Chapter 168: Winning Again

Even if Lefu didn't play, Bosh was beaten by Nikola Pekovic.

Spoelstra was also annoyed, and replaced Bosh in three minutes to calm him down.

Chris Anderson certainly can't handle it, but it's still a bit more momentum.

Bosh is not just a matter of style of play, he may have some emotions during this time, and there is no doubt that it is a matter of team status and ball distribution, which can only be left to Spoelstra to worry about.

The Timberwolves are also playing one big and four small, Cory Brewer is targeting James, and Zhang Xiaotian is facing Kevin Martin.

Kevin Martin is a little harder to defend than he thinks, and he belongs to the slippery type.

On the offensive end, Zhang Xiaotian can't completely lock the opponent, but when it's the Heat's turn to attack, he also has to cause trouble for the opponent.

The confrontation between the two is generally that Martin runs happily, and Zhang Xiaotian has to compete with each other.

Their respective advantages are obvious, and the final comparison is concentration.

Zhang Xiaotian was calm in his heart, he would definitely win, and when it came to the last quarter, Martin would not even take advantage of the offensive end.

But the gap between the two sides did not wait for the last moment, and the advantage of the Heat during the rotation period came.

The Timberwolves' starters are actually very good, but their bench is far behind.

What's more, Bosh, who is back on the court, has finally shown something on the offensive end.

The Timberwolves, on the other hand, fell into a scoring drought, and after Pekovic came on the court, the Heat took another pinch attack.

The Timberwolves' three-point score is not particularly reliable, and there is a lack of Lefou's strong point, so I don't know what to do for a while.

The Heat will not show mercy, and James and Wade have also taken the opportunity to exert their might.

With one operation, they had a double-digit lead.

In the second half, the team continued to strengthen their defense, and the game looked stable.

The Timberwolves can't help it, they are not the kind of scoring explosion, and the personnel are not neat, and when they see that the situation is not good, they have no intention of fighting.

So the score widened further, and by the fourth quarter, the game was reduced to garbage time.

It's not terrible to lose, whoever is on is embarrassed, and now Wade will win when he comes back, which also shows his worth.

Of course, the outside world will make a fuss about this matter, but the team is relatively calm.

There are many factors in the previous loss, and this big win.

Wade is not the first game to be absent, and the team's big three are led by James, that is certain.

Countless reporters who are looking forward to the Heat's infighting are afraid to be disappointed, although not everyone is in the same circle, the Heat is also quite harmonious, especially now that the record is actually very good.

The team is going to play back-to-backs next, and Wade will not participate in the return of the team.

It just so happens that the opponent is the Pistons who have won against them before, which is considered a good show.

Of course, most of it is a media rendering, and the atmosphere in the team is not so exaggerated.

He still has to go all out to pursue victory, although he won't say it explicitly, but James has always paid attention to the outside public opinion, and he doesn't want to have any more problems for reporters to use the topic to play.

This season is also his contract year, and the top salary is definitely no problem, but when it comes to a player of his level, he is much more greedy than Zhang Xiaotian, and he is very eager for external evaluation and historical status.

The team also made changes to the starting line-up and brought in Ray Allen.

Battier's starting lineup attack is a little worse, which was supposed to ensure the combat effectiveness of the rotation period, but Ray Allen's current strength is also difficult to lead the team, anyway, if you want to let the main players play, it is better to let the strongest lineup start.

Spoelstra was also a little annoyed, saying that it was the Big Three, but the Heat's small-ball play Bosh simply couldn't lead the team alone.

Wade wanted to rest, originally counting on Zhang Xiaotian, but after more than a month of observation, Zhang Xiaotian seemed to be not suitable for leading the team alone, so it was the only way.

The Pistons have twin towers, but this kind of thing is also a double-edged sword, and it depends on who can take advantage of everyone on the offensive end when they meet a small lineup.

As for the problem of rebounding, there is no solution to this matter, it is mainly a matter of tactics.

The rebounds in these games are all supported by James, there is nothing to say, not to mention that James is in the No. 4 position most of the time now, which can be regarded as an interior line.

Last season, when he was in the No. 3 position for half of the time, he was also the first in internal rebounds, to be precise, the first in scoring, rebounding, and assists, and the top strength in the league was not convinced.

Bosh's situation is a little delicate, although he is not known for rebounding, but he was not so good when he was with the Raptors, and the impact of tactics should only be a part, from the boss to the third-in-command, it is indeed a little sad.

There are three heights in the Pistons, and if Zhang Xiaotian plays the No. 3 position, he will have to defend Josh Smith, which is definitely not easy to defend, but the Pistons often let Josh Smith switch to James, so Zhang Xiaotian will meet Greg Monroe on the offensive end.

If there are no other two big men, Zhang Xiaotian can break people into a sieve on the inside.

But the piston is not easy to get, a few long arms stand in it, and it is easy to get capped when you go in, so the most reliable thing to deal with the piston is three points, and you can't prevent them from hitting them.

This is not smooth, he throws against the opposing defender on the court, and he doesn't want to be hatted this time.

So at the beginning of the game, Zhang Xiaotian felt a little soy sauce on both offensive and defensive ends, thanks to Josh Smith who likes to wave outside, so it seems that his defensive efficiency is not bad.

Spoelstra is still at some level, and at this time he is on Lewis, and everyone is happily shooting on the outside, and the Pistons can't get it inside and shoot them.

The players who played in the first half, except for Anderson, all interviewed outside.

As it turned out, three points were still one more point than two, and the Heat also led by six points at halftime, 59:53.

As for why they knelt on the court, it can only show that the three-point tactics are not stable enough.

In fact, they protected their backcourt rebounds a lot better in this game.

In fact, as long as they protect the backcourt rebounds, they are really not afraid of big centers, at least the Pistons, who are not the type of big killers on the offensive end, are not too afraid.

This is also the sadness of the inside line now, most teams are speeding up, they are improving the range, and it is not easy to mix if the big man does not have an absolute advantage.

This is not a good mix, basketball is still a big man's sport, and the backcourt players who seem to be star-studded are actually more competitive.

"Run, scrap their inside line."

At halftime, the Heat's repeated emphasis on the core of the tactics was as simple as that.

Speed up and shoot on the outside, so it's useless for them to be strong on the inside.

Whoever can't resist changing the lineup first loses, and the Heat are the leading side, and the initiative is in their hands.

In the second half, before the Pistons could react, the Heat relied on speeding up to hit a few three-pointers.

After three minutes of substitution, the Pistons couldn't hold on to it in four minutes, and replaced Monroe, one of the twin towers, and the Heat stabilized.