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Chapter 261 Still Too Young!Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!
Chapter 260 Still Too Young!
In fact, as soon as the second quarter came up, the Eagles' sudden change of game strategy did achieve excellent results.

Under the high-intensity defensive pressure of the Eagles, the Heat's low offensive efficiency further declined.

Although, in the entire first half of the second quarter, the Eagles only scored eight points.

However, for the competition against the defensive team, the fight itself is not offense!

Obviously, the Heat performed worse when they were underprepared and under the muscle strangulation of the Eagles defensive lineup.

In the end, throughout the first half of the second quarter, the Heat only scored seven points in total.

This also shows a problem, that is, it is too difficult to make a big gap in the score with the defensive style of play!

It has to be said that after Theo Ratliff came up to liberate Xu Lang.

The defensive strength of the entire Eagles immediately increased by more than one level.

Xu Lang's defense ability and single defense ability allow him to freely roam in any area within the entire three-point line after getting rid of O'Neal's defensive burden!
In addition, Josh Smith, the super jumper and blocker who ranks No.2 in the block list this year, the entire Eagles' defense has completely formed a tight system.

Theo Ratliff tops the defense and protects the frame, Xu Lang sweeps, Josh Smith intercepts in the air, plus the extremely tough personal defense of Szczerbiak and Tony Allen.

The combination of the three allowed the Eagles to show a defensive ability not weaker than the Heat's in the first half of the second quarter.

And after seeing the effect of the Eagles' defensive lineup in the first half of the game is not bad.

Mike Woodson made a natural and decisive choice, and continued to use this defensive lineup in the second half of the second quarter!
Then, throughout the second quarter, the two teams fell into a cycle where you hit the iron and I hit the iron.

The frantic rhythm of the two teams directly made this game develop in the direction of a defensive battle.

That is to say, this game is played at the Heat's home court. Heat fans have been trained by Pat Riley in the past ten years, and they have gradually become accustomed to this iron-blooded defensive game!

Otherwise, even if the Eagles are now in the leading position on the scene, Atlanta fans will most likely feel dull after seeing the game played like this.

In the end, when the two teams began to defend completely recklessly, at the end of the second quarter, the scores of the two teams were still not very high.

36:37, the visiting team is in front and the home team is behind.

This is the lowest-scoring match between the two teams at the end of halftime so far in this round of the series!

Although in the first four games, because the Heat are a defensive team, the two teams once played a game with a total score of just over 80, but in the first four games, the Heat were more defensive, and the Eagles were more defensive. attack.

And in this game, when the Eagles also started not attacking but only defending, the scene of the game immediately became much uglier.

In the end, at the end of the halftime game, neither team scored more than 40 points. There is no doubt that this game is an absolute defensive battle.

But as I said before, as a team with iron-blooded defense as the main team culture, the Heat are very familiar with and comfortable with this competitive defensive game rhythm, especially those who can't run, can't jump high, Veterans with no physical fitness prefer this kind of game rhythm!
Although because of Xu Lang and Theo Ratliff, the Eagles' game intensity and defensive state were equally good in this game.

Even in the first half of the second quarter of this game, the Eagles' defensive efficiency was higher than that of the Heat!
After all, under Tony Allen's one-on-one marking, Dwyane Wade's offensive efficiency in this game has not only not improved compared to the previous game, but has even dropped significantly.

You know, throughout the first half of the game, Wade scored a total of 8 goals in 2 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, Wade scored a total of 7 points in the entire first half of the game!

But still the same sentence, the current rhythm of the game is more adaptable to the Heat, and it will also make the Heat's players more comfortable.

Just like before because of Xu Lang, the overall rhythm of the Eagles' game is in a comfortable state.

In this game, when the Heat are more adapted to the rhythm of the game, their performance naturally began to get better and better in the second half of the second quarter.

Especially in this slow-paced defensive competition.

Then the physical problems and age problems of this group of veterans have been made up and covered up to a certain extent.

On the contrary, their game experience advantage has also been infinitely magnified in this kind of game rhythm.

It is equivalent to being in a factory and doing the same thing. A master craftsman is definitely inferior to young people in terms of speed and quantity.

But in terms of quality and stability, it is obviously better than young people.

The same is true for this game, the old guys of the Heat, because they have enough experience in the game.

Let them play more stably in this competitive defensive game rhythm.

For example, on the defensive end, the Heat's players can better judge the Eagles' offensive intentions, so as to complete the compression of the Eagles' offensive intentions through the entire team's defensive system.

