James and Way should be able to make a killing when facing the Wizards' rotation. But the problem is, tonight's James seems to have a bad touch on the outside. James misses all his shots from beyond the three-point line. Wade simply doesn't throw a three-pointer. Even Battier, the Heat's most reliable outside shooter, has a very bad touch tonight. He is currently 4 Hit 1.

In this case, Janeway can only hold back his energy and break through inside, but the Wizards' rotation is not five up and five down. Leonard has to face James all the time, and McGee inside has done a good job of protecting the basket. The mission reached the moment when Li Kaiming and the others came back.

Li Kaiming came back, and Sanders changed into the five-out lineup, but Leonard was still on the court, and Lewis was replaced at the power forward position. The Heat replaced center Turiaf and replaced Haslem at center. , so that the Heat becomes a smaller lineup than the Wizards.

The Wizards served, and Hinrich and Li Kaiming played a pick-and-roll in the frontcourt. The Heat switched defense directly and let Haslem face Hinrich. Li Kaiming opened his hand to get the ball and tried to hit it out of position. Hinrich passed the ball in an instant.

However, the Heat also knew that letting Li Kaiming play Chalmers was giving points to the Wizards, so Battier let go of Leonard and double-teamed Li Kaiming. Leonard cut directly inside, and Li Kaiming passed the ball behind his head. To Leonard, the latter caught the ball and hit the board!

40 is better than 41!

Sure enough, basketball doesn't lie, Leonard's hard work on layups finally paid off!

When the Heat attacked, James turned his back to ask for the ball and then hit Leonard with his back. I heard that this offseason, James specially found Olajuwon, the big dream, and signed up for a training class worth [-] US dollars to learn his back-up steps. The purpose is to avoid the embarrassment of hitting Barea from behind and passing the ball in the playoffs.

Leonard exerted force with his feet to push against James' back. The latter felt the force, then turned around and raised his elbow to hit Leonard's ribs. Leonard paused in pain and was struck by James. Seize the opportunity to rush to the basket and cause a foul when facing Brac's defense!

James went to the free throw line and made two free throws, 40 to 43!

The Wizards came to the frontcourt, and Li Kaiming blocked Haslem at the waist, preparing for a post-up play at the same position. Hinrich lobbed the ball in, and Li Kaiming turned around and pulled out before Battier could double-team him. Get up and throw it away!

Although Haslem worked hard, hard work cannot make up for talent. The basketball hit the net hollowly, and the MCI Center cheered again!

In the broadcast area, Zhang Weiping watched the replay of Li Kaiming's shot, clicked his tongue twice, and then pointedly said, "Look, this is called a post-up..."

Yu Jia next to him smiled and didn't answer. Only Zhang Weiping, a veteran, dared to say such bold words. After all, James' audience in China is not a small one.

The Heat served, and after reaching the front court, the ball was given to Wade. The latter used the screen to meet Li Kaiming, and then used his speed to break through to the basket and switch hands for a layup, continuing to maintain the point difference.

The two sides went back and forth like this until the end of the half.

When Li Kaiming missed a long three-pointer at the buzzer, the score between the two sides had reached 49 to 50. In other words, after half a quarter, both sides had only scored single-digit points, which shows the strength of the defense tonight. high.

The second 10-minute break passed quickly. When the game came back in the third quarter, the Heat once again sent in the second quarter starter plus Haslem's lineup, while the Wizards used all starters.

The Heat served first. Chalmers dribbled the ball past halftime and handed it to James. The latter hesitated in the face of Leonard, and then accelerated to break through inside. Li Kaiming went over and swiped the ball to help defend, but James attacked after the second half. The desire is very strong and the ball is played very crisply. The ball is going to break through to the basket.

Blatche went over to help Leonard defend. James jumped up and shook his wrist in the air, finding a tricky angle to hit the board!

It has to be said that James' layup feel is still very soft under this confrontation. Muscular men rarely have such a soft layup feel.

The Wizards still played according to the tactics, but in the second half the Heat began to stick to the inside. It seemed that they lost too many points in the penalty area in the first half, which made Coach Spoelstra learn from the pain and wanted to force the Wizards out of the penalty area in the second half.

However, facing a defense like the Heat, the Wizards' outside line has to talk a lot. Klay Thompson, who had cooled down for half the game, finally found a chance to perform. His face was paralyzed and he kept facing James. He had a strong sense of presence, and because of the Wizards, Klay Thompson In the first half, he mainly played inside, so he hardly got any opportunities. Now it was finally his turn to perform!

So Li Kaiming used his containment power to break through halfway and pass the ball to Thompson on the outside. The latter hit three-pointers one after another and quickly overtook the score.

However, Wade was at No. 2 for the Heat. He immediately strengthened his defense against Thompson. The latter's touch dropped, and the two sides once again fell into a back-and-forth offensive rhythm that lasted until the last quarter.

In the last 5 minutes of the game, the Wizards led the Heat by 89 points, 87 to 2. After Li Kaiming felt the familiar feeling in his hands, he decided to take over the ball and win the game!

The Heat attacked. After Wade broke through, he faked a turn and missed a throw. Leonard grabbed the rebound. Li Kaiming directly asked for the ball and moved to the frontcourt. Facing James' defense, he shuffled two steps and then He suddenly accelerated and passed the latter. When the Heat couldn't help defend in the mid-range, he took a direct shot and hit it steadily!

91 is better than 87!

The Heat attacked, but James missed a hard hit and was about to commit a foul. The referee ignored it. The Wizards launched a fast break. After reaching the frontcourt, the ball passed to Li Kaiming's hands. James arrived late and was about to take a defensive posture. , Li Kaiming directly pulled up the three-pointer and threw it away!

Swish!

Three-point hollow hit!

94 to 87!Li Kaiming suddenly broke out and scored 5 points in a row, widening the point difference to 7 points. Coach Spoelstra immediately called a timeout!