Chapter 137 [Team Wins, Alone is Hard]
Zhou Xuan made one shot in the entire first quarter, received Randolph's split shot on the right side, and scored 2 points, but sent 7 assists, and Haslem's advantage in blocking and dismantling was basically wasted.
Wade scored 12 points in a single quarter with a pick-and-roll offense, still losing to Margeti and Randolph, with Margety scoring 10 points and Randolph 8, and they also committed five fouls. The Warriors led 33-26.
The Heat are not in a good situation, Haslem and Chalmers have both committed two fouls, and if they are off, there is no good substitute. Chalmers scored 3 points and 1 assist in a single quarter, the offensive end was decent, and the defensive end tried his best, but he was obviously overwhelmed by Zhou Xuan.
In the second quarter, the Heat replaced Beasley as the head of the bench, and the tactic was simple, Beasley was the main offense. Because apart from Beasley, the Heat bench has no offensive players.
Shooting guard Daquane? Cook, a pure three-point shooter, is so pure that he can almost only shoot three-pointers, no rebounds and no assists, and he replaces the original role of Capo.
Chris? Quinn, a point guard with poor passing awareness, shoots averagely.
Jacques Khoba? Diawara, the quintessential NBA blue-collar player, has a strong body and excellent jumping ability, and is very resilient defensively, and is often assigned by coaches to mark the opposition's key scorers on the outside. But his offensive skills are rough and he has the lowest shooting percentage in the league.
Mark? Blunt is a well-known insider...... But others are famous because of their skills, and Blunt is because the contract is too bad. He's the epitome of "unmotivated" people who have been on a six-year, $42 million contract with the Timberwolves since he felt he had made a lot of money, and then let it go. With a full middle class, he is the one who eats for nothing and does not work, and he contributes the least to the team. The Heat's new backup center Jamal? Magloyle is out with an injury and can only be used.
The Warriors sent Watson, Azubuuk, Maddy? Collins, Anthony? Randolph, Turyaf.
The two sides launched a fierce offensive battle, the Warriors played a more team, passed a lot, and the Heat watched Beasley play alone.
Beasley is an all-around warrior, 206cm tall and has a surprising amount of bouncing. He has an overly strong front-to-basket offensive skill as a power forward, a basket-carrying ability that he shouldn't have as a small forward, a dominant rebounding lead in the NCAA, and an accurate and intimidating shot. And he is a left-handed general, which is more troublesome for opponents to defend.
With such excellent "hardware", as the highest overall pick in the history of the Heat, Beasley did not reach the heights that the team wanted him to be.
Personality is Beasley's only flaw, he is scattered, unfocused, immature, and has nothing to do when defending. After more than a dozen games, the Heat management has begun to regret not picking Mayo. Beasley is not in his right mind, and he sometimes has straight eyes, out-of-body souls, and walking corpses during games, and he can't slow down for a few minutes. His defense is even more rubbish, and he can't pass the ball. Because of these shortcomings, Spoelstra has only allowed Beasley to play less than 25 minutes per game, although his efficiency looks good, shooting 47% from the field and 40. 5% three-point shooting, 5 points with 14 points. 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Beasley failed to help the Heat chase the points, and the difference widened. 49 to 37. The Warriors didn't shoot too high, but they had two big men who could grab rebounds, and Blunt couldn't do anything.
When Wade, Marion and others returned to the court, Beasley continued to play as a power forward, Haslem played a cameo role as a center, and the Heat played a pure small-ball strategy. The Warriors also made adjustments and replaced Zhou Xuan and Zack? Randolph two.
Zhou Xuan tried his best to feed Randolph the ball. Because he found that for the Heat, Randolph is a bug-level existence. Haslem and Marion prevent him from being too short and not big enough. Beasley went to defend, Randolph made a shooting feint, Beasley flew up with a whoosh, eager to jump on top of the rebound, and the end was of course a foul.
The Warriors' offense was more vigorous, and Haslem was quickly replaced with 4 fouls, and the Heat couldn't stand it, and the interior line collapsed completely. Joel who came off the bench? Anthony has no offensive ability and is a target that can be defended by air defense, and the Warriors players can be more unscrupulous to contain Wade.
Even if it's a bag, it's hard to restrain Wade, because it can't be contained. Zhou Xuan countered him a few times and had a deep understanding.
Wade's first move started very quickly, coupled with his skillful change of direction skills, once the first step was not blocked, he could only watch his back. Randolph and Biedrins were both a little slow to switch pick-and-rolls, and Wade scored another 10 points in the second quarter.
The Warriors ended the first half with a 63-53 lead.
Zhou Xuan scored 4 points and 10 assists in the half, and made an open mid-range shot that was not difficult.
At halftime, some highlights were broadcast on the big screen in the arena. Home announcer Hank said: "Zhou Xuan's passing is always steady, he is as good as Nash. ”
"Nash has less than eight assists now, and he has surpassed Nash in terms of statistics." Stanley laughed: "If you ask which rookie can have so many assists, there don't seem to be a few examples in history. ”
Hank said: "The Warriors are lucky, and Zhou Xuan has made his teammates better. ”
If he heard the two talking, Zhou Xuan would definitely be very proud, but he wouldn't show it.
