Chapter 321: Chapter 321: Overtime
The difficulty of this three-point attempt was so high that it could rank among the top three in the entire season.
"Defense!"
After Wade's score, he didn't even celebrate and immediately focused on guarding James.
Bosh stood at the baseline, ready to inbound the ball, and Wade came over to receive it.
"Bang!"
As soon as Wade got the ball, Curry rushed to hug him, sending Wade to the free-throw line.
"Sigh~~~" ✰
"Sigh~~~" ✰
"Sigh~~~" ✰
The home crowd booed loudly, trying to disrupt Wade's free throw.
"Swish!!!"
Wade made the first free throw.
111:108!!!
The Suns were down by 3 points.
"Miss!"
"Miss!"
"Miss!"
The home crowd continued to disrupt Wade's free throw. The most disruptive fan was one sitting behind the basketball hoop, who suddenly stood up with two scarves and started dancing~dancing~~dancing~~~
Wade, "..."
Wade happened to see this scene, and if it weren't for his professional training, he would have burst out laughing.
"G~~~"
It was unclear if Wade was actually affected, but he missed the second free throw!
"Rebound!"
Almost all the players rushed to the basket, but Wade jumped the highest.
Wade grabbed the ball and held it close to his chest. At this moment, Bosh, who was the closest to Wade, hesitated and chose not to foul.
Wade took this opportunity to quickly bypass Bosh and dribbled straight to the frontcourt.
Spoelstra shouted from the sidelines, "Bosh, why didn't you foul?!"
There were only 21 seconds left, but the Heat were leading by three points. Even if Bosh fouled and sent Wade to the free-throw line, and Wade made both free throws, the Heat would still have the lead, and the ball possession would remain with the Heat.
But opportunities are fleeting!
Wade was also worried about the Heat players fouling early, so when he reached the three-point line, he immediately attempted a three-pointer!
"Swish!!!"
The ball went straight through the net.
111:111!!!
With 56 seconds left, the Suns scored 8 consecutive points to tie the game!
"Timeout!"
Spoelstra called the last timeout to set up a play.
There were 19 seconds left in the game...
Wade received the tactical board and asked the others, "One-on-one defense, can you stop them?"
"Yes!"
All the players nodded.
Wade continued, "Durant, Tucker, Green, Whiteside, you four will go in with me. Durant, you guard James. Others... If you feel you can't defend, foul early, and leave me with three seconds of offense time!"
This was Wade's confidence. With these words, his teammates felt reassured. →
In Wade's tactic, he would defend Paul, Tucker would defend James, but he mentioned that if Bosh set a screen for Anthony, Whiteside would come out to defend Paul, and Wade would switch to defending Anthony.
This was a prediction of Spoelstra's tactic!
...
The timeout ended.
Bosh stood by the sideline to inbound the ball.
Paul came out to receive the pass, just as Wade had guessed, and Wade started by defending Paul.
The Heat had 19 seconds left on the shot clock. They could either go for a two-pointer or a three-pointer to win the game, but facing Wade's defense, Paul dared not choose to go one-on-one!
The Heat players started moving into their positions.
As expected, with 5 seconds left, Anthony moved from the 45-degree angle towards the baseline, and Bosh set a screen for Anthony without the ball!
At this moment...
Wade suddenly abandoned defending Paul and switched to Anthony, while Whiteside, who was originally defending Anthony, moved to the perimeter to defend Paul!
This switch gave Paul about 1 second to shoot!
Unfortunately, Paul didn't choose to shoot the three-pointer but passed the ball to Anthony.
Anthony received the pass and turned to shoot!
"Clap!!!"
Wade had already rushed over and swatted the ball away with a palm!
As the ball was about to fly out of bounds, Durant dove to catch it and then threw it to the frontcourt...
"Awesome!!!"
Seeing Durant's move, Wade couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
This was truly a display of high basketball IQ... When Durant saved the ball, he didn't have much time to think. If he had thrown the ball back into the court, it might have been intercepted by a Heat player.
So, Durant immediately threw it to the frontcourt, and by the time Wade ran to get the ball, the game time had run out.
"Beep!!!"
The referee blew the whistle, and the fourth quarter ended.
The game went into overtime.
"Huff~ Huff~ Huff~"
The Heat's Big Five sat on the bench, panting heavily. They had all played over 40 minutes, and their energy was almost at its limit.
"Brother Dong..."
A look of surprise flashed in Gentry's eyes, "Is this your first overtime?"
"It seems like it..."
Wade nodded. He had played for more than two seasons, and it seemed like he hadn't played overtime in either the regular season or the playoffs. This was his first overtime in his career.
Gentry rubbed his bald head and put down the tactical board, saying, "Since it's Brother Dong's first time, we should make it a bit ceremonial. From now on, all the balls will be given to Brother Dong for one-on-one offense!"
"Is this your tactic?"
Wade looked at Gentry with a pained expression, "Is there a more rubbish tactic than this?"
"No, no, no!"
Gentry shook his bald head vigorously, "I don't think there's a better tactic than this."
Durant said, "I think so too, and Brother Dong doesn't seem tired at all."
"Hehe~"
Wade smiled.
If you had a 'stamina potion', you wouldn't feel tired either.
...
After a short break, overtime began.
Wade, Durant, Tucker, Green, and Gortat entered the game.
Regarding the tactic of letting Wade go one-on-one, Gentry didn't even bother to hide it. Let Spoelstra know, so what?
Substitute Curry and Thompson with the energetic Tucker and Green for defense.
The Heat had the ball.
The Big Five's energy was clearly depleted. As soon as Paul dribbled past the frontcourt, Green rushed to pressure him.
"Whoosh~"
Paul passed the ball to James.
James received the pass and opted for a jump shot, but it clanged off the rim!
Gortat grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Wade, who dribbled straight to the frontcourt. The Heat's Big Five couldn't keep up with Wade's pace.
A crossover to get past Paul!
A change of direction to get past Wade!
Wade dribbled towards the basket, using the Euro step to evade James and Anthony's defense, and easily scored a layup.
113:111!!!
"It's in the bag!"
Gentry sat back on the bench with a smile and said to the players on the bench, "Even with four-on-one defense, they can't stop Brother Dong. The Heat has no chance of winning."
"How is his energy so good?!"
Spoelstra also felt the despair.
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