Alwan Adams is 55 years old this year, and he has been with the Suns since retiring. Because the Suns are the only team in the league that doesn't have a tradition of retiring jerseys, Alwan Adams' No. 33 jersey didn't hang over the American Airlines Center, he just got the team's honor ring.

Of course, in principle, no one will wear Adams' No. 33 jersey, and after Grant Hill arrived, Adams took the initiative to give up his No. 33 jersey to Hill, so Hill inherited Phoenix's No. 33 and continued to play for the Suns.

This easy-going celebrity, after receiving Leon's invitation to coach Dior's defense, did not hesitate to agree, and took time out to come to the training gym on his rest day to practice together. Although he is 55 years old, Adams is still very well maintained, he has played in the league for 13 seasons, has not suffered any major injuries, and has maintained a high attendance rate every year.

Until his final season in 1988, he remained a full-time player and could be described as a healthy and strong player. As a player, Adams was known for his tough style of play and excellent inside passing, the latter characteristic of which was that Dio was very similar to him, but the earlier point, Dio was almost meaningless. Dior stayed up with the Celtics for a few years and learned a lot of tough style, but when the sun arrived, he immediately softened back.

Indeed, in a comfortable offensive system, coupled with a good pass, no one wants to do the dirty work, and is more willing to score and pass the ball easily, and play the game and statistics more beautifully. But the Suns need a tough interior line, and Leon has always said that if a trade or signing can't come, it's better to cultivate one himself.

From the moment Leon arrived in Phoenix, Dio knew that his comfortable days were over, so Leon pulled him in for special training, and he was not surprised at all, but felt that it was a bit late, and the season had started for several weeks.

Of course, it's never too late to start hard training at any time, Adams and the two co-coach, one main control and one support, Xiao Si as a sparring partner, Dio as a trainee, Boris Dior dragged back the timeline of his obesity by a full five years.

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The Suns returned to Phoenix from the road and after a day of corrections they hosted the Miami Heat on December 10. This time, the Heat welcomed the return of their main general, and Wade returned from injury, which must be a major test for the Suns' defense.

In the last game against the Heat, with O'Neal on the inside, the Suns had a hard time defending, and now Wade is back, connecting inside and outside, Leon has been in the East for those years and knows that the power of Wade and O'Neal is definitely very powerful. Although O'Neill is old and no longer has the energy of the past, it is very dangerous to give him a form in a certain encounter.

In the tactical meeting before the game, Leon discussed it with the coaching staff and decided to focus on me and continue to play according to the previous tactical line, and the small lineup will be a small lineup. But the Suns' self-centeredness has become the target of the Heat's targeted attack.

This year's Heat results are not bad, there are also a lot of problems within the team, Pat Riley has no intention of coaching, is already looking for a successor for himself, the team is surging undercurrents, and God Operator is brewing a trade.

But when such a trade is brewing, the team will instead need players to play better to provide enough leverage for the trade. Therefore, Riley bets that the Suns with excellent records will definitely not take the initiative to change the formation, they will still continue to use the previous consecutive victories, starting normally, the small lineup is excessive, and the interior line basically only uses Xiao Si and Dio, and Turiaf only plays a connecting role.

After figuring out the characteristics of the Suns' rotation, Riley, the old fox, still has a very good set of targets, and he used the ultimate tactic that he has cherished for many years - ruthless Dafa, reducing the team's rotation lineup, making Haslem online all the way, O'Neal inside, inexplicably sharing playing time, O'Neal is the main attack when O'Neal is there, and when O'Neal is gone, Wade is attacking.

The other two role players of the Heat, Chris Channing and Wright, are in good shape tonight, and the Suns have to focus on this arrow figure on the defensive end after Wade's return, and the key Wade is on the court almost all the time, and occasionally Ricky Davis comes on to replace him for a little rest. In this way, the Heat are playing a pure seven-man rotation.

If the current head coach of the Suns is D'Antoni, then D'Antoni's stable eight-man rotation will definitely be able to compete with Riley's seven-man rotation, but Leon doesn't want to do this, the confrontation between the two sides on the court is just anxious, and Leon still plays according to the normal rotation. It's just that in this way, the connection stage will inevitably be dominated by the main force of the Heat.

This is the regular season, and the Heat are using the playoff rotation to fight against the Suns, which is enough to see that Riley very much wants to win this game, and Leon knows in his heart that Riley, the old fox, is afraid that he wants to make a trade. This is a strong team to inspect the goods, but I don't know which goods are inspected and who is inspected.

At present, the Suns are in the limelight in the league, and it is of course a very good performance to be able to bite a piece of meat from the Suns.

Of course, the Suns are not willing to be a background board, and the two sides are quite anxious, and the Heat are attacking the inside, and their three-point shots are only in single digits; The Suns, on the other hand, tried frantically outside the three-point line, throwing more than 30 three-pointers in one game. Until the last 45 seconds of the game, the two sides fought to a 114-114 tie, the Suns had an offensive opportunity, Nash was blocked by Wade one-on-one after the break, Nash jumped up to shoot, passed the ball out at the last moment, and Raga Bell received the ball and shot a three-point shot from the outside!

This was the Suns' 35th three-pointer of the game, but the shot was missed, and O'Neal got the backcourt rebound, Riley did not call a timeout, and the Heat directly pushed the counterattack. Wade was like a black lightning bolt, holding the ball directly through the half, chasing Marion. Marion followed closely behind, and the two jumped almost at the same time, with Wade dodging Marion in the air, then cleverly hitting Marion with his back before switching hands to a layup.

The referee's whistle blew and a foul on Marion was blown. Wade went to the free throw line and hit a free throw, 114-117, and the Heat led by three points, holding the victory advantage firmly in their hands. Leon called a timeout to set up the final attack, and there were less than five seconds left in the game.

Leon called two timeouts in a row, but the last offense must have been a three-point strategy, the team had run out of the three-point guard, Nash shot at his best position at 45 degrees on the left side, but the ball still brushed out of the basket, missed, and the Phoenix Suns lost the game at home and gained another defeat.

Defeat is always frustrating, and after the game, Leon and Riley shook hands, and Leon did not shy away from saying, "Is it going to be traded?" Riley smiled and didn't answer, but from his expression, it could be seen that Leon was right, the Heat were indeed looking for a trade, and they didn't know when this deal would come.

Tonight, the Heat's best player is of course Wade, who not only scored 31 points, but also scored 31 points, and the second hero was Haslem, who played a full 48 minutes, scored 21 points and 13 rebounds efficiently, and beat Dio to the north.

Dio, as the starting power forward, scored a total of 2 points in this game, only 5 rebounds, and even the assists he was proud of were only 3, which can be said to be completely suppressed by the opponent. I don't know if yesterday's special training was too much and the bones were softened.

However, at the post-match summary meeting today, Leon did not criticize Dio, he knew that his performance against Haslem on the field today was enough to make him feel humiliated, and Leon did not need to add fuel to the fire. As long as Dio has a little bit of heart, he will not allow such a bad performance to appear on the pitch again.

Sure enough, after everyone left after the game, Dio silently drove to the team's training hall alone, and he followed the guidance Leon had given him in special training and in the past to strengthen himself comprehensively. Not just for the team, but for himself.