In fact, he personally feels that he did not make his teammates better, but his teammates made him great. It is because of the strong attacking power of this group that he can easily assist.
Randolph was originally a 20+10 player, Margeti was also a 20+ level small forward, and Morrow could shoot three points, Biderins's height advantage, Azubuuk's impact, all of this was already there, not Zhou Xuan made them like this. Zhou Xuan just gave them the ball at the right time to play to these advantages. Statistically, it seems that Randolph, Margeti, Jackson and others are similar to last season. The Warriors really benefited from tactics, and the person whose data soared was Zhou Xuan.
Steve? It's the same with Nash, can Nash really make his teammates better?
Nash was in the Mavericks when Nowitzki was 21. 8 points 8. 7 rebounds 2. 7 assists. A year after Nash left the Mavericks, Nowitzki was 26. 1 point 9. 7 rebounds 3. 1 assist, a noticeable improvement, and later won the MVP in the 2006-2007 season. Then there's Joe Johnson, who went from a 4-star to an All-Star starter after leaving the Suns for the Hawks. Marion won 20+10 before Nash arrived, and Stoudamire was the Rookie of the Year before Nash arrived. After arriving in the Suns, the only person whose stats soared was Nash.
Of course, they act as a catalyst for the team, making it easier for the team to play together and win more easily.
Zhou Xuan believes that Paul is actually the strongest defender with personal ability, who can score, attract packs, and assist. He's going to move in that direction.
In the second half, the Heat began to fight hard, and without Haslem, the person who played with Wade became Beasley. Wade scored back-to-back points in the opening game, narrowing the gap to just six points at one point. Nelson Sr. called a timeout and arranged a zone defense that compressed the defense to limit Wade's breakout.
Zhou Xuan was in charge of defending at the top of the arc, Wade passed the ball to the middle, and he misplaced against Beasley. If Beasley can use his physical advantage to blow up Zhou Xuan, the Heat still have a chance. It's just that Beasley dropped the chain at the critical moment, and he didn't use any back-to-back singles on Zhou Xuan, and he didn't use all kinds of techniques to break through the face frame, so I will pull you out, I despise your height!
Zhou Xuan's height really can't block Beasley, and it's difficult to even seal his eyes, but he can use his close body to disrupt the opponent's shooting rhythm, and when he played New York, he tried to defend David Lee and Harrington like this. Beasley also had problems with his own hand, striking iron twice in a row. Joel? Anthony is only averaging 3 rebounds per game, and he can't be expected to grab rebounds in the frontcourt, and a missed shot is equivalent to giving the ball to the Warriors.
What's worse is that Zhou Xuan is at the top of the arc and can immediately launch a counterattack out of position. Biedrins and Randolph both threw long passes directly to the front court, Beasley liked to stand still after the jumper, looking at the basket, I don't know if he was thinking about life, or indulging in his picturesque shooting posture, in short, he was slow to defend twice, allowing Zhou Xuan to score an easy layup.
Stanley joked: "Because of Beasley, Zhou Xuan exposed his biggest weakness, his physical fitness is really poor, and he can't dunk when no one is defending." ”
This Zhou Xuan felt that it didn't matter, whether it was a dunk or a layup, it was two points. The NBA has never lacked dunks, and even if he does, he doesn't have any tricks, so who can he attract?
Wade has never been a preachy person, but he was really disappointed in Beasley and shouted on his serve: "Michael, concentrate, you have to step up." ”
On the offensive end, apart from Marion, the only one who can help Wade is Beasley. At this time, Wade misses his buddy Dorel very much? Wright, as long as the Heat has multiple shooting points on the outside, probably won't be so passive.
In fact, even if multiple pitchers are only good offensively, they still can't win, because no one in the Heat can limit Randolph. Towards the end of the third quarter, in order to prevent Randolph from hitting strongly, Marion committed his fifth personal foul and was replaced by the coach, and the Heat had fewer offensive points.
As soon as the fourth quarter began, Margeti and Azubuike frequently broke through the Heat's interior line, which had no choice but to foul, and played a wave of 10-0, and the Heat could only surrender.
124-105, after four consecutive defeats, the Warriors regained the feeling of winning and won two consecutive victories, Zhou Xuan scored 10 points, 3 rebounds, 15 assists and 1 steal. Margeti returned to the game with 24 points and 6 rebounds, Randolph also continued to shine, with a double-double of 34 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, and Biedrins had 12 points and 11 rebounds. In terms of rebounding, the Warriors have blown up the Heat.
Wade played 36 minutes and had 37 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Beasley had 19 points and 5 rebounds, Haslem had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Marion was fouled for six fouls in the fourth quarter and had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.
Wade left the court looking lonely, and after one spectacular show in 2006, he was struggling. This year, I finally waited for a list show, but it played badly. Marion's performance is also not up to par, and if they want to perform in the playoffs, the Heat will definitely have to make a trade in the middle of the game, which is their best chance.