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Chapter 394

After the game restarted, the Timberwolves' offense began to improve. Although each offensive round took more than 15 seconds, which was not the style of fast passing and running at all, at least the shooting rate had improved significantly, which was enough.

After seeing his teammates open up, Xu Hao also began to strengthen his personal offense.Wade's defense is of course good. The most important thing is that he reacts quickly and has strong physical fitness. However, Xu Hao used his crotch to change direction and dribble.Although Wade has a lot of experience, he can only do nothing in the face of Xu Hao's full play, and he is constantly being penetrated by the outside defense.

Since the Timberwolves acquired Korver, Xu Hao has consciously reduced his outside shots and started to go to the basket more.Of course, if the Timberwolves need his shots, he can also use three-point shooting to help his teammates open the space.

The Timberwolves beat the Heat 17-11 the rest of the first quarter, ending the first quarter 27-31.The performance of the players let McHale breathe a sigh of relief, the difference of 4 points is nothing, it is much better than the difference of double digits.However, McHale will not be very satisfied with this. He hopes that the Timberwolves can directly beat the Heat to the ground.

Xu Hao also thought so. In the playoffs and finals, the Heat had much more experience than them. If the Timberwolves wanted to win, they could only beat the old master to death.As the core of the team's tactics, Xu Hao must maximize the team's offensive ability, so that he can complete the overtake in the score before the Heat can react.

After the start of the second quarter, Xu Hao directly summoned Love to play a pick-and-roll with himself.In fact, under normal circumstances, it is a better choice for Jordan to pick and roll. After all, Love has the ability to play singles with the ball, while Jordan can only eat cakes.But tonight, Love has hit 2 three-pointers from the outside. The ultimate goal of Xu Hao and his pick-and-roll is to let him go outside to shoot three-pointers.

Love did not let down Xu Hao's pass. Anyway, the Heat would switch defenses when encountering a pick-and-roll. In front of him was Wade, who was more than a head short. As long as Xu Hao's pass was in place, he could easily shoot.Wade is considered the most shot-blocking guard in the league, but he has nothing to do with Love. In just 2 minutes, the latter hit 3 three-pointers.

After a small climax led by Love, the Timberwolves tied the score, which made Spoelstra nervous on the sidelines.He felt that he was just wandering for a while, but he didn't expect the team to be tied immediately, which surprised him at the Timberwolves' ability to score points.However, Spoelstra did not call a timeout. He believed that the players could solve the problem by themselves.

The Heat players did not live up to his trust. James once again started the scoring mode, instead of concentrating on making the ball for his teammates as before.Although his shooting touch is completely incomparable with the second game, the breakthrough layup is still extremely threatening, and Jordan does not dare to confront him excessively at the basket, for fear of taking a few more fouls before the game enters the fourth quarter.

The two sides continued to struggle through the first half, with the Heat slightly leading 58 to 55. This was because Battier hit a difficult three-pointer at the buzzer.Of course, such a goal did not hit the morale of the Timberwolves at all. After all, this was only the end of the first half, and it was not the last goal of the whole game. Being behind by 3 points or something is not a problem at all.

Sure enough, in the first round of the second half, a cold arrow from Xu Hao allowed the Timberwolves to tie the score again.The Big Three of the Heat were not to be outdone. With the assistance of Chalmers and Battier, they tried their best to grab points. The two sides fought inextricably.Originally, Xu Hao also thought about creating a wave of scoring climax through organizing offense, but the opponent's scoring ability is not inferior. Pull away.

The score between the two sides in the third quarter was 25 to 22. The Timberwolves just smoothed the point difference at the end of the first half, and the two teams returned to the same starting line again.In fact, with the relatively cold feel of the Heat in this quarter, the Timberwolves have every chance to take the lead, but unfortunately their feel is not much hotter, and 25 points in a single quarter is not their normal level at all.

In the last quarter, James took the lead, scoring 8 points with sudden shots, allowing the Heat to take the lead again, and has been in control of the situation on the court.McHale called two timeouts in a row but it didn't work. The Heat players have been twisted into one rope under the leadership of James. Even if the physical energy consumption in the first three quarters is already high enough, they will grit their teeth and persist.

This situation continued until the last 5 minutes of the game, but it was not Xu Hao who stood up for the Timberwolves, but Rubio who had been silent for almost the entire game.He didn't use his best pass to help his teammates score, but kept shaking Chalmers to the basket, and then made layups fearlessly under Haslem's iron defense.Of course, this is also related to his poor feel in this game. He has already made 5 three-pointers before and only hit 1.

Rubio's sudden outburst made the rest of the Timberwolves feel like they had been hit with chicken blood, and the point difference was wiped out in an instant. Korver and Xu Hao's three-pointers also helped them gain a certain lead.By the last minute of the game, the Timberwolves had already held a 1-point lead. Although this score is not very safe, it is almost enough at such a critical moment.

But how could the Heat easily admit defeat?James, who always likes to carry the team forward, once again showed his true qualities as the league's number one star. He kept hitting the basket and causing fouls, helping the Heat get a 12.1-point lead with 2 seconds left in the game.He also wanted to minimize the time, but unfortunately the Timberwolves did not give him this opportunity.

This is the time to test the Timberwolves' offense. They didn't call a timeout and served the ball directly from the backcourt. Xu Hao got the ball and turned around to break through Chalmers' blockade. , Korver, who made 7 of 4 three-pointers in the game, was waiting there to catch and shoot.James flew over to block the shot, but it was too late, Xu Hao's pass was very precise, and Korver didn't need to make any adjustments at all, just jumped up and shot.

"Bang!" The sound of the basketball hitting the rim made everyone's heart skip a beat. This three-pointer actually missed!However, just when all the Heat fans were about to stand up and celebrate the victory, a big hand suddenly appeared under the basketball, lifted it up gently, immediately changed the trajectory of the basketball, and reluctantly fell into the basket again. basket.

Xu Hao, who made a tip-up, was unsteady and fell to the ground, but his eyes were fixed on the referee.When the referee watched the replay repeatedly on the technical platform and made a gesture that the goal was effective, his arm was raised high, like a standing banner.Although this goal only dragged the game into overtime, it was already the best result for Xu Hao.

(End of this chapter)