Chapter 794: Method
"Is there no other way?"
Just as Barkley expected, after the timeout, Eric Spoelstra gave up the full-court pressing of the Spurs, switched back to the regular lineup, and let Ray Allen cooperate with Sean Battier to pack Meng Xu, but after the package of Meng Xu, Meng Xu's scoring momentum was contained, but the players around Meng Xu turned on.
At first, the Heat let go of Kawhi Leonard, after all, Leonard averaged less than 8 points per game last season, but after Leonard was empty, Meng Xu passed him three times in a row, and Leonard shot two shots, no matter where Leonard was, Meng Xu seemed to have eyes all over his body, and he could pass the basketball to Leonard's hands very accurately every time.
After Leonard scored 5 points in a row, Eric Spoelstra tried to let go of Burreth Dior, but Burrese Dior soon hit several mid-range shots in a row to teach the Heat to behave, so Eric Spoelstra, who is now standing on the sidelines, feels like his head is going to explode when he looks at the score board that is getting bigger and bigger.
Today's game is like this, it is completely beyond Eric Spoelstra's expectations, although the Spurs' record in recent seasons has always been able to maintain the top three in the league, but to be honest, the Spurs do not have the strength to win the championship, because the aging of the lineup, has always been a major shortcoming of the Spurs, Tim Duncan is 36 years old, Manu Ginobili is 35 years old, Tony Parker is 31 years old, Burrece Dior is 30 years old, this is basically a team composed of a group of "old men", In last season's playoffs, facing the younger, more energetic and impactful Thunder Sanshao, the aging Spurs did not have the slightest power to fight back.
Although the Spurs signed Meng Xu, the former first person in the league, in the offseason, it seems to be menacing, but most people don't think that the 32-year-old Meng Xu can lead the Spurs' "old men" to achieve anything, and Eric Spoelstra undoubtedly thinks so, so before the start of this season, as the defending champion, the Heat, the imaginary opponents have always been the Thunder and the Lakers, but unexpectedly, in the opening game of the new season, the Spurs gave Eric Spoelstra a head start.
Originally, I was expecting to cut the Spurs off the horse, and at the same time give the new season a good start, but also give a gift to the Heat today's championship ring award ceremony, but the current situation is that the Heat is very likely to lose today's game, the loss is not terrible, the loss is not clear and not terrible, I am afraid that I will be arranged by the other party clearly, and I can't find a way to counteract.
87-74, when the third quarter of the game ended, the Heat at home actually trailed the Spurs by as many as 13 points, and when the players on both sides left the court, the fans who supported the Heat at the American Airlines Arena also evolved from the madness and excitement at the beginning to the current quiet and panic, as for the Heat players who were off the court, they all hung their heads and looked very depressed.
"What Meng Xu can do, why can't I do it?" After sitting on the bench and looking up at the scoreboard in the distance, James asked himself in his heart, since he entered the league, James, who has been carrying the "successor of Meng Xu", has been thinking about getting rid of the hat of this so-called successor all the time while treating Meng Xu as an object of imitation and transcendence, just like Larry Bird said, everyone is unique, and James also wants to be the unique one, so James hopes that Meng Xu will come back and hope that he can defeat Meng Xu in a dignified manner.
"LeBron, what's wrong with you?" Dwyane Wade, who was sitting next to James, looked at James with a constantly changing expression on his face, and obviously felt James's strangeness, as a good friend of James, Wade was very aware of James's idea of wanting to defeat Meng Xu urgently.
"I'm fine, Dwyan." Faced with Wade's question, James didn't know how to answer him, and he didn't know how to tell Wade the doubts in his heart, looking at Wade's concerned and puzzled expression, James could only swear secretly in his heart: "Dwyan, we will definitely win this game today, definitely!" “
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"The Heat fielded all their main players at the start of the fourth quarter?" After the start of the fourth quarter, the Spurs, who led the huge advantage, replaced all the veterans in the starting lineup and sat on the bench, sending a bench lineup led by Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, but the Heat, who were on the trailing side, could not slack off, so Eric Spoelstra left all the starters on the court.
Ginobili and Leonard coordinated perfectly with one offense and one defense, and the Spurs also played very hard with a group of young people on the court, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, especially after the lack of Duncan, James and Wade were like two boning knives, stabbing the Spurs' defensive line to pieces, and the Spurs' lead was also shrinking.
However, Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, was still quite calm, not only turning a blind eye to the ever-narrowing point difference, but also forcibly squeezing into the middle of Duncan and Meng Xu, not knowing whether he was teaching them face-to-face, or chatting with them about things off the court.
"LeBron James's breakaway, very beautiful layup, 93-84, the difference between the two sides has been narrowed to 9 points." Watching James and Wade take turns to exert their strength, constantly narrowing the score on the court, Kenny Smith on the commentary bench is also getting more and more excited, not only that, Kenny Smith is also looking forward to the Heat to further narrow the difference between the two sides to within 5 points, because in this way, this game once again has highlights and suspense, and the winner is not determined until the last minute, which is undoubtedly the result that all viewers and broadcasters are most willing to see.
"Greg, should we call a timeout and switch to the main force?" After Steve Kerr and James Borrego, Amy Yudoka, who became the new head assistant coach of the Spurs, immediately came to Popovich's side after seeing that the Heat had gained momentum, interrupted his chat with Meng Xu and others, and asked him if he wanted to call a timeout.
"No, let Tim and Meng rest for a while, they're already tired today." Looking at Meng Xu and Duncan, who were already eager to play, Popovich made a gesture at them, signaling them to rest for a while, and then Popovich said to Amy Yudoka: "Manu can handle the current situation." “
After head coach Popovich rejected his timeout proposal, Amy Yudoka honestly returned to the sidelines, instead of Popovich to continue to stare at the game on the court, but Amy Yudoka is not as calm as Popovich, the more Amy Yudoka looks, the more anxious the situation on the court becomes, Ginobili's layup just helped the Spurs stop the bleeding, here Chris Bosh scored under the basket in a row, and Amy Yudoka began to scratch his head in a hurry, but there was no way, As the head coach, Popovich is not in a hurry, and Amy Judoka is in a hurry.