Eight Hundred and Two: The Last Second? No, 1 Verse Is Enough
Dave Jogel has changed again. Since entering the playoffs, especially in the most crucial Western Conference finals and finals, Jogel has shown his unique side in personnel scheduling.
In the Western Conference finals, he took the lead in taking out one big and four small, killing the Spurs by surprise, making Popovich have to be led by the nose, and also created the miracle of Jimmy Butler and Link scoring 60+ points.
Today, in the finals, Joger once again disrupted the opponent's deployment.
Spoelstra never imagined that Joger would actually let Tobias Harris start in the finals. For this sudden evolution of the Grizzlies, the Heat can be said to be empty-handed and unprepared!
Dave Jogel proved once again that his Coach of the Year award is not just based on records.
However, the Grizzlies' changes did not affect the enthusiasm of the Miami fans in the slightest. When the two sides were about to jump the ball, the boos now reached their climax.
They don't care whether the Grizzlies start with Harris or Randolph, they only know that the Heat must win today!
Even many Miami media said that today may be the most intense game of the finals. Before the last second, the two sides will definitely not be able to distinguish their identities!
Every Heat fan who came to watch the game shouted with all their lungs, and they hoped that their shouting would add strength to the Heat.
However, Marc Gasol was not affected at all. For the third straight game, he grabbed the lead for the Grizzlies!
Today, the Heat's defensive strategy is still the same, with Wade going to Conley.
Therefore, it is Link who is in control of the ball at this time. Link didn't know how many people were cursing him at this time, but he didn't care.
No matter how noisy those guys are, they can only make a fuss tonight!
Link's first impression as he got closer to the Heat's half was that the Heat's defense wasn't even as tough as it was in Game 2 in Memphis a few days ago.
As Link and Jogel analyzed, don't watch the Heat fans making a fuss, but in fact the Heat players themselves don't have much heart.
Link stopped outside the three-point line, and Tobias Harris came to set up cover.
But the screen has just been set up, and Lewis and James are still trying to figure out how to switch, but Harris suddenly withdraws and cuts to the inside!
Since Lewis and James' attention was on Link, Harris, who suddenly pulled away after the fake pick-and-roll, was left unmarked! Link did not hesitate, and immediately passed the ball to Harris, who cut in.
Harris rushed to the basket with the ball, and Bosh had to come forward to make up the defense. But the Heat's defense line has been torn open, making up for one side, and the other side leaking.
Seeing Bosh rush up, Harris wasn't nervous about starting in the Finals for the first time. I saw him calmly put the ball to his side and give it to Gasol.
Gasol easily followed and put the ball into the basket, allowing the Grizzlies to become the first offense of Game 3.
Link made only one pass from halftime to the goal, which organized the Grizzlies' offense.
This is what Dave Jogel wants. Attacking at the beginning is the best way to suppress the Heat!
"Two good passes, created a beautiful goal. The Heat have a big problem with their defense. If they continue to defend like this, the result today may be no different from the last game." and Mike Brin Partner Jeff Van Gundy shook his head, the Heat's defense is completely useless!
Subsequently, the Heat started to counterattack lazily. Under normal circumstances, the attackers usually have murderous eyes in their eyes, especially when the score is 0-2 behind.
But what Link saw from the eyes of the Heat players,
But only tired and cowardly.
As if they haven't attacked yet, they have already lost confidence.
James sank to the bottom left corner, and after halftime, Chalmers was as if basketball was a hot potato, and immediately wanted to shoot the ball.
Link saw all this in his eyes, and he read Chalmers' expression and eyes. Having been a "pseudo point guard" beside James for so many years, Chalmers has long lost his original aura.
Now he has formed a mechanical habit of looking for James immediately after halftime!
Just as Chalmers passed the ball, Link stretched his arms and took a step forward. Sure enough, the basketball flew in the direction of James!
James found Link ready to steal, but it was too late. In the end, Chalmers' pass was intercepted beautifully by Link!
The first attack in the opening, the Miami Heat made a mistake!
After Link completed the steal, he immediately passed the ball out. In front, Iguodala was already rushing to the other half.
The transition of offense and defense in this round was so fast that the Heat players didn’t know what was going on. Link used a quick pass to help Iguodala dunk.
4 to 0, the Memphis Grizzlies played easily. As soon as the Heat opened, the momentum was crushed.
This time, Link was sure of his guess.
He said a few days ago that he would play the Heat 4-0, not only did not anger the team, but made them shrouded in greater fear!
