The Heat were defeated by the Timberwolves at the start, and the Timberwolves dominated the court with simple tactics.
The Heat faced the Timberwolves like this at this time, and they were very tangled. After LeBron missed his first long-range shot, he began to avoid long-range shots, but he wanted to break through the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves were still huddled at the basket. He wants to post up but doesn't have the ability to post up.
LeBron wants to fight hard, but he is also afraid of stealing Wade's limelight. In short, LeBron is simply struggling to death.
Wade was heavily defended by the Timberwolves and was unable to fight effectively. The Timberwolves limited Wade to the place where he was least good at.
In this way, the Heat cannot produce two superstars on the offensive end today, and the Heat have been a team that relies on superstars throughout the season. When neither superstar can produce, the Heat are in a mess.
The Heat lost the start, lost the first quarter, lost the first quarter and then lost the first half. At the end of the half, the Timberwolves seemed to easily beat the Heat by 11 points, 56:45. The Heat's performance was extremely poor.
But at midfield, Su Qun still said: "So far, although the Timberwolves have the complete advantage, the Timberwolves cannot slack off at all, because the last game was the same, and the Heat won in the end."
"When the Heat are in the final period, Wade will definitely come up and fight. This is also a very uncomfortable time. If the Timberwolves want to win today, they must stay vigilant."
Su Qun¡¯s words are certainly not out of thin air. Now the Timberwolves really need to be careful to maintain their advantages without losing their offensive nature.
When the game came back in the second half, Wade really let go and started to fight. The Heat turned the ball around from the outside, and finally the basketball fell into the hands of Wade on the baseline.
There was no space for Wade to get the ball from the bottom line, but at this time he used the European step facing the defender, showing people another way to break through.
Wade broke through the baseline and reached the penalty area in two steps. When he saw that the Timberwolves' defense was back, he immediately took a European step, took a step to the side, and faked at the same time. Wade usually takes this step very quickly.
But at this time, Wade used this move under the basket very slowly. He was suffocated in a very slow situation, and the Timberwolves' defensive players could only slow down.
And Wade played with such a time difference. When the opponent slowed down, Wade accelerated to the other side of the basket and scored two points with a backhand layup.
In the first round of the Heat's return in the second half, Wade hit another beautiful ball. At this time, the Timberwolves quickly advanced to the Heat's half, and found that the Heat's defensive intensity was also different.
The Heat's defense started to be very tough. Wang Kai tried his best to get the ball but couldn't hit it. He could only turn around and pass the ball to Gomez, and then come back and play a pick-and-roll with Jefferson.
But the Heat are now willing to go all out. They all come to double-team Wang Kai and let Jefferson shoot 2 points. This is the defensive method that does the least harm to the team.
Wang Kai turned back and passed to Jefferson. Jefferson took a 2-point shot, but he missed it due to the strong interference from the Heat.
47:56, the point difference is approaching single digits, the Heat's counterattack is still in the second half.
The Timberwolves missed a mid-range shot, and the Heat immediately counterattacked quickly. The Heat reached the Timberwolves' half, and the three of them immediately walked away to the weak side. On the strong side, LeBron and Wade cooperated in a high-status manner.
LeBron pulled out to pass the ball to Wade for support. Wade repeatedly moved in the low post and finally got stuck in a position when the 24 seconds were about to come.
LeBron passed the ball quite well, and the basketball reached Wade's hands smoothly. Wade also knew that there was not much time to catch the ball, so he turned around and threw the ball to score another 2 points.
The Heat chased for 4 points in a row, and finally closed the score difference to 49;56, with only 7 points left.
Facing the Heat¡¯s strong counterattack, the Timberwolves used a pick-and-roll to let Wang Kai go to the wing to get the ball. This time, Wang Kai was almost intercepted by LeBron the first time he took the ball. This shows that the Heat¡¯s defensive intensity is increasing fiercely.
Wang Kai, who caught the ball, used the pick-and-roll to continue to break through, but at this time the Heat's defense was on Wang Kai, and it was not easy for Wang Kai to pass the ball backwards.
He could only dribble the ball all the way to the basket, and use his physical strength to test the opponent and pass the ball to Gomez. Gomez picked up the ball on the wing, and Wang Kai quickly ran to the bottom of his foot to catch the ball. 24 seconds are running out.
Wang Kai can only take the ball by dribbling one step to the baseline, and then make a quick shot off the board.
"Bang!"
Wang Kai had a hard time here. After running back and forth for several times and catching the ball many times, he finally got 2 points.
It was not easy for Wang Kai to get these 2 points., he turned around and smiled bitterly at his teammates.
