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After returning to the bench, Howard bowed his head and said nothing.

After leaving Magic, the smile on his face has decreased a lot, but now, he is really not happy at all.

"Dwight, there's nothing wrong with your fight, don't blame yourself."

Wade spoke comfortingly.

"Dwayne is right. The current passivity is my responsibility, and my few fouls are too undeserved."

James also took the initiative to take responsibility. '

Howard shook his head.

"It's more important now that we find a way to solve the problem. We are a group and any problem is solved together."

Haslem, the captain, also spoke.

As soon as this remark came out, the Heat all agreed.

Howard nodded too.

"Well, Dwight, you go down and rest for a few minutes to adjust your state."

"Juwan, you are ready to play."

Shiba hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.

Howard was taken aback when he heard the words, but nodded in agreement.

Veteran Juwan Howard took off his sports jacket in silence.

Wade and James were silent after listening, but their eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"The next step is to double-team Derek, and Dwayne will be the main defense. Ray, you can go up and double-team when you see the right time."

Spoelstra looked at Wade and Chalmers and said.

The two nodded.

Soon, the timeout ends and the game resumes.

Before playing, Wade patted Howard on the back and said seriously: "It's okay, I will take care of it."

............

The game continues, the Heat attack.

With Howard off the court, the Bulls defended normally.

Chalmers passed the half court with the ball and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Wade runs without the ball and comes out with the help of a screen.

Luol Deng followed closely behind and followed out.

But while Wade was receiving the ball, he accelerated and directly completed a breakthrough.

After reaching the inside line, the Flash used his signature Eurostep, pinning Boozer who was assisting the defense in place, and made an easy layup.

70: 67!

Offensive and defensive transitions, Rose continued to attack at a high position.

But this time, Chalmers stepped forward suddenly, flanking with Wade.

Rose quickly dribbled back.

During the retreat, he kept observing his teammates' running positions.

Seeing that Bogans is making an air cut, Rose leaps high, ready to pass the ball.

But Wade's reaction speed was extremely fast, he raised his hands high and jumped up to block.

In the blink of an eye, Rose suddenly retracted his stomach in the air, forcibly retracted the ball from the top of his head, and changed it to a shot from his waist.

"woo..."

After the ball was accurately handed over to Bogans, the fans at the scene once again marveled at Rose's performance.

This is simply a dragon-slaying pass!

After Bogans received the ball, there was no one in front of him.

He jumped with both feet and dunked easily.

At 70:69, the point difference returned to one point again.

The Rockets players far away in Houston couldn't help discussing after seeing this scene.

"After James and Howard went down, the Heat's defensive strength went down. Now they have nothing to do with Rose..."

Lowry said.

"Wade's defensive ability is actually quite strong, but he really can't restrain Rose by himself. Basically, neither of them can defend the other, and they can only explode each other."

Roy analyzed.

"The Bulls feel like they're going to gain momentum. It's really uncertain who will win this game! If the Bulls are allowed to play aggressively, they have the potential to beat any team."

Tony Allen gave the Bulls a very high evaluation.

"I don't think the Heat need to be too anxious. As long as they can stabilize the situation and drag it to the fourth quarter. When James and Howard return to the court, the victory still belongs to the Heat."

Ben Wallace offered a different view.

While a few people were talking, the Bulls had completed their overtake!

Noah was on defense and intercepted Chalmers' pass to Haslem.

The Bulls took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

During the fast break, Luol Deng advanced with the ball. During the march, he saw Rose, who followed up on the right, pointing to the sky with his right hand.

Luol Deng understood and tossed the ball into the air...

[Oops, the throw is too high. ]

As soon as the ball was shot, Luol Deng secretly thought something was wrong.

But at the next moment, Rose took off with both feet, as if stepping on springs, and lifted vertically into the air.

"bang!"

While pressing the ball hard into the basket, Rose's head hit the bottom edge of the backboard.

Rose, who was lagging behind, touched the top of her head in pain, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

Because with this lob, the Bulls succeeded in overtaking by 70 point with 71:1!

In the next few minutes, the two teams came and went, not giving in to each other.

