The game between the Lakers and the Heat is a big battle like thunder and fire for many people.

This game is also important for the Lakers' rankings.

But for the Heat, it's not a must-win win.

Because the importance of this game is more for the Lakers, everyone expects the Lakers to turn over in this game against the Heat, let the defending champions know how good the Lakers are, and at the same time the Lakers can also fight for the third place.

Now the Lakers' record is the same as that of the third-place Los Angeles Clippers, but because the Clippers still have the upper hand this season, the Lakers are still ranked fourth in the West.

But as long as this game is won, the Lakers can become third in the West.

This is also a very tempting thing for the Lakers.

Before the Lakers and Heat officially started playing, there was news from the Heat's side: Wade was temporarily suspended due to a thigh muscle strain.

That's good news!

Giving the Lakers and Heat a few more variables before it starts.

If the current Heat team is a super strong team in the league, then Wade's injury has opened a gap in this team.

And, to be honest, although the Heat are the defending champions, it is difficult for a team to win three consecutive championships.

The previous Lakers fell on the threshold of three consecutive championships.

In fact, this year's Heat team may not be able to complete the great feat of three consecutive championships so easily.

It's really hard for the team to win three in a row.

First of all, after a team wins the championship, the teams of the whole league will study you and will try their best to beat you, and in the regular season, seeing other teams may just play casually, but when they see you, they will really shoot, so after a season, the situation is quite difficult. Moreover, every time another team plays against this team, it will bring experience to the other team, because you are the defending champion and an imaginary enemy of all teams!

Secondly, everyone will be tired, many people are riveted when they don't win the championship and want to get a championship, naturally they are invincible, but after winning one or two championships, everyone is also tired, and they have a championship ring in their hands anyway, and their enterprising spirit is not so strong. Anyway, except for the stars who want to use the championship to fight for their historical status, many other people are cold in their minds about this championship. Especially for role players, playing until June every year is simply a job that works overtime with little extra pay, and of course it's not that careful.

Again, after winning a championship, the value of many players will rise, and it is still very difficult to retain the championship team players. And the team will also face the problem of aging players in the championship team, and because it is the defending champion, there will be some problems that the media will exaggerate, so that you can't extricate yourself from internal and external troubles.

…… Therefore, the two triple championships of Jordan and the Bulls that year were extremely great, and the three championships of Kobe O'Neal Lakers were also amazing.

In fact, the Heat already have a similar problem now.

They failed to keep Miller, James' longtime friend, his mentality has changed somewhat, and most of the team's salaries have been placed on the Big Three, and the locker room has not exploded, but it does leave some hidden dangers.

In addition, Wade's knee injury has been repeated this season, and now his points per game average is a super low level: 15 points!

Speaking of which, James came to the Heat, and if you want to say who made the biggest sacrifice, it must be Wade.

Wade, who was freshly dressed and angry, was high-spirited, and after James came, he took the initiative to give up the ball and the status of the team, and then the two of them worked together under such accommodation and won two consecutive championships.

But Wade is obviously not in such good shape this year, and many things have changed now, and it is difficult for everyone to say what the Heat will become after that.

But to put it mildly, the Heat are still the strongest team in the league, and any team that encounters them has to figure out how they should play, anyway, it is still the kind of state that wins and earns money, and there is no shame in losing.

On the side of Lakers fans and Chen Yu fans, everyone obviously lacks confidence in this matter.

After all, at the end of the day, this season's Lakers are still a team that is relatively incapacitated.

This team is poor and white, and the only wealth they have is Chen Yu.

The kind of records and rankings they have obtained now are all because of the existence of Chen Yu alone.

Although the Lakers have repeatedly defeated strong opponents before, there is still a certain amount of chance in these situations, and it feels like the Lakers have little chance of gaining the upper hand again.

And today they played the Heat!

Before the start of the game, D'Antoni and the Lakers' assistant coaches were also giving some defensive strategies.

In fact, it's not just other teams in the league that are studying the Heat, even the Lakers, who are actually studying the Heat.

After so much research, it's still a big deal for the Spurs to use now: cut off James from his teammates, then shrink inside, and force James to play alone.

The Spurs' tactics are usually a bit extreme, and they give the feeling that we're just not going to let you pass James anyway, and if you're going to play heads-up, we're going to shrink the inside, and then we'll take it if you shoot you to death.

This tactic still sounds very gambling in nature, and it always feels like a lot of problems, but when you actually fight, you will find that it is still useful.

After all, the Spurs' tactical execution is also a notch higher than that of various other teams.

On the Lakers' side, this is probably the method that can be taken, especially now that Wade is injured and there is one less player for the Heat to attack independently. The Lakers are now also learning from the Spurs' approach and trying to do everything they can.

The Lakers' tactics are basically decided, and the next thing is to see how they execute it.

Chen Yu himself doesn't know how to play this next game, he just knows that if he can beat the defending champion for the first time this season, it will definitely be a particularly good thing for his ranking in the MPV rankings.

Today, the Staples Center is almost full of fans, and it is indeed a game that has attracted the attention of the league.