Chapter 911 Saving Private Yes!

"Don't let Rondo dribble more!"

"Force the ball out of Rondo's hand as soon as possible!"

"Even if you can't force Rondo's ball out as soon as possible, don't let Rondo have space to pass the ball!"

"Damn it!"

Accompanied by Spoelstra's excited and wild roar on the sidelines, the American Airlines Arena was completely disrupted!

In the first half of the game, before the official timeout of the first quarter, Spoelstra stood on the sidelines with the style of a famous coach, like Pat Riley and Zen Master.

But now, let alone the fans and reporters of the Miami Heat on the sidelines, even the audience in front of the TV can clearly feel that Spoelstra is a little confused now.

However, even if they all know that Spoelstra is completely confused at this time, no one in front of the TV thinks there is anything wrong with Spoelstra's excitement and panic.

After the official timeout in the first quarter, the Seattle Supersonics solved the team's offensive problems.

James's strategy of defending the free man was solved so quickly by old Nelson.

Not to mention that Spoelstra, as the person involved, was a little flustered and at a loss.

Even Phil Jackson was a little shocked.

He certainly didn't underestimate old Nelson.

In his mind, old Nelson has always been very powerful.

But even so, Spoelstra's tactics are not so easy to crack.

Not only is the cracking idea not found so quickly.

Even if the cracking idea can be found, can the players execute such an idea?

At least, in the entire NBA, the head coach who is willing to trust Rondo so much is probably the old lunatic Nelson!

Damn, Rondo believes that he can stick to the ball for so long under the pressure of James. What level of ball control does Rondo need?

Even Kobe is not easy to do this, not to mention Rondo, the famous guard with the worst offense in the league.

Also, after being forced to the extreme by James and keeping James completely by his side, Rondo can still pass the ball under such circumstances. What level of passing ability is this? !

You know, the balls Rondo just passed were definitely not comparable to the fast break balls passed to Yes or the volcano balls that Yes caught himself!

In the past, the balls Rondo passed to Yes tested Rondo's passing timing, and the hard power of Yes who received the ball was tested, holding the opponent and finding the opportunity to catch the ball.

But this time, it was Rondo who carried James, the timing was tested by Durant who ran and other Sonics players who received the ball, and the hard power was tested by Rondo!

If it is said that before Rondo and Yes were paired, the protagonist was Yes and the supporting role was Rondo.

Then this time, the protagonist is Rondo, and the supporting roles are Durant, Millsap or Milicic and other Sonics players!

"It's incredible!"

Phil Jackson really felt incredible.

Not only was Rondo's ball control and passing ability just shown incredible.

As a head coach, he was also incredible for old Nelson's tactical attainments, madness and knowing people well.

In tonight's game, the Heat posed two difficult problems to the Sonics.

Whether it is tactical attainments, knowing people and assigning them to the right positions, or madness, if one of the characteristics is missing, it is impossible to crack Spoelstra's defensive free man tactics so quickly.

It can be said that Spoelstra can become famous with this game no matter what head coach he meets.

Unfortunately, he met old Nelson!

Originally, after Spoelstra used James's defensive and offensive free man tactics, he felt that this game and even this series had no suspense.

The Heat will win with a big score of 4 to 2.

But now, the suspense is back!

James attacks the free man and picks Durant and Millsap to play. The Supersonics can't solve this, and old Nelson can't solve it either.

The only one in the entire Supersonics who can defend James one-on-one is Yes, but James doesn't play Yes at all, and the entire Heat team is playing around Yes.

In this case, unless the Supersonics have another Yes, making the Heat unavoidable, there is no way to solve it.

The Supersonics can't solve the Heat's offense.

Now the Heat can't solve the Sonics' offense by just defending Yes like this and leaving Rondo free.

The situation of the game instantly changed from the Heat suppressing the Sonics to the Heat and the Sonics attacking each other.

And in this offensive situation, the Sonics' offense was still better than the Heat's offense!

Because at the end of the first quarter, the Heat, who led by 8 points in the first half, did not expand the score to more than ten points at the end of the first quarter as the commentators imagined, but were caught up by the Sonics, and the score difference was only 3 points!

42 to 39!

This is the score of the two teams on the court.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Sonics scored 23 points, while the Heat scored 18 points.

Not only did the Heat's defense decline, but their offense also declined.

This is normal, because the Sonics' offensive efficiency has increased, giving the Heat fewer opportunities to counterattack.