But overall, the Bulls with a more complete lineup are more dominant.

Relying on team defense, they are slowly expanding the point difference.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams played 80:85, and the Bulls entered the final quarter with a 5-point advantage.

However, things are not all going in favor of the Bulls.

During the intermission, the Bulls' three cores - Rose, Luol Deng and Noah - were all panting heavily.

Their physical fitness has reached the limit!

In the three quarters, Rose took a total of 3 minutes of rest, averaging 1 minute in each quarter.

Noah was slightly better, playing 31 minutes.

The most outrageous is the British Jordan-Luol Deng.

After the first three quarters, he has already played 35 minutes!

Thibodeau is totally fucking him!

"How about it, can you still hold on?"

Thibodeau looked around the three with fiery eyes.

Ross nodded silently.

Noah took a sip of the sports drink: "There is no problem at all, I am so young, I don't need to rest."

The assistant coach on the side quickly reminded: "Qiao Jin, I told you many times, you can't drink so hard just after the game, you should drink slowly."

Luol Deng seemed to be down, and did not respond.

"Good! Everyone's spirit is very good. Now the balance of victory has tilted towards us. As long as we persist for 12 minutes, we can win in Miami!"

"Everything is difficult at the beginning. If we win this game, we will not be far from the finals!"

Thibodeau's eyes were full of fanaticism, and he frantically gave the players blood.

Noah reacted most violently, walking to the middle of the line and extending his right hand as the timeout was about to end.

Everyone responded and folded their hands together.

Rose, who was all set to play, walked back and put his hands on top.

"o. three!"

Noah shouted passionately.

"let's. go. bulls!!!!"

The bulls will respond in unison.

............

Pause ends.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Heat made substitution adjustments.

James and Howard all debut.

Wade, who led the team to bite the score in the third quarter, took a break temporarily.

The game restarted, and the Heat served.

James turned into the master and directly held the ball through the half court.

He didn't rush to attack, but organized his teammates to run at the top of the arc.

Luol Deng, who was defending him, stood one step beyond the three-point line, ready for battle.

James waited for a long time, but he still couldn't find a good pass opportunity. Then he saw that Luol Deng was two steps away from him, so he simply received the ball and made a cold shot...

"Shu~"

Basketball hollow into the net!

83:85, the point difference narrowed to two points.

After the goal, James raised his arms excitedly to celebrate.

And Luol Deng raised his right hand high, signaling to his teammates that it was his problem just now.

Offensive and defensive transitions, Ross advances quickly.

Chalmers lowered his center of gravity very low, opened his arms, and assumed a standard defensive posture.

Seeing this, Ross didn't accelerate at all, and rushed towards his right side.

Chalmers quickly moved laterally to block it.

But at the moment before the two were about to have physical contact, Rose suddenly changed hands and dribbled, and then crossed and broke to the left.

Don't slow down and change direction!

James on the side was ready to step forward to attack, but now he can only watch Rose walk away from the other side.

Fortunately, the Heat still has Howard on the inside.

His feet were slightly bent, and he stared covetously at Rose who was rushing towards him.

After the latter took three steps, Howard raised his hands high and jumped vertically.

The two No. [-] picks are facing off at this moment!

But Rose didn't go hard.

He tucked in his stomach suddenly in the air, shrunk his body into a ball, and flew directly from the left side of the basket to the right side.

Howard watched Rose fly by, but could do nothing.

After flashing the angle, Rose flicked his wrist and threw the ball.

The ball bounced off the backboard and into the net with spin!

85: 85!

For this shot, Rose only took about three seconds from launching the attack to completing the finish, but the difficulty was surprisingly high.

Moreover, he remained as calm as water after scoring the goal.

I don't know, I thought Rose just scored two points in an open space.

Seeing that the enemy's main general is getting better and better, James can't bear it anymore.

"Next, I'll defend Derek."

James called to Chalmers.

Chalmers spread his hands helplessly, but did not say the words of refusal.

............

The game continues.

After the offensive and defensive transition, James, who is extremely physically fit, launched an offensive again.

With the help of Ray Allen's high screen, he got rid of Luol Deng's defense and went straight to the basket.

