After the timeout, on the Wizards' side, Curry, Green and Haywood went off the court, and Harden, Beverley and Jordan Jr. came on.

Since it has been decided to storm the interior, Harden, who is good at European step breakthroughs and fouls, is naturally the first choice.

In fact, Curry's ability to break through with the ball is also very strong, and even his finishing ability and efficiency under the basket have always been the top point guards in the league, but because his three-point is too lethal, people often ignore his breakthrough ability.

But Wang Xiao did not choose to let Curry focus on breaking through, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, in Wang Xiao's system, Curry's biggest role is still the three-point shot, since he has Harden, he naturally wants to maximize Harden's role.

As soon as Harden came on the court, he began to constantly use the pick-and-roll misalignment against the Heat's forward line.

The Heat's two forwards are small forward Beasley and power forward Haslem, neither of whom are players with speed, and Harden can easily break through the defense of the two and rush into the interior to cause damage.

It's almost the same way as Wade.

The difference is that Wade, under Beverley's mad dog-like defense, has to work harder to get rid of opponents, and when he rushes inside, he faces Jordan Jr., who is tall and long-armed, and not slow to move.

That's the difference between the players and the squad.

Whether it is Haywood, Jordan Jr. or McGee, in Wang Xiao's tactical system, they are the last line of defense for the team's fragile defense on the outside, and their job throughout the season is to assist in defense, grab rebounds and block and dismantle, which is already handy.

But Heat center O'Neal Jr. clearly can't adapt to this kind of job of constantly checking and filling gaps.

O'Neal Jr. at his peak was a typical power forward with good offense and defense, with strong offense and outstanding defensive ability.

But today's O'Neal Jr. is no longer the little O'Neal who averaged 20+10 plus 2.6 blocks per game at his peak, and the trouble of a knee injury has greatly reduced his athleticism.

In 70 regular season games for the Heat this season, O'Neal Jr. averaged only 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, and needed frequent assistance from Haslem and Joel Anthony on the defensive end.

When Haslem was pulled out of the perimeter because of the pick-and-roll, Jordan Jr., who was alone under the basket, was simply powerless when facing Harden.

In less than 3 minutes, Harden caused two fouls in a row by O'Neal Jr., who had no choice but to go off the court, and it was standard blue-collar center Joel. Anthony.

Joel. Anthony's defensive ability is much stronger than that of Jordan Jr. today, especially in terms of co-defense ability, Anthony's speed is not bad on the inside, the area of co-defense is very large, and the defense of Harden is much stronger than O'Neal Jr.

But even so, if it weren't for O'Neal Jr.'s excessive fouls, Spoelstra would not have been willing to replace Joel. Anthony.

Although O'Neal Jr. is a little weak in defense, he is a former All-Star interior after all, has rich experience, and has certain offensive means, and can more or less share some pressure on Wade on the inside.

Can be when Joel. Anthony came on the court, and on the Heat court, there was really only one offensive point left for Wade.

Sure enough, I saw Joel. When Anthony came on the field, Wang Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up and walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly.

"DeAndre (Jordan Jr.), you can pay more attention to Wade! Don't worry about the guy next to you. ”

Joel. Anthony was an indispensable blue-collar player on the Heat's interior during his time in the Big Three, basically grabbing rebounds in the position, and all the dirty work of assisting in defense and supplementing defense was his.

But when it comes to offense, Joel. Anthony can be described as miserable.

Throughout his career, Joel. Anthony has never averaged more than 4 points per game in a season!

It's so cruel, and at the same time that his own offensive ability is lacking, Joel. Anthony won't even stand on the inside and eat cake.

Wang Xiao is not worried about Wade breaking through to Joel. Anthony, and even wished Wade did that.

Wade certainly knew this, so after the breakthrough, he could only force the attack with Jordan Jr. and Beverley's front and back attacks.

But people have limits after all, playing a whole quarter of the game, basically holding the ball and attacking, Wade has begun to get a little tired.

When his two consecutive driving layups were ruthlessly rejected by Jordan Jr.'s big hat, Spoelstra had to call a timeout.

After returning from a timeout, Wade was substituted off the court for a break, and the Heat began to play a positional battle with Chalmers under the possession of the ball.

How could Wang Xiao let go of such an opportunity?

Curry re-entered the game, Jordan Jr. was replaced, and the team immediately switched to the Death Five mode and began to pick up speed.

Without Wade, the Heat's players are even slower and can't keep up with the Wizards' pace at all.

But if the Heat's offense is guarded, they will immediately face the Wizards' crazy fast break.

Before the end of the first quarter, the Wizards had completed the comeback in the score.

When the whistle blew at the end of the first quarter, the Heat players who walked off the court were a little confused.

They really don't know how to beat their opponents.

Equally confused, there are more than 19,000 spectators at the American Airlines Arena.

Before the series began, they all thought that the Heat's first round of the playoffs against the Wizards would be the best outcome.

Compared to the Cavaliers, who are first in the East, the Magic who are third and the Celtics who are fourth, the Wizards, who are in second place, definitely look like the best one to deal with, as long as they can use defense to contain their three-point shots, they have a chance of winning!

But the truth is so cruel.

It definitely makes sense that the Wizards can be ranked second in the East.

In the first and second games, the Heat couldn't limit the Wizards' three-point rain at all, and they were easily shot to death.

And at the beginning of the third game, relying on home-court advantage, the Heat did let the Wizards' three-point miss, but then what about ...... They found that the Wizards are not exactly a team that relies on three-point shooting, and after relying on three-point shooters to open up space, the Wizards' breakthrough is actually extremely lethal.

Win second in the East with a win over the second place in the East under the Gram?

It's just a good wish.

……

In the second quarter of the game, Wade reappeared on the court and kept scoring to help the team keep up with the pace of the Wizards.

However, once Wade was off the court, the rhythm of the court collapsed instantly.

At the end of the half, the score gap between the two teams was not large, but in the third quarter of the game, Wade only rested for a few minutes off the court at the beginning, and the Wizards seized the opportunity, Curry hit two three-pointers in a row, plus Harden rushed into the interior to create 2+1, which instantly widened the difference.

Wade saw that the situation was not good, and immediately played, but it was too late.

After three quarters of play, Curry and others have gradually begun to adjust to the Heat's home atmosphere...... To be precise, compared to the beginning of the game, the enthusiasm of Heat fans has cooled down at this time, and many fans have even begun to leave the court early.

Curry, who was back in form, scored back-to-back points in the third quarter, expanding the margin to more than 20 points in one go...... At the end of the game, the gap between the two teams was fixed at 24 points.

The aggregate score is 3:0!

The Wizards won the match point, and at the same time, the Wizards also outscored their opponents by more than 20 points in three consecutive games! Completely crushed without suspense.