The Heat didn't give up at the end of the game, and in the fourth quarter O'Neal really couldn't move, in the first two quarters he rushed a little hard, his physical strength declined, and there was nothing wrong with the offensive end, he could still put the ball in the basket, but on the defensive end he couldn't keep up with the pace of the Suns' rapid offense.

The power of the fast break is not only to catch the opponent off guard, but also to drag down the opponent's energy with continuous running, and in this regard, the head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley, should be a grandmaster, he has won four championships with this method.

In the third and fourth quarters, Leon let Nash and Jascovy Hughes control the court on the court, and as long as O'Neal was there, he played a quick counterattack. The Suns always have two or three players on the court who are able to play the offensive playmaking, which makes their offensive rhythm better and better.

They always kept the margin at around 6 to 7 points, they couldn't resist the Heat's inside attack, and Williams and Haslem played very well today, Haslem grabbed rebounds in the front court many times, and Williams also delivered assists in a row. The two small men played well in the second half and helped the Heat bite the score.

But when they don't have a tackler like Wade, they can't send the ball in at the critical moment, Leon knows Riley's consistent routine, relying on the system and the center to grind points in the first three quarters, and relying on the strong ball handler on the outside at the critical moment - in the Eastern Conference Finals in 05 and 06, Leon made Riley's tactics clear.

Now they have a half-scrapped O'Neal, an injured Wade, and a completely wasted Anfernee Hardaway, and in the end, they can only rely on Ricky Davis to shoot three-pointers from the outside, and Leon used the strategy of outside rotation and clamping in the last three minutes to completely extinguish the last trace of flame of the Heat. In the end, they took a 115-108, 7-point advantage at the American Airlines Center and avoided a losing streak.

Nash added 30 points and seven assists in this game, and since the start of the new season, he has scored more than 30 points in four of the six games, and it looks like scoring is really not out of reach for him.

O'Neal scored 27 points very efficiently, but mainly from the first half, and he didn't score a point in the crucial fourth quarter, although he had three blocks on the defensive end, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that when he was on the court, he would be walked around by the Suns' small lineup. In this game, Dio scored a season-high 18 points, including hitting three three-pointers in the middle of the arc, and O'Neal had no temper.

The Heat's worst performance was none other than Anfernee Hardaway, who played 20 minutes, failed to score a point on 0-of-4 shooting, contributed two rebounds, two assists and two turnovers, and his performance was really disappointing, and it is predictable that his days in the NBA will not last long. And just two weeks after the Suns-Heat game ended, the Heat ended Hardaway's non-guaranteed contract and cut him. The once talented guard ended his NBA career in such a gloomy manner without leaving a trace of waves.

In contrast, Grant Hill, a contemporary of Anfernee Hardaway who had a very similar experience and whose talent was ruined by injury, will accompany the Phoenix Suns to Orlando the next day, the place that once made their years go astray, to start a new basketball career.

Although Grant Hill is 35 years old, and although age and injuries have made it impossible for him to make such a lightning-fast change, he still has a love and hope for basketball in his heart.

On Nov. 10, the day after the game against the Heat, the Phoenix Suns arrived in Orlando, where the Suns and Hill met up directly, and Hill had arrived a day earlier and he had a house here.

At the hotel, Leon organized a small welcome party for Hill, and a group of big men ate together in the hotel's cafeteria, and came to say hello to Hill one by one. The young people on the team were still fans of Hill when he was in school, and Hill's character in the league is well-known, so he quickly integrated with his teammates and got along very happily.

Because today is a back-to-back and there are more veterans in the team, Leon did not organize team training in the afternoon, but led the team into the Amway Center for a half-hour warm-up two hours in advance.

Hill's mood is undoubtedly mixed, on the one hand, he can continue to play in the NBA, and there is a championship hope, which is great, and on the other hand, the first opponent is the Orlando Magic, a place he is grateful for and hated and hurts.

Because the media has released the news before the game, saying that Grant Hill, the newly signed Suns in this game, will appear in this game, so the single tickets for tonight's game are sold out, and those fans who buy season tickets will definitely come, and the Amway Center must be full.

It was certainly a pressure for Hill, but Kerr and Leon spoke to him at the time that he could wait in Phoenix for the Suns to finish their Eastern Conference tour and return to the home court to start his Suns career, and at home against the New York Knicks. But Hill turned down the offer, hoping to join the team early and play his first Suns game in Orlando.

Therefore, Leon did not have any communication with Hill alone before the game, and he believes that the veteran will definitely be able to adjust himself in his heart. Towards the start of the game, in the locker room, Leon told Hill that the game would make him the team's first bench.

"I don't know if you watched the first few games of our game, but we start to make lineup changes in the second half of each quarter, mainly to play small. You're going to be an important part of the small lineup, and we need your defense, your positioning, your rebounding, and your experience. ”

Hill just nodded, he didn't talk much off the pitch, but he was a trustworthy veteran.

At 7 p.m. Eastern time, the Suns faced the Orlando Magic on the road back-to-back for the first time a day. In the introduction of the opening away players, although Hill was not a starter for the Suns, the DJ of the Magic team still made an exception to call Hill's name.

The audience gave a round of applause, although Hill's career with the Magic was not successful, spending most of his time on the injury list, and did not bring any credit to the Magic, but Hill has been trying hard in Aurado and never giving up, which has earned him the respect of many people.

Hill, wearing the Suns' No. 33 jersey, got up from the bench and waved to the fans when the lights dimmed and the Magic players were about to play.

At this point, the Orlando Magic no longer belongs to Hardaway, not to Grant Hill, not to Tracy McGrady, but to an emerging big man, a new-age interior behemoth, and a growing beast, Dwight Howard.