Bulls players all know that once James gets into the penalty area at a high speed, there is basically no solution.

Therefore, before Lao Zhan could fully charge up, Bogans stood in front of him without hesitation.

Luol Deng, who was passed, is also struggling to catch up.

The two played one after the other, sandwiching James in the middle.

But in this way, Ray Allen was emptied.

An organization master like James will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

He seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and when he threw the ball back, the ball flew accurately into Ray Allen's hands.

Jun Zilei shot directly after receiving the ball. After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

88:85, the Heat took the lead again!

Rose witnessed all this from the side, and there was a flash of determination in his eyes.

During the Bulls' offensive round, Rose took the initiative to wave to Luol Deng, signaling the latter to come over to pick and roll.

This is not a tactic Thibodeau deployed during the intermission.

But Luol Deng did not hesitate, and immediately stepped forward to set up a pick-and-roll for Rose.

This made James very happy.

He wanted to switch defenses with Chalmers.

But after the attack was completed just now, he and Chalmers both forgot about it and habitually went to find the opposing player.

"Switch!"

James yelled as he followed Luol Deng as he moved.

Rose dribbled the ball to a 45-degree angle on the right, then raised his hand to signal his teammates to pull away.

Ever since, the first direct confrontation between him and James in this game began!

Rose's eyes were piercing, staring straight at No. 6 in front of him.

What he was thinking at this moment was not to score points on James, but how to make the latter a foul!

Yes, as long as it can cause James' fifth foul, the situation on the court may become like that in the third quarter.

This is more effective than simply scoring two points!

With this in mind, Ross moved.

He first dribbled the ball under his crotch, dribbled the ball to his left hand, and then stepped out with his left foot, making a huge crossover!

James was shaken, but his defensive habits were very good. After the center of gravity shifted, he immediately adjusted with small steps to quickly return to the defensive position.

But at this time, Ross had lowered his center of gravity and accelerated to the right to break through.

James has no worries about that.

On the contrary, this is his favorite defensive rhythm-the opponent is 1-2 steps ahead of him, and he can step on the steps to chase after the risk!

But Rose wasn't aiming for the rim.

After he rushed to the free throw line, he took three steps, but instead of completing the finish with extreme speed as before, he suddenly slowed down when he took the second step, and "let" James to his side.

James was also a little surprised by this.

Rose is 1 meters tall, slow down and wait for him... Isn't that looking for a cap?

But the next moment, Rose leaned towards James' body.

"Boom..."

James couldn't dodge in time, and the two collided directly.

The size difference between the two is huge.

Rose was slammed open, and James stayed where he was.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded.

James suddenly felt bad, and a terrified expression appeared on his face.

Rose, who fell to the ground, looked at the referee quietly.

His movements just now were very subtle.

On the one hand, after outside players hit the basket, they are destined to seek physical confrontation, which is a very common means of termination.

As far as Iverson, as close as Chris Paul, they all know this well.

That's how small guards survive.

But on the other hand, Rose's "finding" physical confrontation with the ball is more obvious.

Even if the referee calls him an offensive foul, it is understandable.

Simply put, this is an action in the ambiguity.

Whether to call a defensive foul or an offensive foul is in the referee's mind!

The referee did not dare to make a penalty easily at this time.

After all, James now has 4 fouls on his back, and if he calls him a foul, he may not be able to return to the game until the last 3 or 4 minutes...

This will be very bad for the Heat!

Several referees walked to the technical platform to watch the replay.

While watching, they discussed seriously.

At the same time, the players on both sides looked up at the big screen in the arena.

It is worth mentioning that the current NBA video playback technology is not particularly mature.

After watching the videos from all angles, the referees need to make their own decisions (in today's NBA, experts in the video playback center make judgments, and the referees only convey them on behalf of them).

This also caused a certain degree of uncertainty to the game.

For example, now, Heat players including James are very anxious.

The Bull generals looked at the technology table expectantly.

Neither side is sure, but there is hope.

Finally, the referee took off his earphones and was about to announce the penalty.

The players of the two teams and the fans at the scene were all in their throats at this moment!