The Timberwolves played so hard in this round, and the Heat couldn't score easily when they came over. The Heat played a very scattered position in the first round.
Haslem and Bosh are both in the corner to cover Chalmers, who is bringing the ball up. LeBron and Wade are on both sides of the ball, so the Heat's space is naturally greatly expanded.
The Heat made full use of their advantage in the first position after coming back. Chalmers had no chance to break through and pass the ball to Bosh. Bosh supported Wade from the high post, who was running up. Wade was still on the Heat at this time. The first arrow of attack.
However, Wade was targeted and the opportunity was not good. He passed the ball to LeBron. Although LeBron lacked offensive power at this time, he was still LeBron after all. His passing ability was also very good when he was not attacking. He could take a step forward. Seeing that Bosh was open, he immediately passed the ball across the ball.
Most of these passes are very dangerous and easy to be intercepted, but LeBron has such an advantage. He can pass some balls that others cannot. The basketball passed through the crowd and reached Bosh's hands. Bosh took the ball and raised the knife. Falling, another 2 points were scored.
The Heat indeed played better in the second half. Under such circumstances, Wang Kai also started to become a little impatient.
After this round, Wang Kai did not wait patiently for the opportunity. Instead, he made a crazy breakthrough and then quickly passed the ball to Gomez on the bottom foot.
Wang Kai hoped to use a simple way to quickly defeat the opponent, but the result could only be failure. The more powerful the enemy is, the more careful and timing must be chosen. Wang Kai passed the ball too easily, and Gomez was interfered with when he got up to shoot. The Timberwolves missed another goal.
The Timberwolves were eager, but the Heat were not. Wade dribbled up from the backcourt and used a steady back attack in the pick-and-roll to crush the basket.
When the Timberwolves double-teamed, Wade immediately passed the ball to Bosh, and Bosh caught the ball and continued to crush the ball with his back.
With the Heat crushing back and forth, the Timberwolves finally found a loophole. The defense at the basket was slightly open, and Bosh deftly turned around and layup to get another 2 points.
This time the scores of the two teams were close again, 58:53. The Timberwolves only led by 5 points, and the 11-point lead was eroded by 6 points.
McHale could only call a timeout at this time. He began to make substitutions and told his players: 'Patience, patience, you must wait patiently for opportunities and create opportunities. Don't rush the Heat and disrupt your own rhythm.
McHale said this not to slow down the pace, but to require the Timberwolves not to play randomly and to maintain their own offensive style.
The Heat have achieved results, so they naturally ask the players to maintain their current status.
Su Qun also sighed at this time and said: "The Heat will definitely have such a wave in the second half. Now it depends on whether the Timberwolves can withstand it."
After the timeout, the Timberwolves indeed played more patiently. Wang Kai patiently looked for opportunities on the wing, and then passed the ball to Foye on the other side. Foye took the ball and passed it to Pekovic, who was stuck inside.
Pekovic has a tonnage advantage against Bosh. Although he is not very good in the low post, he came up and swayed twice and still caused a foul on Bosh.
The Timberwolves' inside advantage does affect the game all the time.
The Timberwolves chased back 2 points, and the Heat came back again. Although they still played very patiently and the space was very wide, Chalmers's three-point shot in the end was reasonable, but the Heat lost the dribble this time. They had made consecutive hits before. He hit several balls, but he missed the shot immediately after the ball came up.
The Heat missed an open three-pointer, and the Timberwolves seized the opportunity to counterattack. Wang Kai grabbed the rebound under the basket, took the ball and went straight to the Heat's basket.
Wang Kai took the lead at this time, charging madly all the way to the basket and posing a substantial threat. Then he turned around and passed the ball to Jefferson who was following behind. Jefferson took the ball in the middle distance. Came up and scored 2 points.
The Timberwolves' timeout call was effective. They scored 4 points in a row immediately after coming back and slightly opened up the score again.
The Heat's counterattack in the second half encountered the first wave of snipers. At this time, the Heat quickly caught up with the Timberwolves' half.
The Heat's encounter with the Timberwolves' defense also doubled. Although the Heat still played extremely patiently, the basketball was still passed among the team. A mistake occurred. Bosh made a mistake in passing the ball to Haslem on the baseline.
The ball fell into the hands of the Timberwolves. The Heat's defense was very strong, but they obviously gave Jefferson a chance to make a mid-range shot.
Jefferson took the ball from mid-range and shot directly. When the result should be stable, Jefferson failed to stabilize, wasting the ball and the basketball was in the hands of the Heat.
