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Chapter 192 Heat's Upper Limit

The Timberwolves got the first offensive ball.

There is no doubt about the matchup, James personally matched Giannis - Antetokounmpo.

So far in the Timberwolves game, Eric Spoelstra and his assistants basically believe that only James in the Heat lineup is worthy of Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Maybe from the Warriors and Spurs game, Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn't seem to be that important.

In contrast, Butler has a certain ability to break through and make free throws in the middle distance.

In addition, the starters Luol Deng and Iguodala are also former All-Star strikers.

Even Ibaka, he also has a certain offensive ability.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is not bad, but it seems that there is no gap with the Timberwolves in other points.

But the Heat's coaching staff has discovered that when the team can match Giannis Antetokounmpo, then his sense of presence in the entire game is not so strong.

For example, the Warriors have Green, and the Spurs have Leonard and Duncan.

But look at the regular season.

When opponents can't match Giannis Antetokounmpo, he will rely on his unique talent to blow up defenders who can't match him.

The defense is not right for Giannis Antetokounmpo, he will really give you a face, catch that point and hit hard.

So it is also very necessary for James to defend against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was not surprised to see that James came to defend himself. After all, according to the coach's arrangement, this point followed the coach's arrangement.

Not only did Giannis Antetokounmpo not avoid James, but he also went to the low post to ask for a position, as if he was going to hit James.

The point of defending Giannis Antetokounmpo is to push him out and not let him squeeze in.

When the two were entangled in the low post, the Timberwolves carried out a three-man tactic on the center line. Lol Deng and Ibaka made a three-pointer off the ball for Iguodala.

But in fact, in this pick-and-roll, Luol Deng's pick-and-roll was fake. He cut inside when the screen did not make contact.

Bosh did not keep up at the first time, so he could only let Lewis follow up.

Luol Deng didn't care about Lewis's chasing defense, and directly took the ball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's pass is not too difficult, because it was originally designed tactically, and his own passing vision is wide.

Luol Deng received the ball and made a layup directly.

Lewis was not good at defense when he was at his peak, let alone Lewis who is now old.

The current Lewis originally joined the Heat with a basic salary. He is a player with a basic salary. How demanding can he be?
His shooting skills are still superb. If he still has a defensive hand, the Hornets will not cut him directly.

When Luol Deng was the main attacker for the Bulls, he struggled against James Battier's forward defense.

But facing Lewis, Luol Deng immediately played the offensive strength of a superstar.

Timberwolves 2:0 Heat.

Seeing the tactics played so smoothly, Su Chen on the sidelines smiled lightly.

Even a basic-salary player like Lewis is used to start, and the Heat really don't have enough rotation.

Seeing the ball scored, James seemed a little helpless.

He didn't even want to say anything more to Lewis.

He came to be the champion with a basic salary, and he was invited by Ray Allen. It is already very difficult for him to let a player with a basic salary start.

This team has already reached the point of starting with a basic salary, and James has mixed feelings about this team.

But after all, this is about his own championship honor. When the baseline ball was served, James directly signaled to ask for the ball.

After James took the ball for halftime, he saw Iguodala who was already in a defensive posture.

James didn't think too much about who would defend him for the Timberwolves. No matter who defended him, he needed him to charge.

What is going on with the rest of the Heat now, James knows it all too well.

Iguodala did not directly put James to shoot a three-pointer, but just took a half-step distance.

For a shooter, putting half a step at such a distance can make a shot directly.

But for a breakthrough striker with certain shooting ability, this is not a good shot opportunity.

And Iguodala's hand is still swaying in front of him, and he can interfere at any time after he takes up his shooting position.

After James arrived in the Heat, he became more and more confident in three-point development, but that was when the opponent let him go.

Three-point top shots are generally done when you are tired of breakthroughs.

Besides, whether the Heat can win or not is basically up to him.

When he played against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, he was out of form for one game and scored 10 points on 2 of 7 shots.

That game was directly won by Paul George with 37 points.

After he gave up his shot in poor form, Bosh scored 21 points on 9-of-21 shooting.

David West even scored 11 points in just 19 shots.

Eric - Spoelstra now dare not use the way of the whole people to attack, it is too long since Bosh has not played the low post in the game.

Wade is a little more efficient than Bosh, but not by much.

Moreover, Wade played with an injury and could only perform secondary offense, and the ball still had to be handed over to James.

At this time, James carried Iguodala's defense, rushed in and scored.

Timberwolves 2:2 Heat.

After James scored the goal, he signaled to the referee that Iguodala had a problem with his thugs.

But the referee ignored him.

Seeing that the Timberwolves were about to launch a fast break, James quickly retreated.

Su Chen on the sidelines saw Iguodala's defensive style, and it was indeed a foul.

Iguodala cut the ball a few times just now, and it was very powerful. The bald trainer Mark said that he was holding the ball with all his strength, and Iguodala hit the ball twice and it was numb.

Iguodala made great efforts to cut the ball.

And because of too much force, it is inevitable that it will hit James' hand.

But this kind of action is only when James makes a breakthrough start.

James likes bulldozer-style breakthroughs, relying on his brute force to force his way in.

Iguodala hit the ball in James' hands while being hit by James.

But when James made a joint ball move, Iguodala immediately stopped his move and the defense became clean.

In fact, this is also slowly testing the referee's whistle level tonight.

A foul was called for the opening move, which was just an ordinary foul and no free throws were given.

The Timberwolves' offense continued to allow Giannis Antetokounmpo to contain James and consume James.

At the same time, let others participate more in the offense.

Especially when it comes to fighting Chalmers, whether it is Butler or Iguodala, they have the right to fire when they see Chalmers.

