0277 Two Hedong Three Hexi
After the press conference, the Thunder team set off overnight to Miami, with 72 hours of adjustment.
The plane landed at 3 a.m. and took a bus to the hotel. When checking in, Su Yang directly and clearly told the Thunder players: You cannot go to any entertainment venue during the away game period, and you are not allowed to take unrelated women back to the hotel. If you find out, you will be suspended.
The Thunder generals did not object. Su Yang instead asked the coaching staff to implement the same standards and suggested that the team's accompanying staff do the same. On the one hand, it is to reflect the team's unity, and on the other hand, it is to avoid loopholes and not do anything like my friend.
The standards are so strict, it is simply because it is very difficult to win away games, so it is best not to be dragged down by off-court factors.
When he woke up at noon, Su Yang discovered that social platforms such as Twitter were very exaggerated about the discussions on the second stop of the finals.
A small part of the content is to praise Durant's outstanding performance in the fourth quarter, to praise Su Yang for his witty use of McGrady on the spot, to praise Jordan Jr. for starting to withstand the pressure, to praise Westbrook for his cold touch and not forcing a forced shot, and to complain that Harden made a foul.
Most of the content is ridiculing LeBron to lose the finals again, complaining that LeBron takes too much ball rights, causing others to perform poorly, insulting LeBron to drag down Wade to lose FMVP, and angrily criticize LeBron for not having three-pointers and central shots.
Coupled with multiple discussions on programs such as espn and tnt, LeBron is facing overwhelming accusations.
"This is not a good thing for us..."
Su Yang complained, knowing which ridicule will only inspire LeBron in a stronger state, especially in the third game, LeBron will definitely put out 120% of his energy to play, and maybe it will become a key factor in the Heat's reversal of the series.
But this matter cannot be controlled. As the head coach, Su Yang knew that he could only continue to arrange training and ensure on-site command.
It was June 5th in a blink of an eye, and the third game between the Thunder and the Heat Finals kicked off at the American Airlines Arena.
The Heat won the jump ball, Wade beat Frosa in the first attack, broke through and assisted Mike Miller to score a three-pointer, turned around and played pick-and-roll to force the Thunder to replace the defense. Before Jordan Jr. intercepted the position, he broke through and dunked like lightning, and then took the ball to break through to attract assisted defense, assisted LeBron to make a layup in the bottom line, just like transforming into the God of War Dian Wei, leading the Heat to a strong start of 9-2.
Seeing that Westbrook was relaxed, he made three consecutive emergency stops and shots. Su Yang commanded several tactics on the spot and tried to score points efficiently.
But when the Heat returned to home court, the defense was unscrupulous, and all kinds of big and small moves were used together. The referee almost did not call fouls, which led to the Thunder repeatedly running out of open positions according to tactics, but they were quite uncomfortable when taking action and were unable to score efficiently.
Apart from tough hand-to-hand combat, the Heat's defense has no other changes. They insist on double-teaming the ball holder who breaks through with the pick-and-roll, resolutely switch to defense and off-ball players who use the cover to run. In addition, they resolutely allow Westbrook to make a quick stop and shoot in the middle and long shots to achieve better results.
Westbrook was completely in a rushing mode, and there were three consecutive irons in a row, and two mistakes and two fouls were made. It was a headache to see.
Just like that, just halfway through the first quarter, the Thunder still lagged 16 points exaggeratedly after Su Yang called for a timeout.
Su Yang had to send Harden in advance, and the Thunder attack gradually improved. The key point was that Harden unexpectedly withstood Wade's attack.
After the first quarter, the Thunder fell 15-27 very tragically, 12 points behind and lost 6 fouls.
Fortunately, the situation stabilized, and deliberately controlled the number of fouls in the second quarter, and the offense was divided into the entire team, and the Heat tied.
After returning to the locker room during the halftime, Su Yang told Jordan that he had only known about a foul in the middle of the day, and that the second half could be bigger but a little bit bigger. Then he encouraged Westbrook to believe in himself and take action if he continues to have an open space in the second half, and told Durant to take the initiative in the third quarter.
In the last classic Rivers-style chicken soup, the Thunder generals returned to the court with high spirits, only to have a bgm.
Unexpectedly, after the third quarter started, the Heat suddenly changed their defensive strategy against Westbrook and no longer blindly bypassed the screen and intercepted it. Instead, Bosh took the lead and forced a delay of the obstacle before returning to the defense and protecting the basket. The energy consumption was greater, but the effect was better.
That was obviously to establish a strategy to win the game. Seeing this, Su Yang decisively replaced Harden in advance.
