Chapter 837: Suppression
James faced Meng Xu again, excellent defensive prediction, James blocked Meng Xu's breakthrough route one step ahead, huh? This turned out to be a feint? Meng Xu got rid of James' defense again! ”
When Meng Xu got rid of James's defense again, Chris Bosh, who was under the basket, immediately gave up the defense of Tim Duncan, and handed over the task of defending Duncan to his teammates, while he turned around and pounced on Meng Xu, if Meng Xu rushed to the basket, the possibility of Bosh blocking Meng Xu was basically zero, and it was even possible to take another defensive foul, so Chris Bosh, who was the Heat's interior barrier, after seeing Meng Xu get rid of James, Without hesitation, he rushed out to make up for Meng Xu.
And Meng Xu, who was speeding up to the basket, faced James's pursuit and Chris Bosh's interception, not only did he not slow down or pass the basketball in his hand, but he was still accelerating, but just when Meng Xu was about to make physical contact with Chris Bosh, Meng Xu turned around with a very light back and disappeared from Chris Bosh.
Looking at Meng Xu who got rid of Bosh from behind and then hung on the basket, James's brows were tightly wrinkled together, Meng Xu got rid of James's defense, no one on the Heat side could stop Meng Xu, and James had to face Tim Duncan after trying hard to get rid of Meng Xu, this is probably the biggest gap between the Heat and the Spurs, James is confident to get rid of Meng Xu, but there is no way to get rid of Duncan after getting rid of Meng Xu.
"Why is this guy so fast?" The moment he was gotten rid of by Meng Xu, he quickly turned around and prepared to continue defending Meng Xu's Bosh, and he could only look at Meng Xu's back and shake his head, although Chris Bosh is now playing the No. 5 position, but Bosh is not an orthodox big center, Bosh's best position is actually the No. 4 position, and Bosh's style of play is also that kind of outlier type, and even after coming to the Heat, Bosh also developed a three-point shot, this type of technical style, which means that Bosh's movement speed is very good, But in the last two times to defend Meng Xu, Bosh can clearly feel that his pace and speed are too slow, and he can't keep up with Meng Xu's rhythm at all.
Switching offense and defense, when James once again tried his best to get rid of Meng Xu's defense, but had to pass the basketball in his hand again before Duncan pounced, the live TV camera swept over James who passed the basketball to his teammates, James's face obviously showed a helpless expression.
As the first person in the league after Meng Xu, a superstar who has been crowned regular season MVP four times in five years, since Meng Xu retired, there is no one in this league who can suppress James, and since James joined the Heat, and Wade, Bosh formed the Big Three, there is no team in this league that can stop them, although Meng Xu chose to make a comeback this season, but James never thought that the Spurs that Meng Xu joined would be an obstacle on his way to winning the championship, Meng Xu's comeback, As most of the media said, it was to put the scepter in his hand into James's hands, just like Jordan who came back for the second time.
So when the Spurs and Heat met in the Finals, James thought about more than just defeating the Spurs to defend the title, Jordan defeated Magic Johnson in the Finals and took over the scepter of ruling the league from him, but it is a very classic scene in the history of the Finals, and James also had this kind of mind before the Finals began.
But now, the seemingly aging Spurs have suppressed the Heat and James in all aspects, whether it is Meng Xu suppressing James, or Meng Xu and Duncan teaming up to suppress James, anyway, James and his team have been suppressed by the Spurs, and James can also feel that he is like a beast trapped in a cage, unable to play his true strength at all.
After Mario Chanmos missed another shot, Eric Spoelstra immediately called a timeout, and Eric Spoelstra can now be sure that his team has fallen into the trap prepared by Popovich in advance, whether it is for Tim Duncan to constantly attack the basket, forcing the Heat to remove James from the No. 4 position, replacing Haslem to strengthen the defense of the interior, or letting Meng Xu continue to face James and one-on-one with James, which are obviously Popovich's traps, So Eric Spoelstra, who felt that he had seen through Popovich, quickly called a timeout after the end of this offense, ready to make adjustments to the Heat's lineup.
This game is in the current situation, Eric Spoelstra is also quite dissatisfied, don't look at the Spurs in the first few rounds of the playoffs, swept the opponent in three consecutive rounds, and even swept the Heat's imaginary enemy Thunder out, but Eric Spoelstra does not think that a team full of veterans can complete the so-called miracle in front of his own team, although the series results of the Spurs and the Thunder made Eric Spoelstra impressed with the Spurs at the same time, There is also some wariness of the Spurs, but Eric Spoelstra also has enough confidence in his team, his own James, Wade, and Bosh, but now Eric Spoelstra's confidence is a little shaken.
After the timeout, the Heat resumed the main lineup at the beginning of the game, center Chris Bosh, power forward LeBron James, small forward Sean Battier, scoring guard Dwyane Wade, playmaking guard Mario Chammos, when the court fell into passivity, Eric Spoelstra's first thing to do was to get rid of the Spurs' containment and avoid being led by Popovich again, Eric Spoelstra believes that as long as his team can firmly execute according to the tactics, The Heat will definitely be able to turn the tide on the court, because the Heat are younger, they can play the whole game, can the Spurs' veterans?
After the game restarted, due to Haslem's departure, the Heat's defensive focus also changed, from Tim Duncan on the inside to Meng Xu's side, as long as Meng Xu held the ball, the Heat would wrap him, and at the same time, in order to reverse the unfavorable situation on the court as soon as possible, the Heat began to use pressing tactics against the Spurs in the first quarter.