On May 3, Beijing time, today, the Heat got their wish and successfully won the G1, facing the menacing 76ers, they did not give the opponent any chance, and finally won the opponent 106-92 to win the semi-finals. The Heat played their own characteristics in this game, their offense is actually very general, look at the starting five Tigers, except for Adebayo's performance is a little better, other people's performance is decent, can even be described as "bad", Butler 5 of 16, Strus 8 of 2, Vincent 12 of 4, Tucker 9 of 4.
Looking at the bench, in addition to Hiro and Yutseven, the other people are also in very ordinary form, Oladipo 8 of 2, Martin 7 of 3, Diamond 1 of 0. So, the Heat's offense is like this, why can they still win? The first is that their defense has made a great contribution, and the second is that the 76ers' offense is not ideal, and the reason why the 76ers' offense is not ideal can also be said to be caused by the Heat's strong defense. Apparently, Spoo is a very experienced coach, and he knows that since Embiid doesn't fight, as long as Harden is locked, the 76ers will have little threat.
Therefore, in this game, he directly sent Tucker to defend Harden, and the effect was immediate. As an NBA tough guy and defensive tip, Tucker was previously Harden's old teammate, plus the two had met in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, he knew Harden too well, so bearded played hesitantly in front of him, was defended all over the body, only 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and also had a game-high 5 turnovers, plus or minus -8. And the most terrible thing is not to win, but to say this after the game.
Tucker told Spoo after the game that the task of defending Harden was given to him, and the purpose of his coming to the Heat was to lock up the core players of the opponent and do the most tiring and dirty work on the court, which he was very willing to do, and he enjoyed it, because this was his job for many years. I have to say that a player like Tucker is really worthy of respect, he dares to face the challenge head-on, accept the team's most difficult task, defending Durant last year, defending Harden this year, almost never disappointing on the defensive end.
Harden has to be careful, tucker did not win the award for best defensive player this year, but his defense is no worse than Smart,and he is more experienced and more familiar with his own style of play. If he is so entangled, then Harden's physical strength may be greatly depleted, and the state of the offensive end will not be too good, once Harden can not play the performance of the superstar, then the 76ers do not want to steal a game from the Heat, at least Tucker will not agree.