The Heat needs to fall back to fight the Sonics.

Even if James plays against Durant or Millsap, or Wade plays against Rondo, no matter how efficient they are in singles, they can never compare to the fast break!

The Sonics and the Heat were in this offensive confrontation on the court. The Sonics had already taken the advantage. Phil Jackson didn't believe that Spoelstra couldn't see it.

But he still insisted.

He didn't dare to change his defense against Yes.

Spoelstra was indeed quite cautious.

If it were him, he would have chosen the same strategy as Spoelstra.

Also, Yes's offensive position was too tricky!

It was just the point where he could participate in the offense at any time, but the opponent couldn't participate in the offense.

If Yes was standing further away or in the midfield, Spoelstra might have chosen to let Ben Gordon come back to help, and it would be in time for him to run back after Rondo was dealt with.

After all, if Yes wanted to participate in the offense, he had to go inside, which took time.

If he went a little further inside, he would participate in the offense and defense of both sides. Other Heat players could come in to temporarily assist in defending Yes, and Ben Gordon and Wade could also contact other teammates.

But the position where Yes was standing now was indeed quite embarrassing for the Heat.

It seemed that the speed limit of Wade and Ben Gordon was right here.

Old Nelson is great, Rondo is great, and Yes is also great!

Even if he doesn't run or catch the ball, but just stands there, it is also a learning!

Where does a young man who has only played in the NBA for three years get such abundant game experience that makes him admire?

Sometimes, Phil Jackson feels that Yes is really a magical human who seems to be a non-human!

Now Spoelstra and the Heat are in a difficult situation.

Spoelstra dare not let Wade or Ben Gordon defend Yes alone in this position.

At the same time, Rondo can't always be left alone, right?

Rondo is under such pressure from James, and Wade has also increased his intensity on the offensive end. Maybe Rondo's ball control and passing error rate will increase due to his physical decline, but when will that wait?

In half a quarter, the Heat lost five points!

It seems that the Heat has a three-point advantage, but this advantage really can't last long!

Is it until the Heat's score is caught up?

As a master of psychological warfare, Phil Jackson has now guessed Spoelstra's thoughts.

Now Spoelstra is thinking of other ways to deal with it.

Now it is a matter of delaying and waiting for changes.

If there is really no way to think of a solution, the only choice is to change the defense against Yes or continue the defense when the team score is caught up.

This is a good way, but being safe and cautious is not a solution.

At this time, there are not many NBA coaches who can still judge that Yes cannot be easily rescued by the Supersonics.

In the final analysis, all that old Nelson did was to rescue Yes.

Although old Nelson and Rondo Yes were suspended just now, to be honest, Spoelstra also made him quite surprised.

This is the first year coaching in the NBA.

It was not visible when the Heat did not encounter a crisis.

After the Heat encountered a crisis, whether it was solving James's undercover situation or changing tactics, it was a bright feeling.

After all, in the NBA, there has never been a saying that losing to Yes is not a good player, and losing to old Nelson is not a good coach.

If this is the case, there will be no good NBA players and coaches in the world except Yes and old Nelson.

Phil Jackson is right. The strategy that Spoelstra thinks of now is to delay and wait for changes!

While thinking of ways to deal with it, he also placed his hopes on Rondo's declining efficiency and the Heat's bench depth.

Which of the two options should be chosen?

As long as the Miami Heat are always the leading one, the Heat don't have to make a choice!

The Heat's rotation players on the court now are Mario Chalmers, Ben Gordon, Grant Hill, Varejao and O'Neal.

The Spanish guard Calderon, who performed very poorly in the first two games, has been put on ice, and the team's veteran power forward Haslem is also at a disadvantage against Gasol and Ibaka because of his height and is replaced by Varejao.

The Heat's rotation lineup is very deep and can make very targeted changes to face different opponents.

The Supersonics are obviously a little worse.

Gasol, Ibaka, Quentin Richardson, Harden, Barea.

The core is still Gasol, Harden and Barea.

He can replace Chalmers against Harden and Barea, and replace Varejao against Gasol, but Nelson has no ability to replace Chalmers and Varejao with another non-starter!

Unless Yes is on the court!

It's better to play Yes, then everyone will compete with the starting players' physical strength!

Yes's physical strength is invincible, but what about other Sonics players?

Other Sonics players have physical strength comparable to James, Wade, Chandler and others?

