Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Stroke of God
Hayes is Hayes!
At least the movement speed is much better than that of Second Uncle Huo, although he sacrifices a little offensive ability, but the defense should not be so easy to be broken through by the Rocket team.
Sure enough, after Second Uncle Huo got off the court, the defensive intensity of the Rocket team immediately went up.
There was a lot of controversy surrounding the Heat's championship last year, but the lack of outside three-point ability was their biggest sticking point, which became more apparent this year after O'Neal's interior dominance slipped further.
Without a consistent three-point shot, their offense can only rely on a lot of breakouts.
As soon as Hayes's speed came up, their breakthrough was naturally limited.
The effect of this substitution is indeed much better than a simple joint defense as Tang Tian said before.
The situation on the field gradually stabilized, and you went back and forth into a stalemate.
The Heat can't pull the score, but neither can the Rockets.
This is the limitation of the partnership between Hayes and Yao Ming, the defense is enough, but Hayes has no shooting ability, and the Heat's selectivity on the defensive end has become much easier.
The situation on the field was deadlocked for most of the quarter, and the two sides successively changed substitutes.
On the Heat side, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker and other veterans are all on the court, all of whom are former All-Stars with full playing experience.
However, on the Rockets' side, Millsup's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he continues to hit the basket hard, and these old men can't do much to take him.
The main force is deadlocked, the substitutes are deadlocked, and no one on either side can help anyone next.
This situation was deadlocked until the fourth quarter, and Maddy on the Rockets' side came to feel it, hitting a few dry shots in a row, and with 30 seconds left before the end of the game, the Rockets finally overtook 98-97!
The Heat called a timeout.
A battle of focus, playing to the second reading stage, a difference of 1 point, there is no better script than this.
Now the fans have all gotten up from their seats.
The Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean also raised their hearts to their throats.
"At this time, the most nervous should be Charles and Kenny, they are probably sweating in their hearts." At this point in the commentary, Miller was also let go, and used such words to ease the tense atmosphere at the scene.
On both sides of the half, the managers of both sides were nervously arranging offense and defense.
Van Gundy put his defensive focus on the interior.
The Heat burst through the whole game, and there is a high probability that the key ball will be played by Wade, at this time the defense inside line is the most normal choice.
Tang Tian turned his head to look at the Heat's bench.
The head coach of the Heat is Pat Riley, nicknamed "The God Operator", who is known for his cunning, and most of his final offense will not follow common sense.
As a teaching assistant, he needed to be reminded, but with his previous experience, he knew that Van Gundy would probably not listen to him.
After Van Gundy finished setting up and the players came on the court, he pulled Battier and whispered for a while, telling him to pay attention to the Heat's outside three-pointers.
After the timeout, the Heat made changes to the lineup, and they replaced it with Capono, who had a good performance in this game.
Capono is the best three-point shooter at the same level as Novak, and seeing him play, Tang Tian became more and more convinced of his speculation.
When the game started, the Heat controlled the time from the outside with "White Chocolate" Williams, and when the offensive time entered the last ten seconds, he handed the ball to Wade.
Posey and Haslem both raised the high post and made a double pick-and-roll on a left and a right.
"Shrink! Shrink! Van Gundy saw the battle and was convinced that he had set it up right, shouting from the sidelines.
The Rockets quickly shrank to the basket,
Wade then took advantage of Haslem's block to get to the basket.
The Rockets were heavily defended under the basket at this time, and he didn't have a good shot.
This attack looks like it has to be defended.
"Sean!" But at this moment, Tang Tian shouted from the sidelines.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by Wade's breakthrough, only Tang Tian noticed that at the moment Wade started, the dismantled Haslem turned around and made a block for Capono again.
Battier heard Tang Tian's shout, turned around and ran towards Capono.
But it was too late, he had shrunk the basket according to Van Gundy's arrangement, and it would take time to get out.
Wade really passed the ball at this time, a horizontal pass, and the ball went straight to Capono's hand.
Capono catches the ball from beyond the three-point line.
"Huh!"
Under the watchful eyes of the fans at the scene, Capono met the rushing Battier and hit this open three-pointer steadily.
100 to 98!
The Heat overtook the score!
The audience exploded directly!
"Looks like Charles is going to get his underwear ready." On the commentary seat, Brin said with a smile.
The scene was given to the head coach of the Heat team, Riley, who was still calm and relaxed, and he really deserved to be a "god operator".
Van Gundy shook his head in annoyance, apparently he didn't expect Riley to come at the last minute.
Equally frustrating were the Rockets, who worked hard to get ahead at the last minute only to be killed at the last minute, which was a terrible experience.
"What kind of expression do you have, the game is not over yet, why do you just admit defeat?" When the players got off the field, Tang Tian directly grabbed the tactical board and said loudly.
This shout was like a blow to the head, and the team members all came back to their senses.
"Steve, you're ready to play." Seeing that the players came back to their senses, Tang Tian directly pointed to Novak in training clothes and shouted.
Novak was at the outskirts of the circle, and when he heard Tang Tian's words, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard.
In fact, not only Novak himself, but also the other team members were completely stunned, this Novak hadn't been on for a minute before?
Actually, not to mention this game, Novak hasn't played this season!
"Don, what do you want to do?" Van Gundy couldn't help but question at this time, although he handed over the power to arrange the offense to Tang Tian, he was the head coach and was mainly responsible for winning or losing the game.
"Let's play a three." Tang Tian did not answer Van Gundy directly, but picked up the tactics board and began to draw tactics.
Playing overtime at the Heat's home court would certainly be bad for the Rockets, who would have to end the game in regular time.
Hearing Tang Tian's words, Novak realized that he was really going to play, and hurriedly took off his training clothes.
Van Gundy frowned, this Tang Tian actually ignored him.