Chapter 207: Stand Out

Last time, the Heat killed the Spurs to help the Thunder sit first in the West, this time they killed the Thunder, but the Spurs didn't take the opportunity, and they were still dead by the Suns.

The Pacers are still playing well, but they just got fucked and don't follow the Heat so closely.

In this case, James has no problem resting.

Back at home, they're playing against the Bulls.

The Bulls have also had a bad year in recent years, plagued by injuries every season.

Rose returned to injury again, as did the team's leading scorer, Lore Deng.

The key is that after they get a few injuries each time, they do not perform well, and then after the playoffs, they will fail due to the lack of core players, which makes them look particularly sad.

Just the previous game, Jimmy Butler, the rookie they focused on developing this season, was also injured.

The Heat are missing James, the Bulls are several less, and it's hard to say anything about this game.

However, the Bulls interior Noah and Boozer are both there, and the Heat are also planning to try a new lineup and start Greg Oden.

Now the defensive ability of the Bulls' lineup has declined a little, and the offensive end mainly relies on throwing, but when it comes to the Heat, it is obviously more reliable to play inside.

Although there is no James, the Heat's outside defense is still good.

Greg Oden's start didn't work as well as he could have imagined, and injuries have ruined him.

However, Bosh was active, there was a man standing under the basket, and Bosh was more comfortable pulling outside.

The Heat's tactics revolve around James, and Bosh does sacrifice a lot at times, but there is no way, and the words around Bosh can't achieve such a good effect.

The Bulls still wanted to play on the outside at first, but Hinrich's strength has declined, and Wade and Zhang Xiaotian's blockade on the outside is also very good.

Zhang Xiaotian's restriction on Mike Dunleavy is very good, compared to the opponent's defense.

After forcing Dunleavy to make a mistake, the Bulls began to focus on the interior.

In the face of the Heat's weak interior defense, Noah's interior line, which has very average offensive skills, also exerted.

The Heat's lead in the first few minutes was immediately overcome, and Spoelstra was a little annoyed, switching the two starting interior players to Ray Allen and Anderson playing one big and four small.

Anderson has always worked the inside, but his own ability is a hard flaw.

However, the big four are the Heat's favorite style of play this season, playing double inside at the beginning, in fact, they are not very used to it.

The interior also suffered during the rotation period, and Ty Gibson also grabbed frontcourt rebounds in a row after coming up.

Zhang Xiaotian felt that the team's rebounds should not be like this, and the players were likely to form inertia.

Anyway, if you can't win, you can win anyway.

This is a bad phenomenon, but fortunately, several big players in the team do not agree with this kind of thinking.

Wade and Bosh began to work hard, and so did Zhang Xiaotian.

He defended Dunleavy more tightly, not giving the big man who ran without the ball a chance at all.

There is actually a disadvantage for the big man to run without the ball, because it is difficult to move at the speed of the small man.

So the big shooter who can't play with the ball will be much easier to mark seriously.

At the last moment of the first half, Zhang Xiaotian hit the whistle, and the score between the two sides became 40:40.

Without James, there were more than a dozen fewer rebounds, and it was the last moment to rely on the desperate efforts of Zhang Xiaotian and Wade.

The problem with the Heat is that the players are too accustomed to the performance of the Big Three, and if it weren't for the signing of Zhang Xiaotian, the team would be even more uncomfortable if James was absent.

Of course, the Bulls have a bigger problem with this lineup.

With a few key players missing, their attacking power has been greatly reduced.

At half-time, Spoelstra analysed the defensive problems of the first half.

To limit the current bulls, Noah is more important.

Spoelstra analyzed the video and observed the details of the game very well.

Coming into the third quarter, the Heat's defense was fine-tuned to target Noah's ability to respond.

If Noah attacks casually by himself, this one's attack ability is very average anyway, and the Heat don't say that it is completely limited, so it is quite easy for him to play uncomfortable.

Facts have proved that this trick is very useful, and the opponent's other inside Boozer, whose strength is also in a deterioration period, can't make too many waves.

And on the defensive end, the Bulls are also weak right now.

With the other side limiting the opponent's scoring, the Heat's offensive end was just a normal performance and quickly took control of the situation.

It just so happened that DJ Augustin, the strongest firepower on the Bulls bench, was also a little ineffective today.

When it came to the rotation period, when Ty Gibson was once again making trouble on the inside, Zhang Xiaotian had already reached the time to activate his skills.

A few breakaway shots, as well as an assist of Ray Allen's three-pointer, the game lost suspense at once.

Although the Heat Bulls stubbornly fought to the end, the Heat still won the opponent 96-79.

Zhang Xiaotian, Wade and Bosh cut 20+ together to defend the Heat's home court.

However, now the outside world has taken the victory of the Heat very lightly, and Zhang Xiaotian's performance has also been recognized.

Facing the Bulls, who are short of major generals, winning the home game seems to be nothing at all.

And James's injury is just a matter of wearing a mask, there is still little confidence and competition with the Heat in the East, and even the media looks forward to the Heat's report of entering the Finals, but it has not received much reply.

The Bulls are weak because of injuries, and the Nets are weak because of old age, and now it's up to the Pacers.

Of course, the Knicks, who are going to play the Heat next, must not be intimidated.

Anthony. Smith and other players have expressed their determination to win in interviews.

It's a pity that the Knicks' record has regressed seriously this season, Anthony was scolded for cancer, and Smith was scolded for cheating on the contract.

Smith, Zhang Xiaotian also sighed a little, the best six people were also scolded for taking a three-year middle class, and the alliance is not easy to mix.

However, for the Knicks' vain words to win the Heat, Zhang Xiaotian only had two words to respond, dreaming.

He rarely has a modest time when he is interviewed, and there are many people who want to do him, but it is really not easy to wait until the Heat loses the battle.

Now those sunspots can't find any new direction except for blackening his thighs.

As a player with good exposure in the league, Zhang Xiaotian basically has no negative news, and the sunspots have no choice.

When he returned home after the competition, Yang Feiyu sent a few design concepts over.

It's not just shoes, they plan to find a Zhang Xiaotian Tianshen series when the brand launches, including sportswear and sports equipment.

It is now in the secret design stage, and Zhang Xiaotian is also one of the decision-makers.

Of course, he only gives a small opinion when he comes up with a little bit after a game or training.

The main thing is to please his wife, and don't let the aesthetics of the Tenjin series deviate unabedly.