The Heat beat the Pacers again and cemented the first place in the East.

The doubts of the outside world were temporarily swept away, and turned into all kinds of shameless boasting.

If young players who have just entered the league are really likely to be lost, the Heat have many veterans, but there will be no problem.

What they care about most is health, health and wellness.

Although they have met the Pacers twice in a row this month, the Heat's schedule is actually relatively easy.

The next two games will also be at home, and Haslem is gradually recovering, but his strength is still affected.

However, with the current style of play of the Heat, the likelihood of him starting is getting smaller and smaller.

On December 20, the Heat accepted the challenge of the visiting Kings at home.

The Kings' young center, Cousins, is even stronger, averaging 20+10 per game with ease, but their results are just as bad as last season.

They also had a move in the summer, and Isaiah Thomas on the outside also has a strong attacking force, and they also traded Rudy Gay a few days ago to give it a go.

As it turned out, it didn't work.

Rudy Gay is also a first-class forward no matter how he looks at it, but after the Grizzlies gave up on him, the Raptors also gave up on him.

Some players really can't work well with people, and they can't just have strength.

It's not good to be the core, and it's not reliable to be an assistant, Zhang Xiaotian feels that he should take it as a warning.

However, with Rudy Gay, the Kings have people on all three lines, at least the attack power is no problem.

This kind of team also has to guard against being shot to death by them.

Although the Heat, as a championship-level team, generally do not have a similar situation.

After the start of the game, the Kings all blossomed on the inside, and quickly showed powerful offensive means.

The inside line Bosh really can't bear it, and as for the outside line, it's also because of the credit of the inside line.

Cousins is a very well-rounded center, and he can shoot hard and help defense, but he can't fully convert his strength into a winning rate, which is also the biggest worry for the Kings.

For the Heat, Bosh also shined on the offensive end.

Bosh should have figured it out these days, and his condition has improved a lot, and thanks to James' passing after attracting defense, the Kings are two centers and are destined to be unable to defend against the Heat's offense.

The Kings ravaged the interior, and the Heat's various breakouts beat the opponent's lineup to pieces.

In the first half, everyone played very lively, and the Heat also led 67-61.

Strong teams like to play against teams with poor overall defense, the main team can get a stable rest, and various tactical drills can be the same as in training.

The opponent swiped the data, they won, and everyone was happy.

In the third quarter, the Heat routinely stepped up their defense, and then only Cousins could play.

An interior line that is stronger than Hibbert, the Heat is really hard to defend.

And let this one play a few more times to prevent everyone else from dying.

Unlike the Pacers, the core of the Pacers is still on the outside, and the Kings are definitely Cousins.

The weak team's offense can also burst the touch, and the defense is not something that can be done simply.

So when the Heat strengthened their defense, the Kings' defense was still the same, so the Heat relied on various tactical cooperation to pull the score between the two sides apart little by little.

By the end of the third quarter, the gap was almost twenty points.

Rudy Guy also played weakly this time, Zhang Xiaotian took the opportunity to brush up the score, and the task completely revealed that it had become 6/10.

It can be said that his mentality has changed several times to do this task, and now it is much calmer, and there are more than one or two teams in the league that have bad defenses, and under the attack power of the Heat, Zhang Xiaotian is not worried at all.

On the third day after the Kings play, the Heat played the Hawks at home.

Wade will not play in the home game, and Wade's variable is becoming more and more concerned by the outside world.

The Heat bench is not strong, and it will be troublesome to miss one of the Big Three.

Now this is also something that the Heat is very worried about, Zhang Xiaotian can't replace Wade's role after all.

But whether Wade will stay healthy by then, it's really uncertain.

Last time Millsap didn't play, the Heat won easily, and this time it will obviously not be that easy.

The Eagles' current lineup is actually very good, with a backcourt, an interior and a bench, and what they lack may be a strong core.

Their head coach studied under Popovich and has a knack for building a team.

However, there are some things that he should understand thoroughly, and Popovich's success is also due to the big killer Duncan, and the GDP combination centered on him.

The Eagles don't have that kind of person, and Demar Carroll doesn't have the same defense as Leonard.

So James showed a strong offensive power from the beginning, playing the Heat must limit James, he can score and connect the team, obviously the Hawks did not do it.

Of course, they have a good offense of their own, with Horford and Millsap on the inside and Teague and Korver on the outside.

Ray Allen is against Korver, the two can't restrain each other, they are both dangerous when they raise their hands, if they are replaced by Wade, it will definitely be a different situation, and Korver will be suddenly turned into a sieve.

On the inside, it must be the Hawks who have the advantage, and although Bosh is confident in playing Horford, it is difficult to say with Millsap, and the offensive ability of both men is good.

However, Bosh did a good job in this defense, and Teague bullied Moneymoss several times and was hatted by Bosh.

Bosh couldn't stand people, but he moved quickly, and it was still dangerous for a slim defender to get in.

When the main force is on the court, the Heat still has a relatively obvious advantage, even if the interior line is suppressed, James This point cannot be solved by the Hawks at all.

The trouble came during the rotation period, and if Ray Allen starts, there are two or three old cats on the Heat bench, and the attack power is very lacking.

Probably because he was a rival in the same district, Spoelstra extended James' playing time.

Bosh also has the ability to lead the team logically, and it should be that the Heat have no players who can match him alone.

As for Zhang Xiaotian, Spoelstra feels that he is more suitable to be the endpoint, and now his basic strength is not strong enough, and he has no choice.

If he wants to lead the team, he can only lead the first half of the last quarter.

What made Spoelstra a little uncomfortable was that he barely let James rest, and the team still fell behind in the first half because the rebounds were crushed.

Even the opponent's veteran bench player, Elton Brand, who has been scrapped for most of the time, has grabbed rebounds in the front court in a row, which is no longer a matter of ability, it is the player's failure to meet the coach's requirements.

"Rebounds, gentlemen, we can protect the backcourt rebounds, don't we."

"We also have to actively compete for rebounds in the front court." After Spoelstra finished speaking with body language, James couldn't help but add.

Zhang Xiaotian has always been a good boy in the locker room, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Guarantee to complete the task, we will definitely win the game." ”