Chapter 225: Powerless!

Miami.

Riley, who was watching TV, suddenly darkened when he heard Smith's voice.

He found out he was wrong!
Riley believes that it is absolutely wrong for the Celtics to put up this lineup, and it is also out of consideration for Lin Yu's physical fitness.

After all, as long as we are human, our physical strength is limited.

Low-position melee is the most energy-consuming method, bar none.

In this situation, Riley believes it is impossible to expect Lin Yu to continue to exert his strength on the offensive end.

But when he saw the Celtics' counterattack, Riley knew he was wrong.

The Celtics played defensive counterattack in the second half!

With Shaq, the Heat can't keep up with the Celtics no matter how fast they are.

The Celtics' starting five are all players who can dribble across half court for a fast break after grabbing a rebound.

This situation means that as long as the Celtics have a rebound, they will inevitably start a counterattack.

The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score!
This is the eternal truth!
It was a five-on-four situation, and without Shaq protecting the rim in the low post…

The Heat are in danger!
"I really underestimated Doc Rivers. I didn't expect his coaching ability to be so strong. His reaction speed is really scary!"

Riley's voice was filled with emotion.

"Nice block, Lin Yu blocked Dwyane Wade's layup!"

"The Celtics started to fight back, and Hardaway caught the ball and dunked!"

"Eddie Jones missed the three-pointer, Lin Yu grabbed the rebound, and the Celtics began to counterattack. Beautiful! Another tomahawk dunk!"

"..."

As Barkley's voice continued to ring out, the Celtics successfully turned the situation around.

The Celtics' tactic is simple, which is to use faster offense and defense transitions to deal with the Heat.

Faster offense-defense transitions mean more shuttle runs.

It’s okay for young players like Wade, but Shark’s physical energy has been greatly consumed.

The Sharks averaged only 33.2 minutes per game in the playoffs.

It doesn't seem like a small amount, but it is already a new low in the Shark's career.

The Shark can be regarded as a model worker in the playoffs, even averaging 43.5 minutes per game in the playoffs.

Although the shark still seems to be strong, it is old.

The Celtics used faster transitions to deal with the Sharks.

Midway through the third quarter, the Shark’s breathing was already hyperventilating.

Lin Yu and Battier double-teamed Wade, and Wade seized the opportunity and made a ground pass to the Shark.

After the shark caught the ball, he was about to dunk.

Hardaway on the side directly chose to foul.

bump!
Hardaway hit the shark hard, causing it to lose balance in mid-air.

bump!
The shark fell heavily to the ground and the basketball hit the basket and bounced out.

Beep! Beep! Beep!
The referee's whistle sounded, and the shark took a look. Without saying anything, he just stood up and walked to the free throw line.

At this time, Lin Yu also started to talk trash.

"Shaq, do you feel powerless? Your era is over. After defeating you, I will continue to defeat Duncan in the finals!"

"The next era is mine, you and Duncan can only live together under my rule!

Bang!

Perhaps Lin Yu’s trash talk worked, or perhaps the Shark was severely exhausted.

The Shark missed the first free throw.

When preparing for the second free throw, the Shark responded without any hesitation.

"Lin Yu, you have no idea how difficult it is to establish a dynasty! When you have established a dynasty, talk about ruling!"

"It seems like you can only lead the team to compete for the No. 1 pick in your rookie season, Shaq!
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Shark's face turned dark.

In his rookie season, Shark led the Magic to ninth place in the Eastern Conference and eventually got the No. 1 pick.

It was also because of that No. 1 pick that the Magic were able to select Hardaway.

Bang! The Shark's second free throw also missed, and Lin Yu grabbed the rebound.

The Celtics continued to launch fast break counterattacks.

Lin Yu was very fast and the Sharks had no time to return to defense.

Seeing that Lin Yu was about to succeed in dunking, Haslem chose to foul.

Lin Yu jumped and was directly hugged and thrown down by Haslem.

Beep! Beep! Beep!
The referee's whistle sounded and Lin Yu walked to the free throw line.

When Van Gundy, who was on the sidelines, saw this scene, he frowned.

Haslem's foul actually reflects the current situation of the Heat.

Facing the Celtics' defensive counterattack, the Heat came up with any solution.

There is even no other way to deal with Lin Yu except committing a foul!
"Lin Yu made both free throws. This was his 28th point in the game. The Celtics also took the lead."

"I have to say that the tenacity and defense of this Celtics team surprised many fans."

"From the current situation, the Heat have been forced into a desperate situation!"

Barkley simply isn't optimistic about the Heat.

In fact, this is exactly the case, and the shark's physical energy is consumed a lot.

The Heat can only rely on Wade. Wade has to face the perimeter defense of Battier and Tony, as well as Lin Yu who comes to assist from time to time.

Not to mention Wade who has not yet reached his peak, even if Wade at his true peak came, there is no way he can be like a god descending to earth at this time!

Who can save the Heat?

Haslem?

Damon Jones?

Or the old 'Pippen successor' Eddie Jones?

hum!
The timer buzzed and the Celtics defeated the Heat 98-92.

林禹全场23投15中，三分球5中2，罚球9中8，砍下40分14篮板6助攻3盖帽1抢断。

After the game, Wade left the court without looking back.

Wade also played very well in this game.

He scored 32 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.

But in the end, they could only become a group of useless people.

The Shark looked at the Celtics players who were celebrating their victory, his eyes full of helplessness.

For the first time, he felt really old.

He is no longer the shark that could chase defenders when he was young...

In the second half of the game, the Celtics switched to defensive counterattacks and the Heat were beaten without any chance to fight back.

Without the Shark protecting the basket in the low post, when Lin Yu rushed forward with the ball, the Heat had no player who could stop Lin Yu.

The Heat's penalty area was directly blown up!

Haslem, Wade and others once tried to deal with Lin Yu by committing fouls.

but……

Lin Yu was able to complete a dunk even with Haslem hanging on him.

How to fight this?
Although Wade changed his playing style today, no matter how high his shooting percentage is, it can never compare to causing damage directly under the basket.

In the second half, the Celtics defeated the Heat with a higher hit rate. After leading the series 2:0, the two sides will go to Miami for the next game.

The matchup between the Suns and the Spurs is different from the original history.

In the original history, the Spurs beat the Suns 3:0 in the series.

But in this history, the Spurs and the Mavericks had just gone through seven big battles, and there were obviously problems with their physical fitness.

In the first game, Ginobili made only 12 of 3 shots and scored only 7 points in the whole game.

Popovich was so angry that he yelled at Ginobili on the sidelines.

In fact, it wasn't just Ginobili, Parker, Horry and others also performed poorly.

In the end, the Suns defeated the Spurs 111:103.

(End of this chapter)