The second is because of experience, because the pace of the game is slower, and because the game is more calm, the number of offensive and defensive mistakes made by the old guys on the Heat is obviously less than that of the young players on the Eagles.

"Sure enough, they are still too young. The Eagles are slowly falling into the game rhythm of the Heat!"

"Although it seems that the Eagles and the Heat on the defensive end seem to be on the same level, you come and go.

But under such a slow pace of the game, the physical consumption of the old guys of the Heat has been well controlled. "

"Especially under the deployment of Pat Riley, an extremely experienced defensive coach, the Heat did not have any veteran player who played more than 10 consecutive minutes in the first half of the game."

"And when the veterans of the Heat have been relieved physically, the energy they can exert is obviously greater than these young people."

"Especially in this kind of competitive defensive game rhythm, the veteran's game experience often allows them to be more calm when facing these young people, and may even turn the young Eagles around."

"It can only be said that Mike Woodson still has too little experience in the playoffs. Although the Eagles relied on the Heat's defense, they briefly gained the upper hand for a period of time.

However, you must know that the Eagles, as a team dominated by young players and offense, seem to use their weaknesses and avoid their strengths to compete with the Heat on defense! "

"Yes, if the Eagles do not change the rhythm of the game in the second half of this game, the difficulty of winning will increase infinitely.

Although the Hawks are only one point behind now, I'm sure that the longer the Hawks delay this change of pace, the less likely they will win. "

In fact, Mike Woodson also saw the first half of the game, and the Hawks seemed to be playing too conservatively.

The only problem now is that, judging from the state of the game in the first half of the game, although the players of the Eagles played well on the defensive end, on the offensive end, the Eagles seem to have developed some Xu Lang dependency syndrome!
When Xu Lang couldn't open up the offensive situation with a point break and help them provide enough offensive opportunities, the Eagles players didn't know how to attack!
In fact, this is also a common problem of some teams with super point guards. It is easy to appear that the offensive end is extremely dependent on the passing of super point guards.

After all, super point guards can often get teammates good offensive opportunities without too much effort because of their sufficient vision, passing judgment ability and tactical command ability.

That will naturally make people feel a little dependent on the passing and command of the super point guard, especially the better the point guard, the stronger the dependence.

And without the passing and command of these super point guards, it will be difficult for these players to regain their original autonomous offensive ability in a short period of time.

This is also one of the reasons why no player in the NBA has won the championship with a defender as the core since Isiah Thomas.

Of course, if Magic Johnson can be equipped with an inside player of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar like the Lakers did, the result will be different!

Of course, the important reason why the Eagles players play so poorly on the offensive end is that they are too dependent on Xu Lang.

Another part of the reason is that these Eagles players are too young to have time to improve their own offensive ability.

And the only veteran player in the team, Szczerbiak, is also because he is a player who mainly plays [-]D players.

So far, Xu Lang has also seen that the current Eagles can only rely on themselves on the offensive end!
Although Xu Lang knows that if he continues to take care of everything now, it will definitely have an impact on the improvement of the independent offensive ability of the Eagles players.

But it is unrealistic to ask these young people to make changes in an instant, at least not something that needs to be considered now.

Therefore, in the third quarter, Xu Lang decisively made a new choice, which is to start playing more uniquely!

On the defensive end, the Eagles still did not change their defensive strategy in the first half of the game.

It was still Theo Ratliff defending from inside, Josh Smith intercepting in the air, Xu Lang assisting in defense at any time, Tony Allen and Szczerbiak stared at the opponent's pointed players.

Facts have proved that the defensive strength that the current defensive system of the Eagles can provide is still very good.

So in the third quarter and the whole quarter, the bigger and smoother Heat team, under the defense of the Eagles, only scored 21 points.

It can only be seen from the Heat's overall score in the third quarter, which has improved a bit compared to the second quarter.

The Heat have slowly begun to gain a certain advantage in the game situation.

I believe that as the time of the game continues, this advantage of the Heat is likely to be further expanded, thus turning it into a victory.

Fortunately, Xu Lang, who started to play more and more independently in the third quarter, also played a little offensively.

Throughout the third quarter, Xu Lang took nearly 70% of the Eagles' shots.

In the case of 10 shots in a single quarter, Xu Lang also scored 12 points in a single quarter.

Although Xu Lang's offensive efficiency is average, after all, among the 12 points, there is a three-pointer and a free throw.

