Pat Riley was a little helpless about the bad situation in the last four minutes of the first quarter.
LeBron James must invest heavily in defense. If he does not defend heavily and allows the Cavaliers to use their familiar breakthrough and distribution system, the situation on the court will become even worse.
But the explosive Lin Yu cannot be restricted by Wade in a one-on-one situation. For the Heat, it is difficult for them to allocate more defensive resources to Lin Yu's side.
After much deliberation, the fortune teller decided to try to defend James alone first and shift the focus of defense to Lin Yu's side.
"Next, we have to put the focus of defense on Dwayne's side. Dwayne will mark China Lin one-on-one, and Udonis will pay attention to assisting in defense..."
Lin Yu, who scored 16 points in the last four minutes of the first quarter, had already anticipated the situation he might face in the second quarter, but what he did not expect was that he did not appear at the beginning of the second quarter.
Lin Yu, who was sitting off the court and watching his teammates come on stage one after another, rolled his eyes. He didn't know if Mike Brown had shit in his head, but he knew what Mike Brown was thinking.
This guy is a bit like the kind of old stubborn who won't change the determined rotation order. Therefore, Lin Yu failed to play in the second quarter because Mike Brown still insisted on the previous rotation order.
Normally, Lin Yu would sit off the court at the beginning of the second quarter.
But this game is obviously no longer normal. It can only be said that Mike Brown will pay the price for such a formation.
At the beginning of the second quarter, everyone was surprised that Lin Yu didn't play. The Heat were also stunned. Their defensive arrangements were all aimed at Lin Yu. As a result, Mike Brown told them, Lin Yu didn't play?
Pat Riley's reaction was completely different. He was beaming with joy and shouted directly to the court: "Go back to the defensive system in the first quarter!"
Then, the field reacted quickly.
Without Lin Yu, Mike Brown relied on LeBron James and newly added Rashard Lewis. Although the two were in extremely bad shape in the first quarter, Mike Brown still wanted to find something for James and Lewis.
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But after the start of the second quarter, LeBron James continued to be blocked by the Heat's heavy defense. Rashard Lewis got a lot of shooting opportunities, but few of them were truly seized.
Three minutes later, Mike Brown called a timeout.
"In the first three minutes of the second quarter, the Cavaliers and the Heat fought a wonderful defensive battle, but the Heat were in better shape. They went on a 7:2 run and the score became 37:29."
"Mike Brown's poor formation put them in a lagging position again, and the deficit reached 8 points again."
James and Rashard Lewis on the court dug a hole, and Lin Yu off the court was ready to fill it.
Mike Brown, who called the timeout, was helpless: "Lin, it's your turn."
Lin Yu nodded and didn't say much. He just threw off the towel and stood in front of the technical stage. It was time for his performance again.
This time, he had more time than in the first quarter. In more than 8 minutes, he was finally able to level his matchup disadvantage against Wade.
After the timeout, both James and Lewis were replaced, and Lin Yu was partnered by Andre Miller, Ira Newbell, and Drew Gooden in the paint.
The defensive attributes of this lineup are very high. In offense, Miller will organize the offense and others will run. But if you want to ensure a goal, Lin Yu must be the one receiving the ball.
On the other side, the Heat have already set up a defensive formation in their own backcourt. The five players on the field are White Chocolate Jason Williams, Wade, Jason Kapono, Udonis Haslem and
Backup center Michael Doriac.
In this Heat rotation, except for Wade and Haslem whose defense is above average, the defense of the other three players is nothing.
Therefore, overall, the defensive pressure faced by the Cavaliers is very small.
The Heat's loss of a large number of high-quality bench players is also an important factor in their sharp decline this season, especially the departure of James Posey, which has left them without an outside iron gate that can limit James through single defense.
Even when Lin Yu broke out, the Heat could only use Wade to defend him.
In the frontcourt, Andre Miller controlled the ball, and Lin Yu ran without the ball.
Wade kept staring at Lin Yu's running towards the three-point line, and Lin Yu's running route also deviated towards the three-point line.
Just when Wade stepped outside the three-point line, Lin Yu suddenly ran back and galloped towards the penalty area unexpectedly.