This team has basically collapsed, and it is estimated that even LeBron James is thinking about summer transfers now.
If a team has no desire to win even as a leader, where will they be able to fight?
Then on the attack, Wade broke the deadlock with a beautiful layup, finally giving the Heat fans a reason to cheer.
But Wade's goal is just lingering. Because soon, Link made the Heat fans who were cheering just now feel depressed instantly.
The Grizzlies attacked for the third time, and this time, Link finally played once with the ball.
Tobias Harris continued to screen, but this time it was a real screen. He didn't run halfway through.
James was delayed, and Lewis did not make up defenses. The two of them didn't expect to be together, and they let Link slip in just like that.
It was Bosh, who raised his arms and walked to the basket to cover Link.
He feels like he's the Heat's number one culprit right now.
As long as someone breaks in, he will be the first to take the blame. If Gasol is missed because of this, he will also be labeled as a poor defense.
It's so hard!
Link didn't do any tricks like pull-up jumpers and throws this time, but plunged straight into Bosh's arms!
One thing the Heat must admit is that neither Lewis nor Bosh, their two starting insiders, are not masters of rim protection.
After the two violently collided under the basket, Link was fine, and still made a steady layup.
On the contrary, Bosh was directly pushed out of the bottom line, and his supplementary defense at the basket is simply the epitome of the overall defense of the Heat today.
It's Van Gundy's word, and it's useless.
In the end, Link got the ball in with ease. 6-2, Dave Jogel's plan worked. He had the players cover the American Airlines Center with heavy fire right from the start, and the players did.
But after a few more rounds of the game, Dave Jogel began to lose his composure. Because he found that the players not only played their expected results, but completely exceeded expectations!
In the third minute of the first quarter, Iguodala suddenly threw the ball to the basket at a step behind the free throw line after breaking through Chalmers.
People thought Iguodala was a thrower, but Link suddenly came out along the bottom line, jumped up and grabbed the basketball with both hands to complete the alley-oop dunk!
After more than ten seconds, the absent-minded Chalmers was directly stolen by Conley from his hand!
After the basketball got out of control, Conley, Chalmers and Wade were caught in a chaotic fight. But in the end, Conley stubbornly held the ball and passed it to Tobias Harris, who had been thrown forward.
Harris advanced with the ball and then easily dunked unmarked, and the Grizzlies scored again!
The game went on for several minutes, and the Grizzlies were still shooting 100 percent!
In the fourth minute of the game, Gasol scored with a hook and the Grizzlies continued to score.
A round later, Link made a breakthrough and assisted Conley to hit a three-pointer, and the Grizzlies' shooting percentage remained unchanged!
Round by round, time passed by minute by minute. It wasn't until the 6th minute and 55th second of the first quarter that Gasol's strong shot at the basket was interrupted by Bosh and popped out of the basket. The Memphis Grizzlies finally missed!
At this time, Spoelstra called a timeout, and Link, who had scored 11 points, put his left index finger on his lips and made a "shush" action at all the Heat fans in the stands.
The audience was silent, and at this time, no Heat fans could shout.
Link used his actual actions to completely shut up the noisy Miami fans!
Now, the Grizzlies players' ears are finally quiet. They finally let the group of reporters and fans who knew nothing about the sky and the earth recognize the cruel facts!
"It took nearly seven minutes for the Grizzlies to miss the first shot in the first quarter. God, what a terrible offensive efficiency! Before the first quarter was over, the Grizzlies were already leading by 21 points! The offense devastated the Heat like a hurricane, and the Heat seemed to be completely extinguished in the first quarter!"
Jeff Van Gundy's chin almost didn't dislocate. With the Heat in this state, they don't have to play in Game 4!
Tonight, the league can give the Grizzlies the O'Brien Cup and take them home. The strength of the Grizzlies is completely crushing the existence of the Heat!
Even if you give the Heat a sixth and seventh game, the outcome will not change.
Jogel watched his players walk off the court, not knowing what to say. Their performance is really good, 100% hit rate for 7 minutes, who can stand it.
On the Heat side, Spoelstra didn't even know what to say. He trailed by 21 points in a single quarter, and no coach could save the game.
The silent American Airlines Center ushered in their ending ahead of schedule.
However, it was a little too early. Who would have thought that the Grizzlies almost defeated the Heat in less than a quarter in Game 3. You know, before the game started, the Miami media thought the game was going to be played to the last second.
Mike Brin really didn't know how the game was going to go. This was definitely the most unexpected day in the history of the NBA Finals.