However, compared to the Eagles' 35% field goal percentage all day in the third quarter and the Heat's 36% field goal percentage in the third quarter, Xu Lang's 40% field goal percentage is pretty impressive!
Facts have proved that although Xu Lang's offensive and defensive style of play is all-inclusive, it is not a good thing for the future growth of young people like the Eagles.

But for the Eagles at this stage, Xu Lang's big package can greatly improve the overall game state and offensive efficiency of the Eagles.

However, even with such an excellent offensive performance from Xu Lang, the Heat still had a four-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

Although looking at the 4-point lead, it is definitely less than the first four games.

But you must know that at the end of the three quarters of this game, the entire Heat team scored just 58 points.

According to this game rhythm, in this game, it is very likely that the final score of the two teams will not exceed 80 points.

If it really proceeds according to this rhythm of the game, the Eagles have actually entered the death track of chronic death!
"I have to say that Xu Lang is really playing too well and too stable, even in such a terrifying defensive confrontation, Xu Lang can still have an offensive efficiency of about 40%.

At the end of the three quarters, he scored close to 30 points. At least in this game, Xu Lang has proved that he is at the same level as Wade and others on the offensive end! "

"However, although Xu Lang has played very well, I think this game is almost for the Heat to win!"

Then, I don't know if it was for the face of the commentator. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Eagles immediately made a desperate change.

Center: Darko Milicic, Forwards: Josh Smith, Josh Childress, Defenders: Szczerbiak, Xu Lang.

Mike Woodson also knew very well that if the Eagles continued to play in this defensive game rhythm in the fourth quarter, the loss of this game is certain!
It's just that under such a rhythm of the game, the Eagles should be able to keep the score gap within a catchable range until the last minute to two minutes.

But obviously, Mike Woodson and Xu Lang are not the kind of players and coaches who just wait to die.

Therefore, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Eagles took the lead in changing formation.

It can be seen from the lineup of the Hawks in the fourth quarter that Mike Woodson completely abandoned the defensive lineup that performed extremely well in the first three quarters.

Changed to an extremely young and extremely athletic lineup.

Just with this rushing lineup, the Hawks' first attack in the fourth quarter was not a run and jump attack in the penalty area by these talented men who can run and jump.

After all, as a player with a lot of top player experience.

Xu Lang knew very well that Pat Riley, an old fox, would immediately understand what the Eagles' plan was after the Eagles' lineup debuted.

Therefore, if the rushing tactics are played as soon as they come up, the Eagles will most likely die miserably.

For this kind of lineup, once the initial offense cannot be launched, there is basically no follow-up.

Therefore, Xu Lang took advantage of this rebellious psychology, when the Heat mainly focused on the Eagles' rushing players.

Xu Lang suddenly made an extremely abrupt long-range three-pointer, which caught the Heat by surprise.

Of course, this rushing lineup may play more comfortably on the offensive end.

But returning to the defensive end, facing the Heat's O'Neal and Dwyane Wade's offensive positions, the Eagles' defensive pressure is also very high.

Fortunately, although the defensive strength of the Eagles' lineup is somewhat different from the defensive lineup in the first three quarters.

However, with Xu Langszebiak's one inside and one outside defense, the overall defensive efficiency of the Eagles remains at a certain level.

Especially when O'Neal is still held up by Xu Lang inside, although the Heat's offensive efficiency is slightly better than that of the first three quarters, it will not be too exaggerated.

In addition, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Eagles began to gamble and shrink the inside to defend. After completely giving up the shooting opportunities from outside the three-point line, they even let O'Neal play inside and the first three quarters. Just as uncomfortable!
To put it bluntly, the Eagles are betting on the Heat who only took seven three-pointers in the first three quarters and only hit one of them.

Now at the beginning of the fourth quarter, there is no way to quickly bring up the three-pointer.

In fact, this is true, although the Eagles completely give up the shooting space outside the three-point line on the defensive end.

But when the Heat are attacking, the first choice is still not shooting from outside the three-point line.

For example, this offense was Dwyane Wade's breakthrough through forward pressure, against Szczerbiak's defense to the free throw line, and the offense was completed by leaning back and hitting a jumper.

Although he lacks confidence beyond the three-point line, Dwyane Wade's confidence in mid-range shooting is overwhelming.

As for the Heat's ability to complete the offense, the Eagles actually didn't care too much.

Because the moment Dwyane Wade completed the attack, Darko Milicic immediately picked up the basketball and stood on one foot outside the baseline to quickly complete the serve.

Then the five players of the entire Eagles seemed to be crazy, and began to rush towards the Heat's half court frantically.

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