After playing all night, Zhou Xuan regained his nerves and prepared for the game against the Heat. To break out of the East, the Heat are the team they must beat.

In the summer, the Heat formed a big three, which attracted a lot of doubts from the outside world. Experts believe that whether it is James, Wade or Bosh, they are all players with strong offensive ability and need to have the ball in hand, although the three are on the same team and are extremely strong on paper, but the question of how the ball is distributed and how the giants coexist is still very suspicious.

After the season began, people who hated the Heat watched the excitement, and some people fell into the playoffs and said they couldn't make the playoffs. The Heat quickly completed the run-in, playing a wave of 10 consecutive wins, and the record is now 19-8.

As the season progressed, the Miami gradually dispelled doubts with practical actions. Now the Heat has found a way to win, that is, to adopt a "double core", with James and Wade as the absolute core, and Bosh as the auxiliary. So far, James is averaging 25 points per game. With 2 points, Wade averaged 24 points per game. 8 points. In the last 20 games, James has been the team's leading scorer in a single game nine times, while Wade has also nine times, which is telling.

After the win, Heat coach Spoelstra said, "When you have two star players with very high basketball IQs on your roster, everything becomes easy. It's especially important that they know how to make the game easy even when they don't have the ball in their hands. ”

The two cores are always trying to play more aggressively, whatever it is, as long as it helps the team win, and as for the kind of individual crazy scoring performance, they don't particularly care.

In contrast, Bosh's points per game average this season has dropped to 18. 4 points, but he doesn't care about being a supporting role, after all, the goal of the Big Three is to keep winning until they finally lift the championship trophy.

The Heat's way to win is actually very simple, defend with all their might, launch counterattacks, and finish opponents with the offensive efficiency of superstars. Since the Heat have three superstars with extremely good offensive ability with the ball, they don't need much offensive tactics, but only need to split the ball at the right time to get the ball alone with the one who looks the best or is easiest to shoot the ball among the three.

The Knicks want to end the Heat's winning streak and defend their home honor. With Zhou Xuan and Stoudamire, they are the few teams in the league that don't envy the Heat's lineup.

In the locker room, D'Antoni said: "The Heat are very fast, and the players' single defense ability is not bad, today's position offense is the mainstay, the fast attack is supplemented, Zhou controls the rhythm, and Nikola (Pekovic) can attack in the low post." Defensive end-of-all: man-marking. Zhou, your opponent will probably be Arroyo, the mission is not successful, you can put your energy into the attack, you can single Arroyo. ”

"Understood." Zhou Xuan wanted to propose to defend Wade, but D'Antoni arranged it like this, so he didn't speak. He took a few months off last season because of Wade's collision, and this time D'Antoni wants someone else to do the defensive load.

Arroyo is old, averaging only 6 points and 3 assists per game with the Heat last season, shooting less than 40% from the field, and even worse this season, averaging only 4 per game. 8 points and 2 assists, lack of breakthrough ability, passing to James is looking for shooting opportunities on the perimeter, and almost all the points come from three-point shots. With him, Zhou Xuan has an obvious advantage.

Zhou Xuan appeared in the finale, and the audience cheered. There are a lot of fans wearing No. 99 jerseys in the stands, and now No. 99 jerseys are in short supply, and as long as they are in stock, they will be sold out immediately.

ESPN commentator "Magic" Johnson said: "The Knicks are already Zhou Xuan's team, and his popularity almost surpasses Kobe Bryant and James. Jeff, when you were coaching in New York, was there such a lively atmosphere? ”

Van Gundy laughed, "No. Never before in Knicks history have they had such a strong start. ”

James arrives at New York's basketball mecca and is greeted with boos. However, James will not be affected, as Madison Garden is one of his favourite venues, where he is one of the few players to have scored more than 50 points on a visiting basis.

CCTV5 Zhang Reasonably: "How to prevent James is the most important issue facing the Knicks today." Gallinari is a little less capable individually. ”

Yu Jia said: "I think the Knicks have an advantage inside, Stadamire and Bosh are half-hearted, and Pekovic is back from injury and has a good performance. Point guard Zhou Xuan is also much better than Arroyo, and the bench Knicks are also slightly better, which will be the key to their victory. ”

Zhou Xuan shook hands with Wade. Wade smiled: "I'm glad you're fully recovered, and you've played at a high level this season, are you still defending me today?" ”

"No, someone has been waiting to fight you for a long time." Zhou Xuan smiled.

Players from both sides stand in the middle of the field and the game begins.

Knicks starters: Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Gallinari, Stoudamire, Pekovic.

The Heat's starting five: Arroyo, Wade, James, Bosh, Ilgoskas.

Bosh jumped to beat Stoudamire, and the Heat took the lead. Wade received a pass from the basketball to James to control the ball, and Arroyo ran to the baseline. He is a nominal point guard who performs the duties of a shooting guard.

James dribbled, Gallinari put a step and a half away, and the defense did not prevent the shot. "Big Z" came out to cover and blocked Gallinari, James broke through on the right, and Stoudamire switched defenses.

