Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 435

At this point in the finals, it is no longer the state of the players, the arrangement of the coaches and the tactical style of the team that determine the outcome, but the so-called "qi" in everyone's heart. If so, it is very likely to win the final championship.

In the previous six games, the two sides have gone through countless trials and tricks, and the cards in the opponent's hand are very clear. No one is stupid enough to hide it in the finals. After all, there are If you lose a game at the right time, you will probably lose the whole season's hard work.When it comes to the final peak duel, the two sides will not hold back anything, they will only try their best to let go, and then do their best to know the destiny.

Spoelstra will no longer let one of the giants serve as a substitute. He has made up his mind to let the main lineup play more than 40 minutes. After all, this is the last game of the season. It's worth it all to squeeze it all out.

McMillan also decided to put Roy in the starting lineup, forming a super perimeter of Roy + Matthews + Ye Feng again, using the most powerful lineup of the Blazers on paper to deal with the same excellent perimeter combination of the Heat. Roy, who was ill and won a championship ring, also showed a strong desire to fight.

The only good news for the Blazers is: they occupy the home court advantage of the tiebreaker!
In the NBA’s 63-year history of the finals, there have been only 17 tie-break games in total. The home team’s winning rate in the tie-break has an overwhelming advantage, with a total of 14 wins and 3 losses. The winning rate is as high as 82.4%. The visiting team’s winning probability is only 17.6% %.

上一次抢七大战客队取胜还要追溯到遥远的1978年，奇才的前身华盛顿子弹在客场以105比99击败了雷霆的前身西雅图超音速夺得总冠军。另外两次客队抢七成功分别出现在1969年和1974年，主角都是凯尔特人队，1969年他们在客场以108比106击败了湖人，1974年他们则是在客场以102比87击败了雄鹿夺冠。

So the Blazers still have a psychological advantage, and the odds of the bookmakers are still optimistic about them. Although the odds of both sides are close, the Blazers are indeed lower. This makes many bettors curse secretly in their hearts. Who should buy to win?
But the Trail Blazers fans don't care so much. The tickets for this game have long been sold out, and even the scalpers have a price but no market.Various fan organizations have already contacted each other, and are preparing to make the Rose Garden Arena the most terrifying home stadium in the entire league on the day of the tiebreaker.

Their plan was undeniably successful, and when the Heat walked onto the court, everyone frowned, even proven players like James and Wade.In fact, they have experienced it many times before, but this time it is different. The significance of the tiebreaker is unmatched by other games, so the fans of the Blazers acted even more crazy, and started to go crazy when they saw them enter the field hush.

Almost the entire warm-up period, the Heat players were a little restless. There were too many Trail Blazers fans who entered the field early. Although they were not impulsive enough to jump into the field, the ubiquitous noise still had a big impact on them. Several young people in the team obviously began to become stiff.

No matter how calmly they take it, the boos from the fans are still ubiquitous, and it is bearable for a short time, but as long as the time is long, as long as it is a human being, it will become irritated.The only thing the Heat can stabilize is James and Wade, and the status of the others has been more or less affected.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the Blazers suppressed the Heat from the beginning, and all the inside and outside lines blossomed.Especially inside, Aldridge, who was hit by Battier's lore three-pointer in the last game, regrouped. Even though Battier's defense was also in place, he still gritted his teeth and hit the basket instead of floating like before. Shoots from the mid-range.Due to his height advantage, his tough style of play also received due rewards, scoring as many as 12 points in a single quarter.

This is unbelievable for him. You must know that he only scored 14 points in the whole game in the last game. Today, he scored almost as many points as the whole game in the last game in just one quarter. He showed his determination to win with all his might.

In the first quarter, the Blazers scored 32 points inside and outside, and suppressed the Heat's score to 25 points, and achieved a certain lead. This is very important for them, because it means that they have suppressed the momentum. Heat.Of course, this is also due to the credit of the home fans. If they hadn't booed the Heat players during the game, it would have been difficult to gain an advantage from the start of the tiebreaker. Not the weak.

But at the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat launched a comprehensive counterattack. Of course, it is not comprehensive, mainly the Big Three.Yes, even Bosh, who had always been an invisible man before, began to hit shots from the middle and long distances. The Big Three were the main attackers, Battier and Haslem were the main defenses. As a result, before halfway through the second quarter, the Blazers' advantage was running out.

Of course, McMillan did not allow such a thing to happen. After some thought, he quickly made a decision to replace Aldridge and Oden with Batum and Hickson, obviously to play more offensively. One big four small lineup.The perimeter firepower composed of Roy, Matthews, Batum and Ye Feng is already the top in the league. In addition, Ye Feng and Matthews are also two defensive gates. The Blazers strengthened their offense without weakening their defense. How many.

Matthews and Ye Feng faced Wade and James respectively, which allowed Roy and Batum to attack freely.For Battier, Batum is a more difficult player to defend than Aldridge because he moves so much faster than Aldridge and often uses screens to hit three-pointers from the outside.Although Battier tried his best to defend, he always failed to catch up. Batum's physical strength and athletic ability are much stronger than the 34-year-old him.

Of course, Matthews and Ye Feng, who were in charge of defending Wade and James and almost gave up all offense, are the two hardest people in the team, but it is undoubtedly worth it, because under the constraints of the two of them, James and Wayne People's scoring efficiency has dropped significantly, and the point difference has once again been widened.In fact, this is what McMillan learned from Spoelstra. Some players specialize in offense and some players specialize in defense. If you can use it, I won’t?
(End of this chapter)