As for Luol Deng and Ibaka, let alone, when Chalmers met them, they basically had to foul early.

The defense of the Heat team is relatively weak now.

The Timberwolves, a team with weak offense and strong defense, played an offensive kaleidoscope level in front of the Heat.

James is the Heat's single-defense strength, but James is going to limit Giannis Antetokounmpo, so he has no time to help others.

And the offense itself depends on him. The defense should not only let him defend the opponent's strongest point, but also help the whole team defend?
Except for James, the Heat's best defense turned out to be Wade who played with an injury.

It can be seen that Wade is really fighting.

Butler and Iguodala's defense, Wade dragged and resisted.

But Wade himself is enough to fight if he is not named. For the other points of the Heat, Bosh can barely see it as a single defense.

Lewis and Chalmers, whether it's shooting defense or breakthrough defense, can give each other too little interference.

When the Timberwolves players attacked them, they didn't score, basically because of their own feel.

It has nothing to do with their own defensive interference.

The Timberwolves' defensive strategy against the Heat is also very simple.

That is single defense against James.

Or take turns 'beating' James.

The main defense against James is Iguodala, and Giannis Antetokounmpo will occasionally help out, or Giannis Antetokounmpo will go solo to defend James.

The Timberwolves have Ibaka on the inside, even if Giannis Antetokounmpo goes to defend James alone, he doesn't have to consider the issue of protecting the frame.

Lewis does not attack the frame, he mainly shoots three-pointers from the outside.

Wade also has Butler and Luol Deng to take care of switching defenses.

The Timberwolves can bully people so defensively because the Heat's role players are too role-playing, basically relying on the main offensive player for assists.

Moreover, the scale of whistleblowing in the finals will be relaxed, and the intensity of confrontation will increase.

Whether it's Iguodala or Giannis Antetokounmpo, the two defend James by leaning on their bodies against James.

Against the impact of James, and then keep hitting the ball in James' hands with your hands, or sometimes just hit James' arm.

Also James is black enough.

If it was replaced by Jokic's arm, he would be beaten red now.

Su Chen on the sidelines didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He just made the defense stronger, and how it should be was the player's own understanding.

Besides, he didn't even ask Giannis Antetokounmpo to do a small foot move.

There was also Beverly in the lineup, and Su Chen didn't instruct Beverly to do those operations aimed at people.

Already very kind.

Including when coaching the Warriors last season, Su Chen did not condone Green's malicious actions.

He doesn't encourage players to do these things, but these skills are the guys they get contracts in the league, and he has no right to make the other party give up these things.

Both the Warriors and the Timberwolves are just places where he temporarily draws the lottery, and there is no need to do that.

The score on the field.

Timberwolves 18:12 Heat.

As the Heat's offense continued to miss, and the Timberwolves' offensive continued unabated, the Heat fell behind by 6 points.

beep!
Eric Spoelstra couldn't stand it anymore and called a timeout.

But the timeout was called, but the problems Eric Spoelstra had to face made him a little at a loss.

Substitution?
Erik Spoelstra takes a look at the Heat's bench.

Old Ray Allen, old birdman Anderson, old Haslem, old Battier, picked up Beasley, old Jones.

A little younger is Norris Cole, but he is not much different from Chalmers.

He's better than Chalmers, so Erik Spoelstra won't let him come off the bench, but let him start.

Erik Spoelstra is, without a doubt, capable.

But how to arrange such a firepower?

Su Chen, who was on the other side of the field, also saw Eric Spoelstra's thoughts.

Su Chen could not help but smile.

He thought of Butler's black eight season, Eric Spoelstra and Butler led this team, and the black eight reached the finals.

But that's the upper limit of the lineup.

Even the Celtics, who had slowed down, almost came back from a 0-3 situation.

Facing the Nuggets in the finals, they were not much better than the later Timberwolves, anyway, they were 4 to 1.

The Timberwolves are also eighth in the West, and the Heat are eighth in the East. In fact, this is the true strength of this Heat.

No matter how good Eric Spoelstra is, it can't change the fact that the team has a ceiling.

Although the current Heat is much stronger than the later Black Eight Heat.

But it may not be really strong.

James is definitely stronger than Butler, but the helpers around Butler are really useful, and the helpers around James now are Wade, who still has a little fighting power.

That's the ceiling for this Heat.

In contrast, the upper limit of this Timberwolves.

These are all selected by Su Chen. Although Giannis Antetokounmpo is still a rookie, he has 80% of his peak ability.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's peak is also an MVP-level player.

The other Timberwolves players are also extremely tough.

Although this Timberwolves team can't be called a Lamborghini, the Heat on the opposite side can be said to be a toy car after leaving James behind.

If Wade is still at his peak, he still needs a dozen.

Wade's current appearance is really not much better than that of the Black Eight Heat team.

Pause ends.

Erik Spoelstra rearranged the lineup anyway.

Minnesota lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Luol Deng (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Jimmy - Butler (PG)

Heat Lineup: Chris Bosh (C), Rashard Lewis (PF), LeBron James (SF), Ray Allen (SG), Dwyane Wade (PG)

Su Chen didn't even adjust the lineup, anyway, it was just consuming James, how long did it take.

When the whole team's physical strength is not bad and the score is leading, Su Chen doesn't want to make any adjustments.

On the bench, there is Josh who can top James.

Anyway, the three of them took turns to consume James. Of course, the main force is Iguodala's defense.

On the Heat's side, there is actually nothing to adjust.

The ceiling for the entire Heat is like that.

With players like Battier or Anderson, not only can the Heat's offense fail, but their defense may not be able to improve.

Battier is no longer the Battier of last season.

(End of this chapter)