Super Role Player

On May 14, 2o14, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the 76ers and the Heat began at Wachovia Arena.

The courtside has long been filled with 76ers fans. Everyone is looking forward to the team being able to decide the outcome in one battle. Therefore, several 76ers legends came to the courtside, including Allen Iverson and Dr. J. Irving. All appeared on the sidelines.

Team owner Josh Harris naturally came to watch the game, accompanied by general manager Sam Hinkie.

Anxi was arranging his jerseys on the sidelines. The game was about to start. Looking at the expectant 76ers fans on the sidelines, Anxi felt a lot of pressure.

However, when the game was about to start, Anxi still summoned all his teammates and gathered around them.

Tonight, we must win! Anxi clenched his fists and led his teammates in shouting: We must win!

Anxi's teammates are not under so much pressure. After all, the team is currently leading 3:1 and is only one game away from defeating their opponents to advance. Even if they lose this game, the 76ers still lead 3:2 and still control the series. Because of the advantage of the game, Anxi's teammates acted very relaxedly. After shouting slogans, the bench players sat down chatting and laughing, while the players high-fived each other and walked to the center of the court.

Different from the relaxation on the 76ers' side, the atmosphere on the Heat's side seemed very depressed and serious, especially for LeBron James, who fell behind the 76ers 1:3. This was something he never expected. Fortunately, they still had a chance. , the Heat have changed their formation, and LeBron James has more confidence in the Heat after the change, because the Heat after the change is the Heat that LeBron James wants to see more.

At the press conference before the game, David Fizdale was full of confidence, but when the game was about to start, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

When arranging tactics before the game, David Fizdale repeatedly emphasized: We need to attack faster to prevent the opponent's attack. After grabbing rebounds, we must advance quickly and take advantage of the opponent's unsteady foothold to score!

In addition, on the defensive end, we continue to play the way we played in the last game, but we have to do a better job and not give Anxi too many opportunities, including opportunities to catch the ball.

Everyone in the Heat nodded in unison, and the five players immediately boarded the center of the court.

When the Heat's lineup appeared, there was first a commotion in the commentary box.

Turner Sports' commentary lineup for this game was exactly the same as the previous four games, with Craig Sager, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith appearing as commentators.

When Craig Sagel saw the Heat's lineup, he was shocked and couldn't help shouting: Oh no, the Heat have changed their lineup!

Chris Bosh doesn't exist. The five Fab Five on the court are Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Anderson?!

When Charles Barkley saw this lineup, he couldn't help but speculate: Is Chris Bosh injured and unable to play?

Kenny Smith shook his head: No, Bosh is definitely not injured. He is still sitting on the bench. But looking at the Heat's change of formation, they probably want to put up a smaller lineup, but this smaller lineup is in the paint. Is there really no problem with the height?

Indeed, if I were Brett Brown and I changed my tactics right now and focused on attacking inside and focusing on Pau Gasol, it would be difficult for the Heat to defend. Charles Barkley also gave guidance.

When Brett Brown on the sidelines saw what the Heat were doing, he

It was true that he wanted to change his style of play and let the team focus on Pau Gasol, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up and decided to wait until the game started to observe before making more adjustments.

The game started soon. Chris Anderson stood in the center circle and jumped the ball with Omir Asik. The huge height difference made Asik easily win the jump ball, and the 76ers got the ball for the opening attack.

At the beginning of the game, Anxi controlled the ball and prepared for singles. This was an attempt. He wanted to see if the Heat would still execute the same defense as in the previous game after the change of formation.

Of course, when Anxi saw Chris Anderson, he roughly guessed that the Heat would continue the defensive style of the previous game, otherwise the Heat would let Bosh go.

But even if they guessed something, Anxi still decided to have a singles at the beginning. What if the Heat changed their formation and lost the defense from the previous game? In any case, Anxi is definitely more threatening when he has the ball.

Anxi broke through with the ball at the beginning, and it was Wade who defended him. Because of the lack of height inside, James needs to defend Pau Gasol.

Anxi broke through with one step, and Wade followed directly, without any fear of being passed by Anxi with one step.

Sure enough, when Anxi rushed to the free throw line, Ray Allen stepped in and cooperated with Wade to complete the attack on Anxi.

After the double-team, Anxi did not force himself, he chose to pass the ball.

He passed the ball to Jae Crowder, who was closest to him, and then broke away from the double team of Ray Allen and Wade, quickly retreating to the sideline near the three-point line.

And McAway also walked around to the top of the arc, took the basketball, and made a gesture.

This gesture means that Anxi will be without the ball again, and the team's offense will be completed through the cooperation of Pau Gasol and McAway.

On the first goal of the opening game, Anxi's singles took some time, so after a simple cooperation between McAway and Pau Gasol, McAway used the screen to directly break into the inside and missed the jumper.

The rebound was taken by LeBron James, and then he started to advance quickly.

LeBron James made a long pass and passed it directly to Wade who was rushing at the front. Anxi became the fastest player for the 76ers to retreat. However, in the case of the Heat's double fast break, Anxi defended alone. It has also become somewhat stretched.

The Heat's quick counterattack, 2 on 1 in the frontcourt, this is an opportunity!

Wade rushed into the penalty area with a long stride with the ball, and then jumped up. Anxi had no choice but to go up to him.

But Wade jumped up in the air and suddenly threw the ball towards the other side...

Pass the ball!

Anxi was already in the air, so facing Ray Allen's layup on the other side, Anxi had nothing to do.

With a bang, Ray Allen scored a layup, and the Heat opened the scoring.

After the Heat's quick counterattack, Anxi also frowned deeply. Sure enough, the Heat started to improve.

If this wave of quick counterattacks couldn't prove too much, after the 76ers equalized the score with Pau Gasol's mid-range shot, the Heat continued to speed up their offensive attack.

In the next wave of offense, Mario Chalmers controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then directly passed it to LeBron James who was cutting through the air.

LeBron James immediately raised the ball, half a step away from Anxi, and rushed into the penalty area. However, faced with the dual threats of Asik's defense and Anxi's pursuit behind him, LeBron James failed to make a layup and was unable to keep up with the rebound. Anxi accepted it.

But the Heat's attack further proved Anxi's suspicion that the Heat are really going to win this game. (To be continued.) 8