James wants to prove himself. Regardless of the statistics of this game, regardless of the outcome of this game, he just wants to prove that he is not an undercover agent!

As long as he proves that he is not an undercover agent, everything will be normal for the Heat, victory belongs to the Heat, he will have the opportunity to perform in future games, and his great achievements can continue to be realized!

However, the reality made James very confused.

Really, very confused.

After the rotation time of the second quarter, the rotation players of the two teams played very exciting and lively, but did not score much. When the starting players of the two teams returned to the court again, the score was 42 to 36.

The Heat are still lagging behind, but the points difference behind the Heat is not that big.

As long as the Heat go all out and play seriously, and in an environment where Yes is double-teamed by Wade and Ben Gordon and have difficulty scoring, and as long as no one from the Sonics can step up and score, the Heat can turn defeat into victory.

In this game, Chandler defended Milicic very well, and Millsap and Rondo didn't have that good touch either.

In this case, as long as Durant cannot score points, the probability of the SuperSonics kneeling is very high.

From this situation, we can see how much advantage the Heat have over the Sonics.

James doesn't need to express himself on the offensive end at all. As long as he can guard Durant on the defensive end, the Heat can easily defeat the SuperSonics.

Therefore, Spoelstra is very confident in his strategy for this series.

As long as James can defend Durant, this task is not difficult. James can definitely complete it. Once James completes it, the team will win. If the team wins, the rest of the team will completely let go of their prejudices against James.

The team will be normal and united, and the dynasty will come.

It shouldn't be a surprise that you can start a dynasty by completing such a simple task.

but!

Accidents really are everywhere.

James also went undercover when facing Durant.

Moreover, he must continue to support James when James is undercover, and continue to watch from the sidelines as James goes undercover.

Even though he knew clearly that the person in front of him was Xiang, he still wanted to eat with a smile on his face!

"Beautiful change of direction breakthrough, Durant once again used his unique change of direction breakthrough to break through James' defense!"

"James got close to him. James' whole body was stuck to Durant's body. Durant took a shot. With James so close to him, Durant actually chose a mid-range fadeaway jumper. Beautiful, and he hit it again!"

Very beautiful, each of Durant's offenses looks very beautiful!

Such a beautiful offense, such a high offensive efficiency, if it weren't for Chris Bosh in the middle to defend Durant, he would go 5-for-5.

Spoelstra even thinks Durant is an enhanced version of McGrady.

but……

It's all fake!

On the court, James' defense is fake, and the enhanced version of Tracy McGrady is also fake!

He had no choice but to continue letting James on the court even though he knew he was an undercover agent.

You can lose this game, but you can’t lose this series!

If James is not allowed to play in this game, if James is not allowed to continue to prove himself, and if James is not allowed to guard Durant, it is impossible for the Heat to win this series!

So how to prove that James has completely sided with the Heat and left Yes' side?

The way to prove it is that James defended Durant!

It makes no sense to put James in front of Millsap and Rondo.

He didn't dare to put it in front of Yes. James was undercover. Yes could get 100 points!

With Yes's strength and James' undercover skills, it looks like a super enhanced version of Jordan!

Even with James' undercover bonus, Durant looks like an enhanced version of McGrady.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the gains and losses of one city or one place. As long as James is willing to guard Durant seriously and guard him to death, then the Heat can win this battle.

Spoelstra believes James will eventually pull back from the brink.

It’s not that he doesn’t have the Heat in his heart at all. He will give James trust in this game. After this game, he will also work hard to get the team to help him bring James back!

However, this is the future, this game...

Spoelstra gave up hope after the second quarter.

After the second quarter, the score on the field was 60 to 52, and the difference between the two sides was still not very big.

It looks like the Heat are in the lead.

But by analyzing the performance of the players on the field, you can see what the gap is between the two teams.

Durant broke out again in the second quarter. Under James' defense, he made 5 of 8 shots, 0 of 1 3-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 13 points.

With Durant's strength, it is naturally impossible to perform like this against James who is not undercover.

In other words, James was still undercover in the second quarter.

Since James is undercover, no matter how close the score is to the Heat, it is impossible to beat the Sonics.

Continue to put Bosh in front of Durant?

meaningless,

If Durant presses down, Millsap, who is being defended by James, will get up.

After all, Bosh is an insider, so he can't always stand outside and defend Durant. The defensive effect can't always be that good, and it's very dangerous for an insider to always defend the outside.

Leave Durant to James and let other Heat players deal with other Sonics players, and the effect of the game will be very good.

In the first half of this game, except for Durant's 25 points, other Sonics players did not score much. Yes made 5 of 10, scored 13 points, and had 12 assists. This is a very strong data, but the score is not high.

, at least not high for Yes.

Milicic scored 4 points on 2-of-10 shots, Millsap scored 2 points on 1-of-3 shots, and the most amazing thing was Rondo. There was almost no one to defend him. Rondo scored 0-for-5 shots in the first half.

points, 0 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds.

And this is why Spoelstra is so confident.

The duel between James and Durant was separated by him.

Durant scored 25 points on 10-of-18 shooting in the first half of this game, and the Sonics only led by 8 points.

As long as James guards Durant seriously, it is impossible for Durant to have such a shooting percentage and scoring efficiency. Even Durant's 15 points in the first half is already very good, and the Heat will be 2 points ahead!

What's more, as long as James defends seriously, Durant can't score 15 points in the half!

Of course, as an excellent head coach, Spoelstra cannot put all his eggs in one basket.

He also needs to test the defensive effectiveness of the rest of the team against Durant.

This is a backup option in case James is unwilling to come back from Yes.

If James is unwilling to step back from the brink, he and the Heat certainly need alternatives.

The Heat need to find an answer for Durant.

The whole world knows that there is no problem in flanking Yes, but Milicic and Durant need to be solved. Milicic and Durant can be solved well by Chandler, but Durant needs someone to solve them.

Because James is at the small forward position, the Heat have never accumulated too many players at the small forward position before.

Everyone knows that James is an iron man, so the Heat's only backup small forward is Grant Hill. Grant Hill was defeated by Durant last year in the Suns.

This veteran's team now relies on his experience and offense, rather than defense.

After halftime, the third quarter of the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Heat.

Spoelstra is trying his best to make changes and find answers without hurting James' self-esteem. Although it is said that as long as James comes back, the outcome of this game is not important.

But this is just talk.

How could the outcome of the finals not be important!

Therefore, in the Heat's second half, Spoelstra moved James away from Durant and put Ben Gordon next to Durant.

And James is opposite Yes.

In order to compensate James, Spoelstra, under great pressure from the team, gave James the right to attack even though James had not proven that he was not an undercover agent and was still undercover for Yes.

It's not just a matter of trusting James and winning his heart back.

In the first half, the Heat team almost didn't play Yes on the offensive end.

This is very dangerous.

Wade and Ben Gordon are both hard to beat Yes.

Chris Bosh and Chandler certainly can't.

It can even be said that James is the only singles player on the Heat who has an advantage against Yes in one-on-one situations. At least he has good height and weight and is very skilled.

And asking James to say Yes will always create a rift between James and Yes, right?

If James and Wade double-team Yes, the effect is the same as Wade and Ben Gordon. In addition, James can also play Yes. If Ben Gordon is better than James in defending Durant, then his formation change

It's successful. Maybe while fighting for James's heart, he can still win a game, which will make a lot of money!
To be continued...