Chapter 912: There Is Something Unusual About Durant 15's Game 3 of the Finals!
During the halftime break, Spoelstra, who was reluctant to make a choice, still made a choice.
Rondo's ball control and passing in this game were shocking, and his condition was also quite shocking!
At the end of the first half, he could make a buzzer shot. Is that still Rondo? !
It's a matter of luck whether that shot can go in or not. Even if it's Yes, the chance of luck is just a little higher!
In the entire first half, the Supersonics scored 74 points.
Among them, Yes only scored 8 points by free throws, and the remaining 66 points were all scored by other Supersonics players.
Among them, Durant scored 28 points in the first half, Barea scored 12 points, and Rondo scored 12 points himself. Most of the points scored by the remaining Supersonics players were basically Rondo's pass assists after attracting James or Chandler.
In addition, most of Durant's 28 points in the first half were also assisted by Rondo. It can be said that except for Barea's 12 points and the points scored by the Supersonics in the first half of the first quarter, the remaining points were basically related to Rondo.
This is terrible.
Rondo was completely let go. With Rondo's performance, there was no way to continue.
If they continued to do so, the Heat would definitely fall behind in the second half and eventually lose.
Rondo cannot be left alone like this.
There must still be defense around Rondo.
The double-teaming of Yes cannot be like in the first half of this game, where he was not allowed to receive the ball.
This is a choice that Spoelstra does not want to make.
But when Spoelstra really needs to make a choice, it is not a difficult choice.
Before he found a way to defend Rondo without anyone, Spoelstra had no other choice except to withdraw some of the defense from Yes.
So, after the halftime break, when Wade used his signature mid-range jump shot to suppress Rondo at the beginning of the third quarter and surpassed the Heat's score again, Rondo was originally ready to curse Wade in his heart for being a psychopath.
However, when Rondo received the ball at the baseline and pushed forward, he saw Ben Gordon on the road that was originally moving forward. Rondo, who was about to curse in his heart, instantly held back all the curses.
Changed!
Finally changed!
"The Heat's defense has changed!"
Not only Rondo and the Sonics players on the court noticed it, but the audience on the sidelines and the audience in front of the TV also saw the change.
Ben Gordon was still on Yes' side, but Ben Gordon was no longer facing Rondo with his back, but was close to Yes and facing Rondo.
"The Heat is still double-teaming Yes, and the defensive intensity is still very high. Rondo and other Seattle SuperSonics players worked so hard in the first half, but they only brought about such a change in the Heat. It has to be said that Yes's threat level in the Heat's mind is so high that it is terrifying!"
"The Heat is the strongest team in history, and this strongest team in history is more afraid of Yes than other teams!"
"Although the performance of Rondo and other SuperSonics players created some space for Yes, with such space, Yes may find it difficult to break the Heat in the third quarter like in the first two games."
"And with the importance the Heat attaches to Yes, they gave Yes space on the offensive end, On the defensive end, we will definitely let Yes come back!"
"For example, let James single out Yes on the offensive end!"
"Since James has completely proved that he is not an undercover in the first half of the game,
then the tactical option of James single-out Yes can certainly be revived. After all, James is taller and stronger than Yes. The Heat is almost the only player who can single out Yes and put defensive pressure on Yes."
"Since Yes wants to participate in the game, of course, Yes must be allowed to participate in all aspects. If only Yes is allowed to participate in the offense, all his energy is focused on the offensive end, and he does not participate in the defense, wouldn't the Heat be at a loss? !"
The Heat's defensive changes made the surrounding commentators and reporters very excited.
The two teams played very fiercely in the first half.
The head coaches of the two teams also did very well in the battle of wits and courage.
It can be said that the two teams played very technically and tactically in the first half.
But on the other side, Yes, as the most watched NBA player, was actually suffocated by the Heat and Spoelstra, which also disappointed many viewers.
Many of them watched this game to see Yes's performance, not to see Yes's free throws!
No matter how high Yes's tactical quality was in the first half, and no matter how much he contributed to the Sonics' tactics, Yes did not attack, did not shoot, and did not perform well on both the defensive and offensive ends.
It can be said that during the first half of the game, the cameras on the scene were always capturing the images of David Stern on the sidelines.
Everyone wants to know how the league's president will view the first half of the game when Yes, as the face of the league, was made to look like that by the Heat and Spoelstra.