James dribbled two steps and passed to Wade on the perimeter, Wade and Bosh played a pick-and-roll, and the Knicks compressed the defense. Only Zhou Xuan was left alone. Mike? Malone, a former assistant coach for the Cavaliers, knows James' strengths and weaknesses, so that his shooting is not terrible, but what is terrible is the breakthrough. And the Heat's outside line is Arroyo, a person who shoots more than 40% of three-point shots.

Pekovic was too slow to switch defenses and only stood under the basket, and Wade made a 60-degree pull-up jump shot on the right side. 0 to 2.

The Knicks attacked, Wade followed Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Gallinari, who hoisted the ball to Pekovic in the low post on the right. "White Bear" received the ball and arched twice to the inside, turned and shot the basketball. "Big Z" can't jump at all. 2 to 2.

"Big Z" has a good personal relationship with James, and he is a mixed champion when he comes to the Heat. His ability is no longer suitable for playing as a starting center, and the Heat can't find a better interior line than him, at least the "big Z" has the height and can shoot. Joel? Anthony offense can only be under the basket.

The Heat attacked, the Knicks defended, Arroyo and "Big Z" got rid of the off-ball cover and ran to the right side 60 degrees. Pekovic didn't defend again, and stood under the basket. James passes to the side, and Arroyo is straight into the air.

Arroyo used a three-pointer to help the Puerto Rico national team defeat the Dream Team on the international stage, and he would not let go of this opportunity and scored with a jump shot. 2 to 5.

The Knicks attacked, and Zhou Xuan gave Matthews who was pulled to the periphery as soon as he passed the half. The latter sent the ball over Arroyo's head and into the inside. Pekovic took the ball on the right side and singled "Big Z", arched his back twice, and turned to play the cricket with one hand. 4 to 5.

The Heat attacked, and Zhou Xuan shouted to his teammates when he returned to defense: "Pay attention to changing defenses." ”

D'Antoni arranges man-marking, and if Bosh and "Big Z" both pull outside to block and dismantle, Pekovic will have to defend against the out, otherwise it will be easy to block opportunities from the outside. This is Pekovic's biggest weakness, he is too slow, not much faster than the "big Z" who is close to retirement.

The Heat still have James at the top of the arc to control the ball, Arroyo and Bosh cover without the ball, running out along the baseline, and if the side is switched, Gallinari can only let go of James, because this is the weak side.

Pekovic defended the ball and James passed the ball to Bosh.

Zhou Xuan tried his best to block Bosh's advance, and Stoudeye returned to the basket to defend. "Big Z" and James covered without the ball, blocking Gallinari, James cut in the air, Bosh passed to the middle, and Zhou Xuan could only block the middle again.

James took the ball and leaned his back against Zhou Xuan, turned to the left side to break through, and threw the ball into the ball from close range. 4 to 7.

There is nothing Zhou Xuan can do about this ball, he has a top-level defensive awareness, and he does not have a top-level body. James is too strong, he turns around and shoots, he can't even interfere. Although James's movements are ugly, the accuracy is not bad. Stoudamire followed Bosh and didn't have time to change defenses.

The Knicks attacked, Wade followed Zhou Xuan, this time Stadamire pulled out to cover, Zhou Xuan broke through on the right side, faced Bosh, he dribbled the ball under his crotch and broke through the bottom line, opened a little distance and hoisted the ball into the inside.

The high lob was slow, and as soon as Pekovic received the ball, James retracted and let go of Gallinari. Pekovic watched James come up to the bag and passed the ball to Gallinari at 60 degrees without thinking. Wade let go of Stoudamire, broke the basketball in the middle, and passed Gallinari with speed in one step, a single fast break, and a two-handed dunk basketball. 4 to 9.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan knew that he could no longer hang to Pekovic, and the opponent would definitely compress the defensive line, which was a good way to limit Pekovic.

He first gave the ball to Matthews, who was pulled to 60 degrees to the left, and then cut into the bottom left corner with Stadamire without the ball. Bosh was very fast and kept up with Zhou Xuan. Gallinari passed the ball to Zhou Xuan, who faced Bosh near the baseline, Stadameyer did not have an open cut, and the middle stood to attract the defense, and Zhou Xuan on the weak side got a single opportunity.

"If I can beat Paul, how can I not get past the inside? Come on! Zhou Xuan observed the situation, dribbled to 45 degrees under his crotch, retreated and distanced himself from Bosh, then dribbled the ball under his right crotch to his left hand, took a small step to the left, and then dribbled the ball behind his back to his right hand, moving a big step horizontally. Hold the ball in your right hand and bring your left hand close.

Bosh kept his distance, wanting to interfere with Zhou Xuan's height and arm span when he made a move. Seeing that Zhou Xuan was far away, he still shot at an accurate 60 degrees, and hurriedly stepped forward, Zhou Xuan made another "worship Buddha" feint, broke through to the bottom line successfully, shot in the bottom line, and the ball hollowed into the net. 6 to 9.