Everyone was surprised. Even Andre Miller had no intention of passing the ball to Lin Yu. It was not until Lin Yu shouted for the ball that the old Miller passed the ball.
"Dwyane Wade was left behind by China Lin's running... He received a pass from Andre Miller and jumped up..."
Boom!
"Successful dunk! China Lin dunked the basketball into the basket, and Michael Doriac, who was guarding the basket, could do nothing about it."
Wade, who was one step behind, didn't even have time to take off. He looked blankly at Lin Yu hanging on the basket: Isn't he a shooter?
"In this game, Lin from China performed consecutive dunks. His performance was a bit strange, but it reminded me of the crazy Lin in the memory who couldn't help but cheer and scream!"
"He is too familiar and yet too strange!"
Lin Yu, who was familiar yet unfamiliar, dunked directly to narrow the point difference to 6 points.
In the following defensive round, James was absent, and the heavy responsibility of defending Wade fell on Lin Yu again.
In the backcourt defense, he struggled with Wade for a while, and then Wade picked up his speed and rushed towards the basket directly against Lin Yu.
He rushed to a position close to the basket and suddenly stopped the ball.
Lin Yu also stopped and continued to block the key position without leakage. Wade was stubborn and raised his hand to go for a layup. Lin Yu stretched his arm with experience and raised it high to prevent a layup.
With a bang, the basketball hit the edge of the backboard and bounced directly off the baseline.
"Successful defense, China Lin defeated Dwyane Wade."
The basketball went out of the baseline and there was no rebound to grab. The Cavaliers had no choice but to restart the ball from the baseline. It was Lin Yu who received the ball. He took the initiative to take the ball and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.
Rushing to the frontcourt, Wade's one-on-one defense was followed by very obvious help defense and flanking deep inside.
However, Lin Yu made a breakthrough without stopping at all, and with the help of a cover from Big Z who just arrived in the frontcourt, he rushed in directly.
Michael Doriac made the save to cover up the defense, but Lin Yu made an emergency stop and directly shot a long two-pointer.
Whoosh!
The crisp sound of net wiping sounded, and Lin Yu, who had just appeared on the stage, scored 4 points in a row.
Coupled with a successful defensive round and three rounds of offense and defense, Lin Yu directly reduced the point difference to 4 points, and Lin Yu's personal score also successfully exceeded 20 points.
Compared to Wade, who has already scored 19 points, Lin Yu's only disadvantage is the score on the court.
Therefore, he continued to work hard in the next game.
On the defensive end, Wade played a round of pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he made an emergency stop and shot, seemingly avoiding Lin Yu's interference.
The basketball that was thrown out hit the frame with a bang.
The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and directly launched a counterattack. In this round of offense, Lin Yu's role was to contain the defense on the right wing and help the old Miller, who was running with the ball, open up space.
Old Miller's layup further narrowed the point difference to 2 points.
Pat Riley was pacing the sidelines, looking a little anxious, but had no intention of calling a timeout.
In this way, the Heat played another round of offense. Wade continued to ask for a screen and made another pull-up jump shot, but still no interference from Lin Yu.
But this shot was still a hit. There was nothing I could do about it. For the two consecutive shots, Wade shot too hastily and without any adjustment. It was strange that he could score.
Lin Yu, who did not avoid the screen, rushed directly to the basket the moment Wade took action, leaping high to grab the rebound.
"China Lin got the rebound!"
After landing, Lin Yu turned around and sprinted towards the frontcourt. This was an opportunity to counterattack!
"Counterattack, counterattack from the Cavaliers, China Lin is in charge of the ball..."
Lin Yu, who had long gotten rid of the impression of poor ball control, showed surprising speed this time. He rushed forward quickly and quickly shook off a number of defensive players.
Even Wade was left behind by Lin Yu.
He glanced at the score above the backboard and saw that he was 2 points behind.
So, with a hot touch, he made an emergency stop outside the three-point line and just shot!
Whoosh!
The moment the basketball entered the basket, Dwyane Wade stood behind Lin Yu, looking up at the basketball with a white net.
"The three-pointer in the counterattack!"
"The ball went in, and the Cleveland Cavaliers overtook the score! They were 15 points behind at the beginning, but after China Lin scored 23 consecutive points, they directly completed the reversal!"