No matter how strong Yes's physical strength is, the Heat won't attack him on the defensive end, and he won't be as bad as others on the offensive end. No matter how much physical strength he has, he can only hold it in and watch!

"We can hold on to the advantage!"

We can definitely hold on to the advantage!

We must not let the Sonics rescue Yes!

After the second quarter started, Spoelstra was very confident.

Especially in the Sonics' first wave of offense, James Harden's attempt to foul Moss early and failed made him even more confident.

Chalmers is no Calderon.

Although Chalmers is a rookie, Calderon is a veteran, Chalmers is an American, and Calderon is a European.

Chalmers' chicken thieves are not comparable to Calderon's.

For a player like James Harden who has no strength and is just a thief, Chalmers is much easier to use than Calderon!

His substitution was very effective!

Spoelstra was pleased with himself.

And James Harden on the court was embarrassed.

Calderon is no longer an ATM, and Chalmers seems to be the easiest to bully. Hill and O'Neal are all experienced veterans who are not easy to bully. And Varejao, the Brazilian, has a reputation that he has always had. I heard that this is a strong man whose acting skills are no less than Ginobili's, and he is also not easy to bully.

As soon as he came up, James Harden picked a soft persimmon. Damn it. This squeeze did not squeeze out the water from the soft persimmon, and he was pricked in his hand.

After the second quarter between the SuperSonics and the Heat started, not only James Harden was a little embarrassed, but Gasol was also a little embarrassed.

He has experience in playing against Hasleb and O'Neal Jr. O'Neal needs to guard the inside. If he pulls out, Hasleb can only follow him. With Haslem's height, if he pulls out to shoot, it will be as if he is open.

It's easy to beat Haslem, but it's not easy to beat Varejao.

He has strong physical confrontation, but he doesn't like to play in post-up situations. He likes to shoot from the frame. Varejao is very tall.

Seeing that Varejao was a little thin, Gasol also wanted to play with his back in the mid-range, but this guy was so good at falling!

The truth and lies of Nima make people upset!

James and Gasol, the core of the Sonics' substitute lineup in the first two games, felt uncomfortable being targeted by Spoelstra.

But Spoelstra was happy for a while.

Because, just when he felt that he had been restrained by James Harden and Gasol, Barea, who had performed very poorly this season, actually stood up!

Many SuperSonics fans in front of the TV were even stunned when they saw Barea suddenly standing up.

From this we can see how long it has been since Barea broke out in the SuperSonics.

As the number one player on the SuperSonics bench, he was the one who was really tricked the most by Harden after Harden arrived.

The Sonics have established Harden as the core substitute, and Barea's sacrifice is the biggest.

Harden sticks to the ball and plays with Harden as a guard. Barea almost always makes the kind of scapegoat that puts Harden in the end.

That is to say, Harden was tricked by Chalmers in this game and couldn't solve the problem. He was so out of shape that he didn't want to control the ball or attack, so he gave the ball to Barea.

Then, with the ball in hand, Barea exploded.

"You can save Yes, and I can also help now!"

Barea's glorious look has not dimmed because of a season of being cheated, and has even become more dazzling because of a season of polishing and suppression.

58 to 54!

This is the score after the SuperSonics and Heat rotated their lineups in the second quarter.

The Heat opened the score.

But Spoelstra looked ugly.

This is not the point difference he wanted!

He doesn't want to make a choice!

But before the end of the second quarter, Rondo sneaked James into the corner and hit an incredible three-pointer in the corner, tying the difference between the two sides. Spoelstra knew that he had to make a choice. Got it!

74 to 74!

"I didn't expect the Heat to be tied!"

And it was such a dramatic goal to tie...

Yes!

At the moment when the score on TV was tied, Phil Jackson almost subconsciously looked at the SuperSonics No. 9 who had been frozen by the Heat for the entire half!

The young man with a calm face, standing among his teammates, surrounded by his teammates, seemed to be smiling...

Yes…

teammate……

Looking at the Supersonics No. 9 on TV and the young people around that No. 9.

Phil Jackson was in a trance.

No matter what the result of this game is, or what the result of this finals is.

Everyone can see what kind of ruin the SuperSonics was three years ago.

And now...

Have the frail young men found by Yes in this ruins grown to this point now?

Rondo, Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Barea...

These ordinary young people at the beginning...

"They can actually do such a thing..."

Save Yes...

No wonder even though he was frozen like that in the first half, Yes has a smile on his face now...

That really wasn't his imagination.