After all, before the start of the finals between the Sonics and the Heat, David Stern had been building momentum for the matchup between James and Yes.
After building momentum for so long and building momentum so much, and playing two and a half games, James was undercover in the first two games, and Yes was directly sealed in the third game. Now, there are finally a few signs.
So, after the Heat changed their defense, the on-site director was very good at pointing the camera at David Stern, and the flashing picture of the league president was quite cinematic.
As the focus of attention on the court, James is now very calm. After letting go of everything, he feels extremely relaxed.
In the past, every time he was about to play against Yes, he couldn't calm himself down. Now, when he had nothing to lose, he finally found the feeling of the game he wanted.
With a swish!
Even when he made up for the key ball of Yanshe that was made up by Durant, he didn't have a single wave of emotion in his heart.
If it was before, his target had always been Yes. What kind of a jerk Durant was, and he was worthy of playing like this in front of him?
Now, after this round of finals, he doesn't even reject the media that say such things to blacken him and tease him.
"Yes's lifelong enemy? I think Yes's lifelong enemy is God. Every time Yes is about to take off, God will throw the most hellish game difficulty to Yes, turning Yes into the most unlucky person in history. As for James, he is suitable to be the lifelong enemy of Durant!"
Durant's strength in public opinion is still not taken seriously, although after this game, Durant's strength will be more recognized.
In this game, when Yes was sandwiched like that, the reason why the Supersonics were so tough and could always bite the score was not only because of Rondo's performance, but also because Durant's scoring was very hard!
What is a very hard score?
It's the feeling that you can score when the team needs you to score!
On the NBA court, the value of each point is the same in theory, but the feeling of each point is different.
Durant's hit rate in this game seems to be about 50%, but it gives people the feeling that his hit rate is even more than 80%, because when Yes is not there and the Supersonics need to score, Durant can always stand up.
Durant is still being underestimated.
The more James knows about Durant, the more he can feel calm after being shocked.
He is indeed not as good as Yes.
At least, he did not train Daniel Gibson and the Cavaliers players who were as talented as Durant to this level of ability.
This is also the reason why he was displaced while Yes could enjoy his king treatment.
Yes has a poor vision and has taken a fancy to players such as Rondo, Durant, Millsap, and Barea.
But the worse Yes's vision is, the more terrible his training ability is!
James has now admitted that Yes is a better leader than him and a better teammate than him, but always!
James has not admitted that Yes is a stronger player than him!
It's time to decide the winner of this game!
Even James, whose mind has returned to peace, can't help but get excited at this time.
76 to 76!
With Durant's response to Wade's mid-range shot, the Supersonics and the Heat tied again.
The tense score between the Seattle Supersonics and the Miami Heat continues.
In the second half, as the Heat changed their lineup, many people knew that the matchup between James and Yes was coming.
But after the start of the second half, both teams tacitly did not let Yes or James attack directly.
"The Heat obviously wanted to use Wade to establish some leads, while the Sonics hoped to use the outstanding performances of other players to gain more space for Yes!"
"Although I know that the sudden scoring of Durant and Wade in the third quarter is the prelude to the matchup between Yes and James, why do I think that the scoring matchup between Durant and Wade is so exciting?!"
"It is indeed exciting, the scoring ability of the two is too strong!"
"Although Wade has been picking on the relatively soft persimmon Rondo, not everyone can pinch a soft persimmon like Rondo. The Mavericks Monta Ellis and Afflalo are also very strong, but they can't squeeze Rondo like Wade."
"However, compared with Wade, Durant is more surprising, right?"
"James's undercover in the first two games does not count , In this game, Bosh was the main defender and James was the assistant defender. Durant's score not only did not decrease, but also increased. Is this really the system we are familiar with, Novak? Will he really be trained by Yes to become an enhanced version of McGrady? ! "
"I swear, the Heat played Rondo so frantically in the third quarter to score points. Spoelstra must have held on to the last bit of luck, that is, he did not use the strongest James first, but only used the second strongest Wade. No one else in the Supersonics could hold up, so he had to use Yes, and finally forced Yes to play two alone. Spoelstra never expected that after the Heat used Wade, the Supersonics could actually use Durant to hold up! "
The second half of the Supersonics and the Heat started very excitingly. The reporters, commentators and spectators on the sidelines were all surprised by the sudden scoring of Durant and Wade.
