king of defenders

Chapter 431 Approaching, only 2 points left!
"Substitution." Hornets coach Steve Clifford waved his hand and looked at the bench: "Gilchrist, Walker, you two, I will replace PJ and Lin."

"Yes." Gilchrist and Walker nodded together.

Afterwards, coach Steve Clifford spread out the tactical board, while drawing the tactics, while arranging: "Wait for us to do this." After some arrangement, Steve Clifford paused, and then said: "Be careful with that Chinese kid, he's fast, and has strong breakthrough and organizational skills."

The Hornets players nodded.

After playing for more than three quarters, everyone could see Meng Yun's performance, and no one dared to underestimate Meng Yun. This rookie from the ancient East was a little different from the Chinese players that people used to think.

In more than three quarters, Meng Yun's personal score has reached 21 points, in addition to 8 assists, 4 rebounds, and 1 steal, scoring the highest score in the game.

What else is there to say about such data?

Here, the Heat players surrounded Coach Spoelstra. Coach Spoelstra looked at Whiteside and said, "Whiteside."

"Coach." Whiteside said quickly, "I'm fine, I can continue playing."

Coach Spoelstra frowned, nodded and said: "Okay, you continue to play, you guys will go up." Then, he spread out the tactical board, "You played well, we are only 5 points behind now, We have every chance to win. Meng, you are still at the core. You have to focus more on scoring, and the organization is handed over to Joseph. Joseph played well. And Johnson, you have to be proactive, and you have to take the shot. .”

"Whiteside, Haslem, you protect the rebounds. Keep the inside and don't let the opponent easily score inside."

In the end, Coach Spoelstra concluded: "In short, we must do a good job defensively, and at the same time attack aggressively. Play well, and you will be fine."

"Yes."

"clear."

Several people nodded in unison.

Turning around, Meng Yun called Whiteside, Haslem, Johnson, and Joseph over and stretched out his hand: "Brothers, we can win."

"Ah."

"come on."

The four stretched out their hands, overlapping with Meng Yun's.

At this moment, the five people looked at each other and smiled knowingly. An inexplicable fighting spirit and surging fighting spirit rose from the bottom of their hearts, making their blood boil.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the timeout ends.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the difference between the two sides is only 5 points.

The two sides returned to the court, and the Heat are still Whiteside, Haslem, Johnson, Meng Yun, and Joseph Young.On the side of the Hornets, there are Kaminsky, Williams, Batum, Gilchrist, and Walker.

There is no doubt that the Hornets are bound to win, so as soon as they saw the point difference narrowed, they immediately replaced Walker and Gilchrist. Except for Kaminsky, they were basically the starting lineup.

Hornets attack.

Walker quickly came to the front court, and Meng Yun stepped forward to meet Walker.

It was supposed to be Joseph Young and Walker facing each other, but Joseph Young must not be able to guard Walker. As the core of the Heat, Meng Yun needs to take the lead and defend the opponent's arrow players.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, Meng Yun's defense is much stronger than Joseph Young.

"Come on." Meng Yun took a deep breath and stared at Walker.

"Hmph." Walker snorted coldly and gestured to his teammates. Kaminsky stepped forward to pick and roll, Walker moved quickly, threw off Meng Yun's defense, and cut inside.

Whiteside stepped forward to delay, Meng Yun also quickly ran over, and returned to Walker in an instant, Whiteside retreated, and returned to within the three-second zone.

A breakthrough by Walker ended in failure.

"The Heat's defense has become stronger." Walker frowned, "No, not stronger, but more active."

Compared with the previous three quarters, the Heat's defense is not at the same level. It doesn't mean that their defense has become stronger all of a sudden, but has become more active.

Aggressiveness determines defense.

When the enthusiasm of the Heat comes back, the defensive intensity will naturally be different.

But the Hornets are not weak. After all, they are almost a pure main lineup. Walker broke through to no avail, quickly distributed the ball to the outside, and passed it to Batum. Batum tore through Johnson's defense and scored with a throw.

84:77, 7 points behind.

"Counterattack."

Meng Yun yelled and rushed forward.

Joseph Young quickly advanced to the front court and passed the ball to Meng Yun. Seeing Meng Yun holding the ball, Walker immediately rushed forward, and Batum was also watching.

"Pull away." Meng Yun gestured.

Everyone pulled away, Meng Yun lowered his center of gravity to play singles, and took a tentative step. Walker was unmoved, and Meng Yun didn't care. He retracted his foot, sank his left shoulder, and slapped the ball on the floor.

"Left." Walker frowned, moved immediately, and took a step back at the same time. He didn't dare not to back up a little more, because Meng Yun's speed was too fast.

But at this moment, Meng Yun retreated, pulled the ball back, and returned his feet outside the three-point line.

Walker's face changed slightly, and he rushed forward.

It's a pity that Walker's height is much shorter than Meng Yun's. Meng Yun retreats again and his shot speed is also fast. It is impossible for Walker to touch the ball, it's just a bluff.

Swish!
With a soft bang, Hollow hit.

It was a three-pointer and the score became 84:80.

Walker's pupils shrank, back and forth, even though Batum scored one, but instead of widening the point difference, it narrowed by 1 point.

In a blink of an eye, two more rounds passed.

Both sides failed to score in these two rounds, and then Walker broke through and went inside and caused Haslem to foul. Walker walked to the free throw line and made two free throws.

Tens of seconds later, Meng Yun used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Walker, forcibly entered the inside line, and then passed the ball out to Johnson. Johnson feinted and broke through with the ball.

On the outside line, Joseph Young stood outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, with a large space in front of him.

"Taylor," Joseph Young yelled.

"Understood." Johnson had already seen Joseph Young and flicked the ball outside.

Joseph Young catches the ball, takes a deep breath, and flicks his wrist.

Swish!
It was another three-pointer, and the score became 85:83, with only 2 points left.

"nice shot."

"Nice job."

"Haha, the difference is only two points."

In the auditorium, the home fans cheered and cheered loudly.

Originally, the home fans didn't have much hope for winning, because Wade, Bosh, and Dragic didn't play much time.And in the fourth quarter, coach Spoelstra obviously didn't intend to let them play. In addition, the score has been falling behind. It is too difficult to beat the Hornets if they want to reverse the comeback.

The fans did not expect that only relying on the rotation lineup, the Heat showed an astonishing combat effectiveness, chasing the point difference to only 2 points.

Winning doesn't seem impossible!

(End of this chapter)