 Fortunately, the Heat wasted the opportunity when they got the ball. Wade dribbled quickly and passed to LeBron. Who would have thought that LeBron had no awareness of attacking the basket at this time, and the basketball flew directly out of the baseline.
The Timberwolves got such a good opportunity, McHale jumped out quickly and shouted for the team to stabilize.
Amid McHale's roar, Wang Kai took the ball in the backcourt and advanced steadily this time.
Wang Kai advanced, and the Timberwolves' position was actually similar to that of the Heat. They were both horizontally spread out near the free throw line, and the entire lineup was very spread out.
Wang Kai dribbled the ball over, but instead of attacking first, he passed the ball to Gomez on the wing. Gomez was originally going to block and then pass the basketball to Wang Kai.
But when Wang Kai ran from Gomez, no Heat player was guarding Gomez. Gomez suddenly got such a good opportunity and immediately dribbled the ball into the penalty area with a mid-range shot. Gomez opened a loophole for the Heat and scored two points extremely easily.
The Timberwolves continued to open up the score again, 64;53, the Timberwolves led the Heat by 11 points again.
The score is fluctuating. Seeing that the Heat's counterattack is about to be overwhelmed, the Timberwolves are about to win the third game.
The Heat are extremely dangerous now. Wade came over again at this time, but he still desperately broke through inside regardless of his life.
But his move is the primary defensive focus of the Timberwolves today. Wade still has to pass the basketball halfway through his breakthrough.
The basketball was passed to Bosh's hands. Bosh also made a crazy breakthrough with the ball. He broke through to the basket in two hard steps. The Heat forced a breakthrough twice in a row and finally broke up the Timberwolves' defense. Bosh threw the basketball again. At that time, LeBron took advantage of the situation and made a three-pointer. LeBron finally made a key shot.
When the Heat were about to be pulled away, LeBron's three-pointer was absolutely fatal.
The Heat counterattacked with a three-pointer, but the Timberwolves came back in an orderly manner. This time, Pekovic seized an opportunity in the middle and made an air cut for a layup. However, Pekovic never expected that Pekovic would make an air cut that seemed certain to hit. Bosh actually flew over and swept a little bit, and the Timberwolves' attack at the basket failed again.
There was such a morale-boosting block on the Heat's side, and the whole audience burst into cheers. This is the advantage of home court. No matter you are lagging behind, as long as you perform well and your morale rises, you can easily become a wave. Help.
The Heat came over again. Taking advantage of this morale, LeBron immediately went to the wing to get the ball.
LeBron was originally very troubled, but now that his morale has improved, his condition has improved immediately.
This time LeBron got the ball on the wing, and he didn¡¯t struggle anymore. He took a rare dribbling step and forced a mid-range shot.
57:64, the score difference between the two teams has narrowed again.
The Heat's morale improved, but at this moment the Timberwolves called a timeout. The Timberwolves called a timeout and immediately replaced Curry. The Timberwolves replaced Curry early to improve their offensiveness.
When the Timberwolves replaced Curry, everyone thought that the Timberwolves should start from the outside. But on the court, the Timberwolves actually directly gave the inside tactics.
Jefferson played Haslem under the basket, and his advantage was still very obvious. He took the ball at the right waist, took two steps toward the basket, suddenly turned around and made a fake move, and knocked away LeBron, who was coming to help defend. Scored two points with a wipe-the-board shot.
The Timberwolves were still trying hard to open up the score. The Heat came over and were already out of breath. Today's game was too intense.
The intensity of today's game made both players and fans feel suffocated. When the Heat came back again, it was Wade who dominated the offense.
Wade takes the ball outside like Wang Kai, passing the ball to the supporting player in the high post, then taking the ball from Haslem and taking another mid-range shot.
"Swipe!"
With Wade's decisive shot, the mid-range shot was still successful. The Heat's wave in the third quarter was really tough.
The Heat were biting the Timberwolves, and the one in the forest who came over again encountered the opponent's desperate defense.
Wang Kai had almost no chance to take action from outside. In this way, he could only pass the ball to the weak side, and the weak side passed the ball to Jefferson under the basket. Jefferson still turned back a mid-range.
Normally, Jefferson's mid-range shot is still very accurate, but in this kind of competition, Jefferson's mid-range shot became unstable, and he missed another mid-range shot.
The Timberwolves slightly brought the score closer, but immediately missed another shot.
On the court, the two teams have a back-and-forth relationship. Once the Timberwolves miss, the Heat immediately catch up and patiently pass the ball inside and outside. Finally, Haslem hits a mid-range shot from the baseline.
