The rest is just noise

Outstanding effect

After four fouls, Duncan's defensive actions were much more restrained and basically gave the Celtics no more chances to cause fouls.

But just like those players who always appear in posters for dunks, they get dunked because they defend hard.

As the defensive pillar of the Heat, Duncan is also the team's defensive foundation. If his Optimus Prime collapses, the entire team will have problems.

To defend well, both proactive and forced confrontations are inevitable.

The rules of the basketball game have determined that at some point, whether a player will leave the game completely depends on the referee's view of the game.

Tonight, the referee obviously did not give face to the Heat team playing at home.

Five minutes into the third quarter, Manu Ginobili made a snake layup, forcing Duncan to change his center of gravity and adjust his posture, thus giving the Argentinian a chance to engage in physical confrontation.

It was in this round that the referee believed that Duncan violated Ginobili's center of gravity, because the Argentine was already shaky in the air, and as soon as the former exerted force, his fall was simply miserable.

Anyone who is familiar with Ginobili knows that his core strength is actually very good. The reason why he is repeatedly knocked down when he breaks through is entirely because he wants to cause fouls.

Ever since he entered the NBA, he has been criticized for flopping. The referees tonight seemed to be ignorant of numbers. Ginobili showed off his acting skills a little, and their whistle sounded.

Moreover, Ginobili is not like Yao Yueban who started the second half with the idea of ​​giving it a try. Every time he breaks through, he seeks a 2+1 result.

Therefore, he not only has to draw fouls, but also ensure that his shots after each breakthrough are stable.

This caused Duncan's fifth foul. His off-balance shot was as unreal as a cheat device in the game.

Even though his vision was completely messed up, his shot was not bad at all.

Hollow hit!

This is the real AndOne!

There were one quarter and seven minutes left before the end of the game. Duncan, who had committed five fouls, had to be replaced no matter how important he was to the Heat.

Keeping Duncan until the fourth quarter also indirectly preserves the spark of victory. If Duncan leaves the game with six fouls, the Heat's hope of winning will be completely cut off.

Billy Donovan decisively called a timeout and replaced Duncan with veteran Dale Davis.

He didn't know if the team could survive the third quarter, but with the intensity of the Celtics' attack on the inside and the high standards of the referees' defensive actions on the inside, he was very sure that if Duncan was left to continue playing, he would definitely get a full penalty.

Six fouls and sent off.

Therefore, he needs to take a gamble.

Just bet that the team's perimeter can support the period when Duncan is off the court.

If the outside lineup of Arenas, Ray Allen and Stephen Jackson can't get the Heat through this situation, how much can it change even if Duncan is here?

Seeing Donovan replace Duncan, Louis especially understood the opponent's mood and thoughts.

If it wasn't absolutely necessary, Donovan would definitely let Duncan play the entire game.

In this situation, he can really only trust the team's outsiders.

But the result may not be what he wants.

Because Agent Zero, Wu Sheng, and Jun Zi Lei don't seem to be a combination that can work together in this situation.

The safest combination is to replace the unstable Wu Sheng with Liu Yuqing.

Liu Yuqing was the only player on the Heat team who could possibly curb Arenas' chaos when Duncan was not on the court, but Donovan still chose to believe in the upper limit on paper.

Louis saw the overwhelming desire in Arenas that could no longer be suppressed.

Arenas called Wang Zhizhi's pick-and-roll.

Wang Zhizhi habitually blocks people, breaks them up, and pulls them to the outside.

Yao Yueban's choice to flank Arenas gave the latter a chance to show his leadership.

Arenas returned the ball to Wang Zhizhi, who hit a three-pointer.

This goal brought the difference between the two sides back to 6 points again.

After watching it, Louis walked to the sidelines and warned: "If Arenas calls for a pick-and-roll, don't double-team, just switch defenses, and don't leave the rest of the Heat in order to restrict him."

The players are connected in one click.

Preventing the opponent's core from playing well is a general strategic thinking.

Louis is a bold man, and players will become bold when playing under him.

Louis firmly believes that Arenas with full firepower is far inferior to him and Ray Allen and Stephen Jackson working together to launch an offense.

Therefore, as long as they can be prevented from connecting with each other, even if Arenas is opened, it will not be able to influence the situation of the battle.

Moreover, Lu Wuxia has already set his sights on Arenas.

The Son of God has not forgotten the trash talk that the other party started by telling him to shut up.

"Gibelish, you didn't deliberately pick this time to score, did you?" Lu Wuxia said schemingly, "Everyone says you are Tim's pet, so you only dare to fire when he comes off the field. It turns out that I still don't believe it...

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Arenas snorted coldly: "Your clumsy provocation has no impact on me at all."

"Really? If what I said is wrong, then there is only one possibility..." Lu Wuxia said sinisterly, "Tim is a cancer, he affects your performance, so you can only perform when he is off the field.

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Soon after, Lu Wuxia attacked Arenas mentally while giving Yao Yue a half-lob.

Without Duncan, the Heat's inside line is simply Yao Yueban's amusement park. Although Wang Zhizhi can shoot from the outside, his inside defense is completely incomparable to Duncan's.

Yao Yueban easily relied on Wang Zhizhi and scored with a hook.

"What about you?" Arenas said eloquently, "You don't have to rely on big men to score!"

When Lu Wuxia saw that Arenas was already trapped, he deliberately refused to answer his words, making him feel that he hit the nail on the head.

"It's impossible for a well-born young man like you to understand our game, because you can get everything easily!"

Arenas calls the pick-and-roll again.

This time, Lu Wuxia did not let the pick-and-roll get caught easily, and chose to aggressively squeeze through the pick-and-roll defense and catch up.

Because he did not switch defense in time, Arenas was left unguarded after passing the pick-and-roll. Although Lu Wuxia squeezed through the pick-and-roll, he could not catch up with him immediately.

So Arenas stopped suddenly and took a shot, which also hit the target.

"The world is finally quiet!" Arenas said with satisfaction as he looked at the speechless Lu Wuxia.

Lu Wuxia turned around and waved to Yao Yue, and reminded: "Brother Yao, you don't have to go through halftime."

Hearing his words, Yao Yueban knew that Wuxia wanted to hit the ball by himself.

"Okay, then I'll take a walk and show off."

Yao Yue half served, and then walked forward slowly like a street kid.

Lu Wuxia dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, faced Arenas, and without saying a word, he started directly to the left. Although it was not fast, it was sudden enough.

Although Arenas' reaction was a little slow, it was harmless because Lu Wuxia's explosive power was not enough to seize the little gap and get out of the way.

But Arenas had no time to rejoice, because at the moment when Lu Wuxia was blocked on the left, he slid sideways, pulled the ball behind him, changed direction, and then connected with Kobe Bryant's "Muse" sideways step to jump directly from the top of the arc.

Outside the right three-point line, he raised the knife and dropped it, making a lightning-fast three-pointer with the ball from the outside.

"Why can I always get everything so easily? You seem to want to attribute all my personal struggles to my family. I don't deny that my family has given me a lot of help, but what really helped me get here is like

There are too many people like you..." Lu Wuxia said hurtfully, "Because there are too many people like you who can only talk nonsense, so I can easily break your defense with just a little effort.

A little more effort can lead to success you will never achieve."

"I don't want this either, but who said you are too incompetent?"

Arenas was so angry that he completely failed to notice that Lu Wuxia had changed the word "you" that might offend his teammates to "you" that was directed at him personally.

Although it sounded a bit mean, the effect was outstanding and it successfully ignited the anger that Arenas had accumulated for a long time.

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