The Heat's defense changed, Rondo was stopped, and Yes hadn't made a move yet, Durant and Wade were the first to compete!
"I never thought that Durant and Wade were players of the same level before! "
"Even if Durant scored equally with Wade in the third quarter of this game, it cannot be said that he has reached the level of Wade and McGrady. However, under the sculpting of Yes, Durant has begun to move towards this level."
Looking back at the young Durant in the 2008 All-Star Game, and looking at this fan who ignored the Heat's defense and killed Wade, Kobe was really shocked.
Damn, just these few minutes of Durant and Wade's confrontation, all the efforts Yes made for Durant in the past few seasons are worth it!
Of course, this is hindsight. In reality, who in the world can do it like Yes, sacrificing himself to train his teammates?
In the past few seasons, the three players who sacrificed the most for Yes were Rondo, Durant, and Ibaka...
Ibaka's fairy tale of 10 out of 10 in the seventh game against the Spurs repaid Yes's sacrifice.
Rondo's control of the Supersonics in this game also repaid Yes's sacrifice.
Durant, the player who made Yes sacrifice the most, is also the player who gave Yes the most back!
Who would have thought that the thin boy could do such a thing in the finals one day? There is no doubt that Durant will get 40+ again in this game, and he will get it without James's undercover. If he really completes it, he will become the third player in NBA history after Jordan and Yes to score more than 40+ in three consecutive finals!
"This kid!"
Looking at the score on the sidelines, Wade was a little incredible.
This kid who got 40+ in the first two games with LeBron's undercover actually pushed him to such a point!
It even made him feel that I might not be able to beat him!
So much so that he began to believe what LeBron said before, that he didn't actually have an undercover in the first two games!
Yes hasn't taken action yet, and the Heat should be able to suppress the Supersonics.
But now, with Durant's performance, James has no way to get his attention away from Durant!
According to the arrangement of head coach Spoelstra, Ben Gordon's defense should be collected to Rondo.
But James' defense will be transferred from Durant to Yes.
With one increase and one decrease, it is true that the defense against Yes is not so tight, but the intensity will definitely not decrease.
But this strategy has not been implemented yet, and it was directly exploded by Durant!
Durant can compete with Chris Bosh's main defense and James's auxiliary defense. How can the Heat dare to let James let Durant go and increase the defensive pressure on Yes? !
Halfway through the third quarter, the situation on the court made Spoelstra a little dumbfounded.
The plans and tactics he designated were so perfect, why did the Supersonics stand out one after another unexpectedly? !
Even if he knew Durant was strong, he was not strong to this extent, right? !
Durant was already very strong in G1 and G2 of the Finals. His state came out so early, and G3 should have declined, but the third quarter of this game gave him the feeling that Durant's finals G3 was when he was in the best state!
Spoelstra's original plan was to let the Sonics take the first move. Now, he knew that he could no longer wait for Wade and James to encircle Yes!
"The Heat are going to take action!"
Phil Jackson's eyes flickered as he watched Spoelstra urgently call a timeout on TV.
The final battle of this finals is finally about to begin!
It's really hard to imagine that the level of scoring performance that Durant and Wade just had was just a warm-up!
Phil Jackson was in disbelief.
The picture on TV at this time had switched to the picture of Yes and James. In the middle of the two pictures was David Stern sitting on the sidelines.
This is a very symbolic picture.
"KD, you, are you really KD, No. 35 of the Seattle Supersonics, Kevin Durant?!"
"Durant 15, your G3 is a little abnormal."
Durant 15, naughty!
"..."
Durant, who was originally still excited, was embarrassed by his teammates and Rondo.
What abnormality, I am so strong now!
But, to be honest, he was quite surprised at his condition today, the third game of the finals, G3 of the finals...
He himself didn't quite understand why his finals were better than the playoffs, and G3 of the finals was particularly strong...
He himself had never thought that there would be a day when he could compete with Wade like this!
Looking at the figure of the man next to him, Durant was very excited and satisfied.
No matter how good he feels now, no matter how strong his current condition is.
He is willing to play a supporting role for this person!
We didn't let you down in this game.
I didn't let you down either!
We defended the stage for you, and the rest will be the stage that truly belongs to you!