At the critical moment, the Heat did not give more opportunities to new signings.

In Wade's absence, they must have believed in Ray Allen more, and the Suns also pulled out the center and put on a lineup that can shoot threes in five positions.

Of course, that's how the Heat are most of the time.

The one in their regular rotation who can't shoot threes is Chris Anderson, who has the most research on this configuration, so they are not afraid of the Suns and their offense.

To be precise, it's not just a matchup, because the Heat are also very good at defending such lineups.

One of the easiest ways to do this is to cut off Dragic from the rest of the Suns.

I'd rather let Dragic play solo than let him string the team together.

That is to say, try to defend as much as possible, and when Dragic has the ball, the Heat will keep an eye on the rest of the Suns.

This kind of defense has high requirements for single-defense players, but fortunately, Dragic is not the kind of super scorer, otherwise Wade is not there, and the Heat is really difficult to do.

Therefore, the choice of tactics has a lot to do with the individual ability of the player, not only the ability of his own players, but also the ability of the opponent's players.

As for the Suns' performance on the defensive end, it collapsed all at once.

The Suns' center, Miles Plumlee, isn't particularly strong defensively, but it's okay.

After they played one big and four small with the Heat, the center position was Channing Frye, who was a few notches behind Bosh's defense.

Boshla went out to shoot, Channing Fry could certainly defend it, but James broke in, and Zhang Xiaotian burst in, and this is how the Suns' defense collapsed.

In fact, Dragic can also play the Heat like this, but his strength is still a little worse.

By the time the sun came to his senses, he was already 10 points behind.

At this time, it is useless for them to play at center, because what they are good at is the full offensive lineup, and when they meet the Heat, they meet the nemesis.

Being able to play until now is still the reason why the Heat are testing the new lineup.

At 104:96, the Heat's away winning streak continued.

After this game, the Heat still have to play back-to-back games away before the All-Star, and the opponent is not easy to play, although it is an outside team like the Suns, but the Warriors are obviously more threatening.

One is that the core players are more capable, and the other is that they have great rebounds.

Wade still doesn't play, it's not that there is anything wrong with the injury, it's really a good record and willful, and he plans to play on the All-Star.

Unlike some stars who choose to give up the opportunity to be on the All-Star level, James and Wade still like to show their faces on it and expand their influence.

Zhang Xiaotian's rookie game continued to be divided into first and second grades, but the selection of players was no longer O'Neal and Barkley, but Webb and Hill, and Zhang Xiaotian was selected by Hill.

There are also some old faces from last year on the team, such as Lillard, Barnes, and Witesse.

There are relatively few first-year students on their team, like Drummond, Terrence Jones, Valanciunas and others are all second-year, but they didn't make the cut last year.

The first-year player on the team is Antetokounmpo, plus a last year's opponent Beal, and several hot first-year rookies, such as McCarvey and Tim Hardaway Jr., were all drafted by Webb.

But before that, Zhang Xiaotian still has to pay attention to the regular season first.

On the Warriors' side, Bogut is unavailable due to injury, which is good news for the Heat.

However, after the Warriors let Draymond Green start the game, this guy played well, at least the Warriors' firepower had little impact, and they just won the opponent by more than 40 points in the previous game, and the momentum is in full swing.

However, with Iguodala joining, what they really improved was their defence.

Unlike the Suns' all-attack mode, their defense is also good.

Because the team needed Iguodala to mark the opponent's outside core, Barnes tragically played the sixth man.

The Warriors also let Iguodala defend James this time, although Draymond Green is also on the defensive position in the team, but the team still trusts Iguodala's experience more.

In this case, Draymond Green will be exchanged for marking Zhang Xiaotian.

This guy has a bad mouth, he is really difficult to entangle on the defensive end, he is stronger than Zhang Xiaotian, he likes physical confrontation and chatter, which is annoying.

At the beginning of the game, Klay Thompson hit a three-pointer.

The Heat still started Tony Douglas, who worked hard defensively, but the height gap made it difficult for him to limit Klay Thompson.

After being taken advantage by the opponent, James also stepped up his attack.

It's not the first time he's faced Iguodala, the two are more familiar, Iguodala is a famous black hand, and James is also a little annoying to him, so he was not polite as soon as he came up.

In fact, the two are somewhat similar in appearance and style of play, but James is a little stronger in all aspects, so the two are also the difference between stars and all-stars.

After James hit two, he led the entire offense of the Heat.

The Warriors are still a little cold, and the Heat's defensive ability on the outside still gives them a lot of trouble.

Green was complacent after becoming a starter, but this bastard does have some skills, Zhang Xiaotian is very uncomfortable to defend, and his ability to assist in defense is also good, both pinching shots caused the Heat's mistakes, and he grabbed the most 6 rebounds in the first quarter.

However, as the price of assisting defense, Zhang Xiaotian also seized the opportunity to hit the shot.

In response to defensive problems, the Heat also replaced Ray Allen as the main defense Klay Thompson in advance, and Curry let Chanmos and Norris Kerr take turns entangled.

But Curry, who seems to be mediocre in physical fitness, is difficult to restrict.

His three-point is too accurate, so most people are staring at his three-point, but his passing and breakthrough are actually first-class, and he can't keep up with the pace and reaction, and the Heat really don't have a good way to consume him as much as possible.

The Heat is also a three-point powerhouse, but it is difficult for the Heat's players to create their own opportunities like Curry, and it can be said that there are few such players in the league.

In the first half, James ate Iguodala alone, and after changing defenses, he also ate Barnes or Green, and Curry also made the Heat's guard line very difficult.

But James played better, and the reason why the score was not opened was rebounding, without Bogut, the Heat lost several frontcourt rebounds and were beaten into a second offense by the opponent.

Then there's the bench issue, and the Heat's veteran is really not as energetic as the young Harrison Barnes.

Therefore, the Heat lineup will change even if it wins the championship, and even the team's first bench, Ray Allen, now has no ability to play with the ball, and they need energetic bench bandits.