Chapter 191: Lying down and becoming a blessing general
Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer, and the Nets were in an emergency.
The Heat's defense was still leaky, and Pierce took the initiative to come over and attack.
But old is old, and it is possible to seize the opportunity to explode, but now it is not easy for James to keep an eye on him.
Pierce came up with a good step back, but he still hit the iron under James' interference.
Zhang Xiaotian got the backcourt rebound and shook off Alan Anderson without the slightest pause to advance quickly.
Pierce and Livingston, who were the fastest, made a closed defense, but they didn't estimate how quickly Zhang Xiaotian could improve.
The two closed the door one step slowly, Zhang Xiaotian started directly, and the referee blew Pierce to block the foul.
Hit both free throws, 97-92, although it was only a 5-point lead, but it was overtime, and the Heat had the absolute initiative.
Attacking again, the Nets finally hit a two-point shot by Joe Johnson.
But then Zhang Xiaotian and James made a delicate combination, and James scored under the basket to distribute the ball to the unattended Chris Anderson, who hit a layup.
The gap is still 5 points, but time has been spent.
Pierce tried to hit a three-point shot but didn't hit it, and the Heat made a shot by Zhang Xiaotian to seal the win.
101:94, which is also the final score.
With 25 points and 10 rebounds, Zhang Xiaotian also gained a long-lost double-double.
However, after returning to the locker room, Zhang Xiaotian found that his ankle was swollen.
After the team doctor's examination, it was already confirmed that the bone was not injured, but it was necessary to rest for at least a week to recover to ensure that the condition did not deteriorate.
won the game with an injury, fans like this kind of hero complex the most, and Zhang Xiaotian also received a lot of praise.
As for the local tyrant network, it was overturned by the remnants of the heat in a good situation, and naturally became the object of contempt.
Although they seem to be remnants, the fans and the media don't care so much, and for a while they have become a negative example again.
Fortunately, the Nets are used to it, and they have been questioned by the outside world since last summer, when they were a team that was smashed out with money, and it is really annoying to have money.
The start was not good, and of course they were sprayed even harder.
But the old team doesn't have as much fire as the youngsters, so it's a mistake to say that the Nets have a plan to build a team, and there aren't so many players on this team who have a strong desire for a championship.
On the Heat side, although they will continue to play away after playing the Nets, they will have a few days off in between.
In order to recover from the sprain, Zhang Xiaotian did not participate in confrontation training for the past few days.
He is now young and strong, and he is actually recovering quite quickly.
"Honey, eat some fruit."
Zhang Xiaotian sat on the sofa and swallowed the fruit pieces cut by Yang Feiyu with his mouth open.
Although he feels that he has almost recovered, the team still did not bring him with him to play the Wizards on the road this time.
He simply stayed at home and enjoyed the service of his wife, ahem...... There aren't many opportunities like that.
On the TV on the wall facing the sofa, it was the live broadcast of the team's game.
It's just that the game looked like a tragedy, with the Heat trailing by 25 points in the first quarter.
The Wizards got Marcin Gortat to upgrade last summer, and the team's two talented young cores, John Wall and Bradley Beal, have also grown.
Naturally, their results are much better than last season, but they are still a bit short of what they expected.
So the Heat played like this, not because the opponent was too strong, but because they met a rare opponent and the whole hand exploded.
Wall and Beal both hit double-doubles in the first quarter, and Gortat scored eight points and blocked two blocks.
The three-point shooting rate is 100%, and the two-point shooting rate is close to 80%, how can this be played, Zhang Xiaotian will become a depressed member of the court if he follows the past.
By the second quarter, everything was back to normal, but the pain left in the first quarter was too severe.
The Heat didn't give up and fought until the end, but still lost by 17 points.
The Wizards have seven double-doubles, and the Heat haven't even reached half of the others.
The only consolation is that Oden the Great finally came back to play, scoring 6 points and 2 rebounds in 8 minutes, one of which was a frontcourt rebound, which is enough to make people think about it.
On January 17, the team played the 76ers away, and Zhang Xiaotian came back after a short break.
The 76ers were handsome at the beginning, and their record is a mess so far.
After McCarvey was figured out, that's what happened, the core style of play has potential, but it can't go against the sky.
As a team with a sloppy defense, the Heat are unlikely to have any more problems.
At the beginning of the game, it was Bosh who surprised people first, and Bosh's performance could be regarded as bottoming out.
Spencer Hawes, although he may be better in rebounding, still can't suppress Bosh.
The last time Bosh didn't catch the other party, there was also a bit of a chance factor.
This time there was just a big defeat, and the Heat played extremely seriously, and there were fewer accidental factors.
McCarvey was given the spotlight, and the weakness of this guy's lack of shooting ability was completely exposed.
And their most stable scorer, Thaddeus Young, was a little uncomfortable because of his relationship with James, and Turner couldn't take advantage of Wade, and the game was stable from the first quarter.
Zhang Xiaotian also has an obvious advantage over James Anderson.
They led by 10 points in the first quarter and 17 in the first half.
In the second half, the Heat should have changed the bench and won the victory easily.
Zhang Xiaotian didn't play as much time as usual, scoring 13 points in a decent way, but he was still praised by Heat fans.
That's right, not his fan, but the team's supporters.
Because he didn't play this team defeat, and often performed well at critical moments, some fans attributed this to the attributes of the lucky general, and was recognized by many people, so Zhang Xiaotian gained a group of fans while lying down.
However, he didn't have time to rejoice, and the team had back-to-back away games the next day.
After playing the 76ers, Zhang Xiaotian was checked again and confirmed that the sprain had fully recovered and could play in the next game.
But Wade still doesn't play back-to-back, Wade's knee is much more troublesome than Zhang Xiaotian's small sprain, and he must take care of it well, so that he can exert his strength at a critical time.
However, the team's other injured man, Chambers, is also confirmed to return, and he already feels that Charlotte is in line with the team.
The Heat's back-to-back opponents are naturally the Bobcats, who have improved a lot this season.
What to pay attention to when dealing with the Bobcats Heat is undoubtedly Al Jefferson on the inside.
This man has the strength of 20+10, which is a serious test for the Heat's weak interior defense.
But that's all the threat of the Bobcats, and the other strong points of the Heat have a way to restrain them.
At this time of the season, everyone has figured out the situation, and the Bobcats have started to play inside, but today's Bosh is a lot tougher than before.