king of defenders

Chapter 632 Changes of the Raptors
Meng Yun couldn't figure out what the Raptors meant, but he had to play how the game should be played.

While Meng Yun was observing the opponent, Lowry had already moved around Whiteside, switched positions with Scola, and became Lowry against Meng Yun again.

"I didn't double-team me, and I didn't replace Carol to defend me. Could it be that they are so relieved of me?" Meng Yun frowned, but didn't plan to attack immediately, "I'll wait and see."

Meng Yun passed the ball to Wade. Wade saw Luol Deng asking for the ball in the low post and immediately passed it. Luol Deng took the ball and observed it. After carrying it twice, pushing against Scola to the inside, and then turning over and hooking, the basketball got into the net steadily and scored two points for the Heat.

The Raptors fought back.

After Lowry advanced to the frontcourt, he immediately passed it to DeRozan. DeRozan singled out Wade, broke through after continuous dribbles, and then faced Whiteside with a high-ball shot.

With a sound of "shua", the basketball fell into the net.

Meng Yun frowned and stared at DeRozan: "DeRozan's scoring-desire seems to be very strong today. He played so resolutely at the beginning of the game. He just played singles when he caught the ball, and he didn't even look at other people."

The game has just started, and the two sides have only played one round, but Meng Yun sensitively felt something strange. The performance of the Raptors today is a bit different from the previous games.

Wade came and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just feel that the Raptors are a little different today."

"It's normal to be different. In the tiebreaker, the Raptors must have made some adjustments."

"Ah."

The game continues.

Next, Meng Yun didn't make many shots. He mainly organized the offense, and read the game to observe the Raptors' style of play.

Although Meng Yun didn't make many shots, his threat need not be said much. It is very effective in attracting defense, coupled with his sharp breakthrough and dexterous passing, he is also remarkable in organizing offense. His teammates are also in good condition, so playing After 3 minutes, the two sides can be said to be tied, the score is 8:7, and the Heat temporarily lead the Raptors by one point.

"No." Meng Yun frowned slightly. He had been observing for 3 minutes. Although he hadn't come to a clear conclusion, he felt more and more obvious. "The strategy of the Raptors has changed, and it is different from the previous games. .”

It was at this time that the Raptors suddenly went berserk.

Surprisingly, the Raptors' offensive rhythm has accelerated. The offense is very aggressive. They don't pursue speed like the Heat, but they are very decisive. The offense is clear and does not limit the number of passes. , and is very determined when the opportunity arises.

The most obvious point is that the two cores of DeRozan and Lowry have significantly enhanced their personal offense, especially DeRozan, who almost plays singles when he gets the ball. DeRozan still struggled to defend him, and DeRozan scored again and again to score points.

Driven by DeRozan, the Raptors played a wave of shock waves, and soon overtook the score and expanded rapidly.

"Pull away."

In the 7th minute of the first quarter, DeRozan received the ball, gestured to his teammates, played singles again, faced Wade with a shot, leaned back, made a difficult shot, the basketball bounced twice on the rim, and finally Go into the net nest at one end.

Another one was scored, and DeRozan scored 9 points alone.

This is rare in the past few games. In the past few games, DeRozan scored the highest score in the team, but he did not score explosively. Every game scored more than 31 points. Only one game scored [-] points. higher up.

This is also the characteristic of the Raptors. The lineup is balanced, there are stars but not dependent on the stars. The team's scoring is not concentrated on the core players, and it is relatively scattered.

But today, after only 7 minutes in the first quarter, DeRozan has already scored 9 points.

"I understand." Meng Yun's heart was shocked, and he suddenly understood, "The opponent has indeed changed their strategy, and it turned out to be completely different from the previous games. In the previous games, they mainly emphasized defense and won by strong defense. Then our offense was too sharp, so we won three games in a row."

"It turns out that this is the case. Coach Casey must have seen that the defense can no longer stop our offense, so he simply changed the method. Instead of blindly defending, start from the offense."

The Heat and the Raptors are like a spear and a shield. In the first three games of the series, the shield was stronger than the spear, so the Raptors won three games in a row; seven.

Now in the seventh game, the Raptors have changed their strategy. Their defense is still strong, but they don't emphasize defense too much, but pursue both offense and defense.

Yes, the Raptors are not the Heat. Even if they change their strategy, they are not a pure offensive team. Rigorous and active defense has become their system and cannot be changed.

They don't intend to completely change course and win with offense. What they pursue is a balance of offense and defense-because the Heat cannot be won by defense.

On the sidelines, Spoelstra also saw it.

"We are already behind by 6 points." Spoelstra glanced at the scoreboard, the score became 21:15, and the Heat fell behind by 6 points. "The opponent puts more energy on offense, players Also played more decisively, especially DeRozan. Yes, this is the same as us, driven by the core players, as sharp knives, to drive the offense."

"Coach Casey's reputation is well-deserved. He dared to make such a change in the last game. He is not afraid that the players will not adapt, and he is not worried about whether this change will be useful?"

In 7 minutes, Spoelstra had already understood the opponent's intention, and he raised his hand and called a timeout.

When the players came down, Spoelstra said: "The opponent changed their strategy, no longer focusing on defense, but pursuing a balance between offense and defense."

Hearing this, Meng Yun raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect the coach and himself to coincide with each other.

Spoelstra continued: "Judging from these 7 minutes, the opponent has succeeded. Because of the enhanced offense, their defense has been weakened, but they are still stronger than us. On the offensive end, our original advantage has been reduced. This time It's going up and down, and things are going against us, so we're overtaken."

Meng Yun nodded, he also thought of it, but how to solve the problem?

Everyone looked at Spoelstra.

Spoelstra said: "What we have to do is still the same as before. Our advantage is offense. The opponent has narrowed the gap with us on the offensive end because of improving offense and relying on the personal abilities of core players. But we cannot Let the opponent get what he wants, if the opponent wants to narrow the gap, then we have to widen the gap.”

"Our offense has to be sharper and more aggressive."

"Wade, Meng Yun." Spoelstra looked at the two of them: "The next step is up to you. The opponent relies on core players to open the way and improve their offense. We also have core players. What you have to do is to hold Germany down for me." Rozan and Lowry, suppressing the opponent's core players can suppress the opponent's offense."

Meng Yun's eyes lit up, why didn't he think of it?

Wade looked at Meng Yun, the two understood, smiled slightly, and said in unison: "Yes, coach."

(End of this chapter)