Chapter 183: It's hard to deal with
Zhang Xiaotian's performance on the offensive end made the Nuggets' players a little blind, is he that good.
The answer is yes, in the next defense, Zhang Xiaotian predicted in advance to squeeze past Wilson Chandler and cut off Nate Robinson's pass.
After winning the ball, Zhang Xiaotian ran all the way, came to the three-point line and pulled it up directly.
At 77:77, less than two minutes into the final quarter, the Heat tied the score.
Nuggets coach Brian Shaw only felt a little sweaty in his vest and quickly made adjustments and sent veteran Andre Miller to stabilize the situation.
The Heat didn't have the slightest plan to take it easy, and Spoelstra directly replaced James.
The decisive victory is early, with James, not only is there one more strong point, but the defensive pressure of the Trail Blazers is much higher than before.
Without him, Zhang Xiaotian has now become a strong point.
James doesn't flank the attack, Zhang Xiaotian doesn't pinch the attack, and they can play if they don't flank the attack.
The general practice is to flank when there is an offensive threat, and most of them are when they enter the inside line.
Because the Nuggets focused too much defensive attention on the two, Ray Allen immediately got a better opportunity to shoot, and Junzi Ray hit a three-point shot, and the Nuggets were really anxious.
Their interior attack power is also average, and now they need to score or rely on the outside.
Wilson Chandler is better than Zhang Xiaotian, and can only rely on Ty Lawson to play alone.
However, Ty Lawson is indeed the Nuggets' strongest point, and he hit a three-pointer when the Nuggets were in crisis.
But the most impossible thing is to defeat a strong team like the Heat, James and Zhang Xiaotian themselves can cut points, and they can also help their teammates score points.
Defensively, the Heat have also moved up the ranks.
The Nuggets were humiliated both times when they tried to get in, with Bosh and James each giving each other a big hat.
It's not a traditional big and tall inside, and it's not easy to get the Heat from the starting lineup.
was forced to be helpless, and Ty Lawson also made consecutive outside shots.
This kind of concentrated shot won't hit every time, but the Heat have played a smooth match, and the offensive efficiency is far better than that of the Nuggets.
Just entered the last minute, Zhang Xiaotian received a pass from James and hit a three-pointer, expanding the score gap between the two sides to 10 points, and the outcome was decided.
At 102:94, this expedition to the west was a complete success.
The 2013 games are all over, and the Heat continue to lead the league.
is relatively close to their record, but it is also a few teams such as the Pacers, Thunder, Spurs, and Trail Blazers.
However, the championship-aspiring team will not focus solely on the regular season record, and the coaching staff has also told the players to forget about the winning streak and focus on training.
Only by training hard, maintaining the condition, storing physical strength, and becoming stronger is the long-term road.
Zhang Xiaotian's All-Star this season did not sign up for other events, and he is now sure to participate in the Rookie Challenge.
In his second year in the league, he is very used to it.
I drove home after training, although it was a rented house, but the environment inside was very good, and it cost a good price.
Yang Feiyu had already sent a message before, and she had already cooked the meal.
During this time, Yang Feiyu's cooking level has still improved, but her talent is not in this, Zhang Xiaotian is still slightly better.
Sometimes she will prepare meals, and the other time is to wait for Zhang Xiaotian to come home together or order takeout.
Even if he doesn't invest, Zhang Xiaotian's current salary can raise the two of them for nothing.
This kind of life is simple and fulfilling, and he likes it very much.
In the first game of 2014, the Heat faced the Warriors at home.
The Warriors were amazing in last year's playoffs, they had a lot of talented young men, and last summer they got Andre Iguodala, and it stands to reason that the roster is already perfect, but this season they can only be described as average and did not enter the first group in the West.
Because of Iguodala's arrival, Harrison Barnes became the team's sixth man.
As for Draymond Green, he finally became the seventh man in the rotation by desperately defending.
There are starters in the same position, and they haven't had a chance last season.
Iguodala is a special outside big man signed by the Warriors to deal with a core player like James.
So when the Warriors defend, they will switch defenses and let David Lee defend Zhang Xiaotian.
When the two sides are replaced, the Heat will definitely defend normally, and Zhang Xiaotian will not be able to resist David Lee's offensive power inside.
The Warriors started from the inside, and David Lee and Bogut are not easy to put on.
James is good at dealing with the kind of explosive guy on the inside, and he doesn't have many ways to be a real big man or an interior with more offensive means.
Although he has mostly been in the number four position this season, he is still fundamentally the number three.
The Warriors' interior impact on the Heat was a little unbearable, and the inside line played first for the outside, and after the Heat were forced to shrink their defense, Curry and Klay Thompson's outside three-point blossomed.
The Heat have never been afraid of any outside team, but the Warriors Splash Brothers are no longer average.
Their perverted shooting can't be blocked even by the Heat's blockade.
However, the weakness of the Warriors is also obvious, that is, the team's defense is only average.
The starting defenses like Klay Thompson, Iguodala, Bogut and others were good, and Draymond Green was still on the bench, but their defense didn't fit together well.
One is that Curry is limited by athletic defense, while David Lee is notoriously bad defensively, and the other is that Bogut's slow speed and the team's rhythm do not match, and Bogut will have problems defending inside.
Therefore, the Heat also grasped the opponent's shortcomings to make a fuss, counterattacked, and played defensive weak points.
All five defenders got their chances, and of course Zhang Xiaotian was the same, and it was indeed a bit difficult for David Lee to go outside to defend him.
But the Warriors relied on a super-accurate three-point shot to take the lead, with a score of 38-33 in the first quarter, and it can be said that the Heat is the first time that the Heat has allowed the opponent to score so many points in one quarter.
No way, it's not that they leaked people, it's that Curry and Klay Thompson are too good.
The Heat are in full bloom, but there is still a feeling that both the inside and outside are being suppressed.
Fortunately, the Warriors voluntarily gave up some of their advantage on the inside, and they also played small lineups most of the time, with David Lee playing the No. 5 position and Harrison Barnes or Draymond Green playing the No. 4 position.
When Iguodala is resting, Barnes can go to the No. 3 position, and they can also play the No. 2 position, and the Warriors' position changes more frequently than the average team, and there are more than one or two players who can play several positions.
This annoyed the Heat, everyone is trying to speed up and strengthen the offense, but the Warriors are younger, and they play a more fluid offense with fewer people, and the Heat is not easy to do.
Wonderful!