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"The Heat didn't find a way to effectively limit Tim." Kenny Smith said in the commentary booth.
The scoring was all Parker's, but the opportunity came out because of Duncan's restraint in the paint.
Spoelstra's defensive adjustments looked like failures.
James leaned against Leonard in the high position in the frontcourt, and then reached out for the ball directly.
After catching the ball, he turned his back and shoveled in hard, and made a shot after confronting Leonard hard at the basket.
Leonard stretched out his long arms to interfere.
"boom!"
The ball was missed, but James stuck the position and took off for the second time and then grabbed an offensive rebound and made a tip-up.
Post up is a new technique James has developed this season, but it's not his favorite way of attacking.
But after losing the first game, he couldn't control that much anymore.
Parker then gave the ball to Duncan.
Spoelstra waved and shouted from the sidelines.
Chalmers continued to double-team, but the rest of the Heat also began to make up and switch defenses.
Duncan passes the ball to Parker, and Parker passes the ball to Leonard.
"Snapped!"
James came out of the cage and made a steal!
After the steal, he sprinted to the frontcourt.
Parker wanted to block it, but was knocked away.
James rushed to the frontcourt like a tank, and scored with his iconic one-handed tomahawk dunk!
James roared after the dunk.
He vented all his depression from the first game to this one!
4:4.
James scored 4 points in a row to prevent the Heat from falling into the passive situation of the first game.
Popovich got up and walked to the sidelines at this time.
Leonard rarely volunteered before the game, but it seems that the defensive effect is not good.
It's not that Leonard's defense is not as good as Diaw, but that James' desire to attack is much stronger than in the first game.
If it doesn't work, the Spurs can only double-team.
"Kawhi, you mainly restrict him from catching the ball. Now you can't stand him one-on-one."
Tang Tian took the initiative to run to Leonard's side to remind him.
Although James has suffered a lot of doubts, his hard power is the absolute number one small forward in history.
One-on-one, even the peak Leonard, is at most a limit to James, let alone now.
So limit is the only way.
Leonard nodded, except for Popovich, he only listens to Tang Tian now.
The Spurs attacked in the frontcourt, and Duncan passed the ball directly to Leonard this time.
Leonard caught the ball and pulled it out, still a bit of Kobe's charm.
"Shh!"
However, his ball did not have the spirit of Mamba, and went directly into the net.
Although James was playing consecutively on the defensive end, he looked very good on the offensive end tonight.
"A nice shot."
Barkley also spoke in the commentary booth.
This shot was beautiful, and more importantly, it was shot, which will bring greater defensive pressure to the Heat.
At this time Tang Tian took the initiative to go to Leonard and give him a high five.
Playing against James is not an easy task, and Leonard also needs such encouragement.
James continued to ask for the ball with his back in the frontcourt.
Leonard chose to go halfway forward at this time.
Chalmers didn't dare to give the ball and gave it to Wade.
Wade came around in a circle, glanced at Leonard's position, gave James a look, and then threw the ball directly over the basket.
James understood, turned around and threw Leonard away, jumped into the air to grab the ball with one hand, and smashed the ball directly into the basket!
Air Relay!
Janeway connects!
"Oh!"
This slam dunk caused the fans on the scene to gasp in amazement.
James' physical fitness is really against the sky!
Popovich rubbed his jaw with his hand.
It looks like James is going to be a big problem for the Spurs tonight.
The lob was successful, and the Heat's bench was boiling.
The gloom on Spoelstra's face finally dissipated.
With James playing like this, the Heat will be able to firmly grasp the initiative on the court.
Basketball games are all relative. How the Spurs defend James will be a bigger problem than how the Heat defend Duncan.
After all, where is Duncan's age and his playing time is limited, but James is a man who can directly play the whole game!
"My fault."
Tang Tian took the initiative to find Leonard at this time and said.
"I should have controlled Wade's pass."
Both of them failed to defend the ball just now, but Tang Tian took all the responsibility at once.
Whether Leonard can do a good job of defending James is the most important thing for the Spurs.
Dior missed Duncan's pass inside and Haslem protected the defensive rebound.
The Heat attacked the frontcourt, and James turned his back and continued to ask for the ball.
After the previous alley-oop was successful, the Heat grabbed James and beat him to death.
This is to build up the momentum in one wave.
Leonard continued to half-circle forward.
Tang Tian also gave Wade enough pressure at this time.
Wade chooses to lob the ball in.
James jumps to catch the ball.
But Leonard's ball was very smart, and he gave the confrontation before James jumped.
James didn't hold the jump ball firmly, and his hand slipped out of bounds.
"It seems that LeBron should put more chalk on his hands before the game instead of throwing it in the air."
O'Neill said.
Barkley and Smith were already laughing aside.
O'Neal complained about Kobe before, and now he hurt James.
It seems that he didn't accidentally injure his former teammates, but caught him in the dark!
At this moment, Tang Tian reached out to Leonard to applaud him.
Popovich looked at these details on the court, and a smile appeared on his face.
Tang Tian really saved him a lot of worry.
The Spurs' frontcourt offense, Tang Tian used Leonard's pick-and-roll to come out, received a pass from Duncan, and shot a three-pointer against James.
"Shh!"
Knife up and down.
The Spurs once again overtook the score 9 to 6!
There was a burst of cheers at the scene.
The little emperor's defensive deterrence is really useless here in Tang Tian's place!
Spoelstra rubbed his face vigorously on the sidelines at this time.
He wasn't surprised by Tang Tian's shooting. Being able to make a shot was Tang Tian's ability.
As Smith said in the commentary booth, the old problem of the Heat is still Duncan.
Although Duncan hasn't scored yet, he has sent 3 assists.
He then looked at James.
If Duncan really can't restrain himself, then he can only look at James' performance.
As long as James can play, as said before, the Heat will still have an advantage.
James changed to attack with the ball in the frontcourt.
After he took the ball, he signaled his teammates to pull away from the three-point line, and then kept his crotch on the spot.
After taking a look at the Spurs' inside defensive position, they suddenly accelerated and rushed in.
"Snapped!"
But the moment he started, Leonard directly broke the ball in his hand!
Death Coil!
After Leonard made the steal, he went straight to the fast break.
This steal happened at the three-point line, and the rest of the Heat didn't react.
Leonard rushed to the frontcourt and scored a two-handed dunk before James chased and blocked the block.
11 is better than 6!
There was a burst of whistles at the scene.
"Whoa, the young man is doing really well tonight."
Barkley said loudly in the commentary booth.
Once caused James' mistake, once directly steals James.
Leonard's defense in these two rounds is really good.
Tang Tian gave another high-five to Leonard who came back.
Tonight, he is already mentally prepared.
He wants a mini five-double, five reminders, five high fives.
James did not attack again in the frontcourt.
He is the kind of player with a high golf quotient. Seeing that he has no absolute advantage in the matchup, he began to take the initiative to give the shot to the players.
Popovich nodded in satisfaction.
With this step, Leonard has already reached the expectations in his heart.
Wade broke through the front court and scored a goal to help the Heat continue to score.
Although the regular season was plagued by some injuries, the Flash's state this season is still very good.