In the first half, Wade was undoubtedly the best player among all the players on both teams. After the start of the third quarter, the best player gradually changed from Wade to Chen Feng.
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However, no one knows who is the winner today.
Because this peak showdown is still going on intensely.
"Yeah, that's great!" The Spurs bench cheered excitedly, and their cheers inspired the Spurs fans at the scene and in front of all the computers and TVs.
In this fateful battle, both sides are fighting desperately. Especially the Spurs, they are eager for revenge, eager to win from the Heat, and eager to win the championship again on top of the Heat.
Trophy.
Before the game started, Popovich almost gritted his teeth and said to the Spurs players.
"Patti, come on!" Seeing Chen Feng panting, Popovich was really worried about what would happen to Chen Feng's physical strength.
Moreover, this game was also a fierce finals, so he decided to let Patty Mills replace Chen Feng so that he could get enough rest so that he could perform better in the fourth quarter.
After receiving Popovich's instructions, Patty Mills quickly stood up from the bench and walked toward the court.
Chen Feng saw Patty Mills walking to the sideline and taking off his jacket. He also saw Popovich nodding to him. Chen Feng immediately knew that he was about to be substituted.
When Boris Diaw touched the ball out of the baseline, Patty Mills replaced Chen Feng on the court.
"Take the time to rest. Next, we have to fight back." Patty Mills said to Chen Feng with a smile.
Chen Feng nodded and walked towards the bench.
After arriving on the court, Patty Mills carefully guarded Wade. When Wade took the baseline ball from Anderson, Patty Mills immediately got close to him and stretched out his right hand to cover Wade's eyes.
Wade made several fake moves in a row, then suddenly retreated and shot a jumper.
The orange basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then got into the basket with a "swish" sound.
Patty Mills cursed in a depressed voice, took the baseline serve from Boris Diaw, and then advanced towards the Heat half court.
"Chen, how are you feeling now?" Popovich walked to Chen Feng, sat down, and asked with concern.
Chen Feng took a sip of water, smiled at Popovich, and replied: "Well, I'm a little tired. It's really difficult to play against Wade. Maybe it has something to do with this being the finals! A healthy Dehuai
Well, it’s really strong!”
After hearing Chen Feng truthfully express his thoughts, Popovich nodded with satisfaction.
"In the process of chasing points just now, you consumed a lot of energy. Take a good rest. I will let you play in the fourth quarter. And that time is the best time for you to perform." Popovich smiled.
Said to Chen Feng.
"Yeah, I understand." Chen Feng nodded and replied.
Popovich took a look at the situation on the court. Suddenly, his face was extremely ugly, because the Spurs' perimeter was basically blocked by the Heat and they lost their aggressiveness.
Except for Ginobili who performed reasonably well, Patty Mills, who just came on the court, was no match for Wade.
Therefore, Popovich did not hesitate to make substitutions. The rotation of the lineup is the best thing about Popovich.
At this time, the Spurs' lineup on the field was a bit strange. Derrick Favors and Duncan formed a barrier inside, and Diaw, who had always played power forward before, was assigned to the small forward position. It seemed that Popovich
He is determined to compete with the Heat.
In fact, Popovich made such a choice out of desperation. On the one hand, his outside performance was not good, and on the other hand, he already had an advantage inside, so after replacing Boris Diaw,
The Spurs' inside line has even more advantages and can cause huge damage to the Heat's basket.
Wade looked at Patty Mills' defense and suddenly made a cross-step to Patty Mills' left side. Patty Mills' speed was a little slower than Wade's, but his physical fitness was good, and
The sensitivity is also good. I saw that its center of gravity shifted to the left, and it was blocked in front of Wade.
Wade bumped into Patty Mills and wanted to forcefully eat Patty Mills, but how could Patty Mills, who had the same aggressive style of play, be afraid of him forcefully eating him?
Patty Mills opened her arms and stood firmly in front of him.
Patty Mills has a strong defensive ability on the ball, skilled pace, quick hands, a sharp eye and a diligent attitude.
Moreover, he is relatively conservative in defending people and rarely takes risks to steal the ball.
In fact, this is Wade's carelessness. If he completely increases his speed, it will not be difficult to overpower Patty Mills, but he has to rely on explosive power to overpower Patty Mills. Patty Mills is not that powerful and explosive.