The Heat in the third quarter are completely different from the first two quarters. Up to now, the Heat have played resolutely and decisively.
Under this situation, the Timberwolves couldn't hold on anymore. It wasn't that the Timberwolves didn't play well in the third quarter, they also played very well, but the Heat were more patient, moved the ball more skillfully, and always relied on superstars. The Heat actually played very well as a team today. In terms of state, the Heat performed exceptionally well today.
The Heat are playing so well now, and McHale called a timeout again. At this time, he called a timeout again. McHale's command was to ask the Timberwolves to strengthen their defense and counterattack the Heat's defense. In this kind of stalemate, the offense is unpredictable and has no absolute advantage, so there is nothing wrong with McHale strengthening the defense.
After McHale arranged the defense, he immediately arranged a Curry off-ball offense.
After the timeout, Curry ran to the basket, suddenly pulled out and reached the top of the arc to catch the ball, turned back and shot a long three-pointer to score 3 points.
The Timberwolves made a tactical attack when they came back, and they succeeded. The Heat immediately caught up.
When the Heat caught up, they still played very, very steadily, without making any mistakes. The entire team was passing the ball smoothly.
But today, the Heat's success and defeat are stable. LeBron had a chance to make a strong play on the wing, but he passed the basketball to Chalmers. The result of Chalmers' final strong play was naturally not ideal. The Heat No goals were scored in one round.
The Heat did not score in this round and had no chance for the Timberwolves, but Wang Kai also missed a mid-range shot from the Timberwolves.
At this time, both teams began to make some mistakes and missed goals. This is normal. If the game only scores goals, it is not a game but a highlight.
But it was not over yet. The Timberwolves quickly pushed into the pot, and Jefferson fouled again. The two teams continued to break up, and the score could not be increased.
??And seeing that the third quarter is about to end, there are only 3 minutes and 40 seconds left. At this time, the two teams are still in a stalemate and are still fighting. As a result, the fourth quarter looks like it will still be a fierce battle.
Jefferson violated the law and returned the ball to the Heat. The Heat also entered a mixed lineup at this time, and Mike Miller was replaced on the court.
Mike Miller was a veteran of the Timberwolves before, and he was very fierce in beating his old boss. This time he came up and played with extra vigor.
He took possession of the ball and immediately passed the ball to LeBron. LeBron was unwilling to take action now, but the pass was okay. He broke through and passed the ball very exquisitely to Chalmers on the bottom foot. Chalmers received the ball and made a three-pointer. .
"Swipe!"
The Heat suddenly hit a three-pointer, and the atmosphere of the game changed.
Although the Timberwolves later wanted to counterattack, they were still affected at the Heat's home court. Curry missed a three-pointer with the ball at the bottom of his foot.
This gave the Heat a chance, but the Heat were still not in a hurry, and all the players moved forward.
Wade now reached the low post position and turned around to ask for the ball from his teammates. LeBron sent the basketball in with his own hands. Wade turned around and shot one step at a time, scoring two points again.
The Heat started scoring consecutively again, while the Timberwolves encountered trouble one after another. The score was approaching and the Heat were finding their rhythm.
The score was approaching too fast. Seeing that they were about to catch up, the Timberwolves were also a little anxious. Curry caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.
But the sharp shooters in the past were not that good today, their shooting percentages were average, and Curry didn¡¯t make the three-pointer.
Curry missed a three-pointer, and the Heat immediately came up with another wave. Wade took advantage of his hot touch and launched another low-post attack. After receiving the ball, he immediately turned around and shot a step-back jumper.
Wade¡¯s touch was really unstoppable, and he hit another ball.
The Heat kept chasing, and they were already catching up for several minutes. Wang Kai was also anxious. When the Heat reached halftime, he was about to force a hit to the basket, but Wang Kai only showed his strength here and actually gave Wang Kai a pass. Offensive foul.
Wang Kai's offensive move just now was indeed very big, but Wang Kai is a star player. This kind of ball is usually not called, but it was called at such a critical moment. Wang Kai immediately became anxious and argued with the referee. As a result, the referee decisively gave Wang Kai a technical foul.
The Heat went to the free throw line again. As a result, the Timberwolves' momentum suddenly dropped. Instead, the Timberwolves overtook the Heat in the last minute of the third quarter.
The Heat finally took the lead at the end of the third quarter, the home court of the Heat, and the Heat fans seem to have the goddess of victory waving to them.
Heat fans are very happy at this time, but Timberwolves fans are beginning to worry. If the Heat win two consecutive games at home, the Timberwolves' advantage will be gone.