The two teams' confrontation gradually began, and the Heat limited Westbrook's mid-range and long shots well, but missed many assists from Harden's circle.
But LeBron, who didn't make much attack in the first half and deliberately saved his energy to the second half, performed very well in his personal performance. He made 3 of 5 shots in a single quarter, plus 6 free throws, scored 12 points strongly to bite the situation, and also passed the ball to the ground, assisting Bosh to score twice.
The Thunder entered the fourth quarter with 11 points behind. Su Yang arranged for Durant and Westbrook to play in advance, and the Heat were not careless at all. Except for LeBron and Bosh directly playing, Wade also hurriedly took the field after a minute of rest.
The game entered the final battle mode early, and the two teams had no other new moves. The Heat relied on the support of the Big Three, and the Thunder could only rely on the three young masters to score. Green occasionally scored two points. Unfortunately, Jordan and Ibaka gave too many fouls in order to prevent Jenwe from breaking through.
At the last moment of the game, Su Yang set up a wonderful three-point tactic. Unfortunately, Durant failed to win with a blacksmith. The Thunder finally lost to the Heat 99-101. The big score in the finals turned 2-1, causing a huge change in the form of the two teams.
Returning to the hotel bus, Westbrook, who made 9 of 26 shots in the game, apologizing to the team, ensuring that there will be improvements in the next game.
Su Yang said bluntly that there was no need to apologize. After all, it was normal for the performance of the game to fluctuate, especially the Heat also set up defense against Westbrook.
Espn and other media reported that the Heat found a secret to winning after Chandler was injured, which was to let Wade and LeBron take turns to attack with the ball, avoiding the single-playing style of the two holding the ball at the same time, and also saving the physical strength and extending the effect.
Fans lamented the terrifying Thunder, and even lost one attack when they had 14 fewer free throws than the Heat.
On June 7th, the fourth game between the Thunder and the Heat continued to start at the American Airlines Arena.
The two teams went all out at the beginning, taking turns to lead in the first five minutes. Then LeBron scored consecutively to help the Heat widen the gap, but soon the Dewey duo scored in turn to smooth out the gap. By the time the half-time game was over, the Thunder led by 1 point.
The situation in the third quarter did not change. The two teams had no new moves, they all rely on picking the details and tied into the fourth quarter.
But there was no change in the fourth quarter. Su Yang and Spoelstra fell into a confrontation between the dark forest, and no one dared to let the main players rest for a long time. They also squeezed the main players to play, and targeted the opponent's arrow players, and also turned into Thibodeau.
In the last 2.8 seconds of the game, LeBron broke through and knocked Jordan Jr. The baseline referee called the offensive foul, the sideline referee called the blocking foul, and then watched the video for a long time to return to defense. Referee Joe Crawford announced that Jordan Jr. was blocking foul.
LeBron got two free throws, the first free throw helped the Heat overtake, and the second free throw directly hit the ball and rebounded to spend time.
Although there is a suspected violation of the operation, the referee did not buzz the whistle. When the Thunder grabbed the rebound, the game had already been finished.
In that way, the Thunder lost to the Heat 103-104, and the big score in the finals became 2-2, which was hotly discussed on the whole network.
After the game, Durant returned to the hotel, and used a trumpet to tweet the referee to take care of the Heat. As a result, there were several forgot to switch accounts and were directly sent to the league office by screenshots of people who claimed to be Heat fans, which allowed Durant to receive a fine of $50,000.
After Su Yang discovered it, he suggested that Duran do it in particular because it would easily make the whole team go astray and rely on the referee's help.
Even if the referee takes good care of the Heat, it is irreversible, and those fouls are indeed controversial.
On June 9, the fifth game between the Thunder and the Heat will continue to start at the American Airlines Arena.
It's about the match point, and the two teams exhausted everything.
The Thunder were reversed and lost the game due to Harden's six fouls and finally lost the firepower to fight against the Big Three.
The whole team set off for Oklahoma with a 2-3 backward journey. As soon as Su Yang got off the plane, he received a call from Jiang Ruolan, saying that the company had been investigated for privacy violations by FBI and had difficulties in working capital. He didn't want to tell him, but the matter was really troublesome.
At the same time, public opinion on social platforms such as Twitter has been completely reversed.
The targets of fans' ridicule have changed from LeBron to Su Yang and Westbrook. Especially Su Yang, many fans criticized him for not knowing how to set up defenses. Every time he only uses Jordan Jr. to block LeBron. He should be as tough as the Bulls to delay obstacles.
The gossip website tmz also revealed that Su Yang was engaged in dictatorship in the team, restricting the freedom of movement of players and staff.
Chapter completed!