Very tasty.
Seeing Patty Mills opening her big hand to stop him, Wade was a little surprised.
Wade pulled hard to the left, then passed the ball behind his back to Chalmers who was ambushing in the bottom corner.
Chalmers glanced at the basket and then shot a three-pointer.
"Bang," Chalmers' three-pointer hit.
Chalmers missed a shot and Boris Diaw grabbed a defensive rebound.
Now for the Heat, every shot is quite risky, because if the shot is missed, the rebound will most likely be grabbed by the Spurs.
Needless to say, Derrick Favors is the rebounding leader, and Boris Diaw and Duncan are also good rebounders.
Although Diaw's style is somewhat similar to "German Tank" Nowitzki, his rebounding ability is obviously better than Dirk Nowitzki.
Patty Mills relied on his excellent breakthrough ability to slowly break into the Heat's penalty area. Just when Wade, who was guarding him, thought Patty Mills was going to attack, Patty Mills passed the ball.
Ginobili, who was at a 45-degree angle on the right wing, received a pass from Patty Mills from outside the three-point line and made a direct three-pointer.
On the Heat's side, James also made a three-pointer using the cover of his teammates.
Ginobili cooperated with Boris Diaw in a pick-and-roll, ran back, received a ground pass from Boris Diaw, and succeeded in a layup.
Then, Wade reversed the ball again and passed the ball to Anderson, who was under the basket, and the latter scored with a hook.
In these waves of offense, both sides have played very efficiently. Or in other words, both sides have not done very well defensively in recent times.
Under the leadership of James, the Heat's generals all had baskets, and James also sent 4 assists in the third quarter.
After three minutes of facing off against Patty Mills, Wade had to go down and rest.
After all, he couldn't play the entire third quarter, which would consume too much energy. And he still needed to save most of his energy to prepare for the fourth quarter.
During the period when Wade was off the court, the Spurs slowly reduced the score to single digits.
Without Wade's attacking ability, the Heat's offense will not be as smooth as before.
Moreover, the continuous missed shots made the Heat's mentality even worse, and the Spurs took advantage of this opportunity and played an 11:5 wave to recover 6 points.
During this period, Spoelstra called a total of two timeouts, but it was almost to no avail.
The Heat's substitute power forward Lewis received a pass from Cole on the baseline. It was a very good opportunity, but he still missed the shot.
The Spurs took the opportunity to launch a fast-break counterattack. Patty Mills passed the ball across half of the court and accurately delivered it to Leonard, who had just arrived on the court.
After Leonard received the ball, he dunked directly with both hands.
The fans in the audience roared, and countless boos were directed at the Spurs players.
Now, the score on the court has become 70:71, and the Spurs have narrowed the gap to only 1 point behind.
Now, with 23 seconds left in the third quarter, the Heat have one last chance to attack.
Cole dribbled the ball slowly to the frontcourt. He was trying to set the rhythm and try to succeed in this attack so that the Spurs would have no time to attack.
Cole passed the ball to James. James looked up at the time and saw 9 seconds left.
At this time, James began to break through with the ball.
After Wade comes off the court, the initiator of the offense on the court is naturally James. In fact, he is the real core of the team.
However, during the breakthrough, James made a fatal mistake and the ball was intercepted by Leonard, the "Desperate Saburo".
I have to say that Leonard's defense at critical moments is very impressive.
After Leonard stole the ball, he did not take credit and rushed to the Heat half court alone with the ball. Instead, he passed the ball directly to Patty Mills, who had already rushed to the Heat's three-point line.
There are only the last three seconds left.
After Patty Mills received the ball, he shouted loudly, used all his strength, increased his speed to the fastest, and then avoided Cole's block and made a layup at the buzzer.
"Whoa", with Patty Mills scoring 2 points on a layup, the Spurs finally took the lead.
72:71, the Spurs took the lead by 1 point.
At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was fixed at 72:71, with the Spurs leading their opponents by 1 point.
This section is crucial for the Spurs.
However, although the Spurs have now led by 1 point, it is very difficult to take away this victory from the Heat.
"Derek, you took the time to take a good rest in the past few minutes. This game is not easy to play, and we must take advantage of our own advantages. So, you will play again soon." Popovich said to the bench.
Derek Favors, who was drinking mineral water at the table, said.
