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After Pau Gasol purposefully left Chris Bosh open at LeBron's signal, Yu Fei's choices indeed became simpler.
Pass the ball to Bosh, letting him shoot from an open position.
This was clearly a smart move. However, after battling for nine minutes at the beginning of the game, Bosh's energy had significantly depleted, and some opportunities he could previously handle now became unstable.
Within one minute, Bosh attempted three shots and made one. Tyronn Lue then substituted him with DeAndre Jordan.
With DeAndre's appearance, the Supersonics' use of the fifth position in the pick-and-roll strategy lost its element of outside shooting, and it seemed Pau's situation was improving.
But the impact of decreased energy was two-sided.
If Bosh could no longer endure, Pau Gasol was even worse off.
When DeAndre entered the game, Pau, who was consistently targeted, was already at a critical state of exhaustion.