Capítulo 448: Chapter 448: Yi Nan... Never mind, let's go with Carter.
Gentry carefully took out a small can of black tea from his bag.
"Today, I'll treat everyone to some good tea leaves."
As Gentry brewed the tea, he winced slightly, "This small can cost me several tens of thousands, but thankfully the season is almost over, and I can go to Huaxia again."
Wade Dong chuckled, "Looking at Old Gentry's expression, as if his wife had run off with someone else, I believe this is a good can of tea leaves."
Curry said, "Hahaha... Suddenly, I'm really looking forward to it." ✤✻
Gentry continued, "I've taken out the tea leaves I've been keeping for a year. We must win tonight's game. I don't want to play another away game. The away locker room at the American Airlines Arena is just trash."
"We must win!"
The halftime break was only about ten minutes long, and it was over in the blink of an eye as they sipped their tea.
There wasn't even time to set up tactics for the second half...
On the Heat side, Spoelstra had been motivating the players. The Heat didn't have a good solution; the offensive tactics of the Big Five had already been formed, and the only way to win the game was to grit their teeth and persist.
...
The second half began.
The Heat's Big Five strode onto the court with determination. This was their last chance, and all five would play the entire second half.
The Heat attacked, with James breaking through and passing the ball. Bosh received James' pass and took a mid-range shot.
"Swoosh!!!"
The ball swished through the net.
79:73!!!
The Heat narrowed the gap by two points, but the Big Five showed no signs of slacking off, quickly returning to defense. The Suns also attacked quickly, with Wade Dong organizing the offense and making several passes. The ball returned to Wade Dong, who dribbled and took a step to the basket, dunking over Bosh.
Commentator Zhang smacked his lips, "This is Wade Dong. You can't leave him open beyond the three-point line, but once he drives to the basket, he becomes even more unstoppable."
"Hold your ground! If we lose this game, we're completely defeated!"
James' eyes widened, revealing bloodshot veins in the whites of his eyes. He was seeing red.
This was his fifth trip to the Finals. The first time was with the Cavaliers, and he was still young then, so losing to the Spurs was understandable. But after coming to the Heat in pursuit of a championship, he had failed repeatedly!
Five-time runner-up?!
This might be a glory, but it was also a humiliation!
The Heat attacked, with James driving into the paint against Wade Dong. Green came over to help defend, creating a two-on-one situation!
"Swoosh!!!"
James forced a layup and drew a defensive foul from Green.
"Roar!!!"
After landing, James pounded his chest and roared at Wade Dong, full of killing intent!
"Swoosh!!!"
After making the free throw, the score was 81:76!!! The Heat trailed by 5 points.
Subsequently, the Suns attacked, but Wade's suffocating defense forced Curry into a turnover. Wade fell to the ground, protecting the ball with his chest, then quickly got up and dribbled towards the frontcourt!
James followed!
Wade threw the ball towards the basket near the free-throw line!
"Clang!!!"
James followed up with an alley-oop dunk!
81:78!!!
In the following three minutes, the Suns committed frequent turnovers under the Heat's defense, while the Heat's Big Five were on fire, scoring repeatedly.→
83:87!!!
The Heat went on a 14:2 run, turning an 8-point deficit into a 4-point lead.
"Defense!"
"Defense!"
"Defense!"
The fans were anxious, constantly shouting for the Suns to increase their defensive intensity.
...
O'Neal, "This is the true level of James, Wade, Anthony, Paul, and Bosh."
Barkley, "When pushed to the brink, they've unleashed their potential."
O'Neal, "But the Heat are still a tough opponent. The Suns committed six turnovers in three minutes, and none of those turnovers were caused by Wade Dong. He's still so steady."
Barkley, "Not being able to figure out a way to limit Wade Dong is a real problem."
...
The Suns were trailing, and the fans were getting anxious, but Gentry still didn't call a timeout.
Durant, under pressure from Anthony, forced a shot that missed. Bosh grabbed the defensive rebound, and Paul dribbled to the frontcourt, using his excellent dribbling rhythm to get past Curry and make a mid-range shot.
83:89!!!
Four minutes had passed... and the Suns had only scored two points.
Wade Dong looked up at the fans in the arena, rubbed his teeth, and said, "We can't lose this game."
"Give me the ball!"
Wade Dong stayed in the backcourt to receive the baseline inbounds pass, then dribbled to the frontcourt.
After getting past James, Anthony and Paul quickly came to help defend, leaving Wade Dong with no space to shoot. He passed the ball to Curry, who took a three-pointer!
"g~~~"
The ball hit the rim and bounced off.
James rushed to the basket and grabbed the rebound, and the Heat quickly scored another basket.
83:91!!!
"Timeout!"
This time, Wade Dong called the timeout.
Gentry felt that Wade Dong could solve the problem on the court, but Wade Dong thought the best way to solve the problem was to first return to the bench and disrupt the Heat's rhythm.
"We need to secure the rebounds!" Wade Dong said.
The reason the Suns were overtaken during this five-minute period was twofold. One was the Heat's sudden surge, forcing the Suns into consecutive turnovers. The main reason, however, was the Suns' excessive loss of rebounds.
"I understand."
Gentry nodded and said three sentences:
"Replace Green with Whiteside."
"Yi Nan... Never mind, take a rest. Replace Thompson with Carter."
"Durant and Whiteside, attack the basket and secure the rebounds as much as possible. We must reduce turnovers on offense!"
...
After the timeout, the Suns' substitution adjustment was also within Spoelstra's expectations, but guessing it didn't help.
The Suns players could make adjustments, but the Heat could only respond to changes with consistency, keeping the Big Five on the court...
"Come on, Wade Dong!"
James shouted again, challenging Wade Dong.
Wade Dong dribbled with crossovers, then suddenly jumped... James rushed to block the shot, but Wade Dong didn't attempt a shot. Instead, he jumped and passed the ball to Durant under the basket.
"Slap!"
Durant caught the ball under the basket and made a jump shot.
Durant's specialty was isolation plays, mid-range shots, and three-pointers. Suddenly having Durant play in the paint, using Duncan's style of offense, was something the Heat struggled to adapt to.
The Heat attacked, and with Durant and Whiteside in the paint, Paul and Wade didn't dare to drive to the basket recklessly. They chose to take mid to long-range shots, some of which went in and some of which didn't.
As for the Suns...
They suddenly changed their style of play, with Wade Dong and Durant frequently combining to score. In less than three minutes, Durant scored 12 points in the paint.
"..."
Spoelstra fell silent, "Wade Dong's role change is too fast. He's a player who's unbeatable in all five positions. With Durant and Curry, he can really take on five players at once!"
For a moment,
Spoelstra even felt that this lineup on the court was the strongest Suns team.
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