Chapter 174: Strong teams like waves
The results of the first round of the All-Star are out, and Zhang Xiaotian's teammate James is in first place.
Zhang Xiaotian has also been in the limelight during this time, and the number of votes he has received has exceeded that of some team cores.
But his situation is the same as that of Jeremy Lin, there are many fans who like them, but there are still some ways to go from a real balloon star.
Jeremy Lin is fourth at the eastern guard, and Zhang Xiaotian is fourth at the western forward.
Unless their strength and team status are directly selected by the fans, they are thunder and rain.
Jeremy Lin got more votes than teammate Harden, but he was ahead of Curry, Paul and Kobe, and Zhang was ahead of James, Paul George and Anthony.
Pinch your fingers, they can only watch the excitement.
If there is no absolute majority in the votes, the coach will not choose a player like them.
After playing the Pacers, the Cavaliers have four days to go to their next game, ushering in a rare adjustment period.
Being able to take a break after a hard fight is great news for them.
"Damn, why is that guy so thick-skinned, didn't he see how you guys won."
"If you don't have enough skin, how to do sunspots, you don't care about that kind of person, come over and exercise together."
Hearing the exercise, Yang Feiyu immediately stepped back, "No, I'm going to scold him to death, I'm defending your honor......"
Zhang Xiaotian knew her careful thoughts, and directly carried the person to the treadmill.
Physical health is the foundation for improving the quality of life, and Zhang Xiaotian will supervise her well.
On the training ground, a group of Heat players sweated like rain.
"Zhang, don't hide it, you have to go all out when training."
Zhang Xiaotian's performance at the last moment against the Pacers made James's enthusiasm for confrontation that had been extinguished for a period of time rise again, and James deeply felt the Pacers' defensive ability.
"I've given it my all, it's LeBron who is so much better than them." Zhang Xiaotian couldn't explain the situation, so he had to pat himself on the back by the way.
James, while shrewd, is also very narcissistic, laughing and reluctantly accepting this statement.
On December 14, the Heat faced the Cavaliers at home.
The Cavaliers have already played once this season, and they are a team that focuses on outside attacks and has a relatively balanced main force and bench strength.
The Cavaliers have impressed some teams this season with their offensive power from the outside, but against the Cavaliers, who are extremely good at defending from the outside, their style of play has been somewhat restrained.
They also understand their own situation, and there is also the idea of wanting to pick up the leaks when they take Bynum in the summer, but unfortunately Bynum is really mediocre now, and his former potential is gone.
So the Heat didn't worry much about them at all.
The Cavaliers opened the game with a lively display of their outside attacking power, with a variety of three-point shots.
But their defense has no restrictions on the Big Three at all, not to mention James and Wade, and Bosh can't handle it.
The Heat led by 16 points in the first half, and Zhang Xiaotian also scored.
When encountering a team that can't defend well, the Heat can really play a show.
Anthony Bennett, who didn't play in the last game, also came up to show it, but unfortunately he flinched and didn't even make a shot.
The outside world is already questioning that the champion has refreshed the lower limit of the parallel champion.
The Cavaliers let him play to see if there was a miracle, after all, this guy can be drafted at least physically, and he also played very well in high school and college.
Just as some people are bound to play out of class on exams, Anthony Bennett may be a little dizzy in the NBA.
Zhang Xiaotian played against him for a round, and a simple feint picked up the champion, and then made a foul.
He immediately understood that there must be something wrong with this person's heart.
The Heat may have played too easily in the first half, and they were a little too relaxed in the third quarter.
James and Wade made back-to-back turnovers, and the Cavaliers took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
It's not the outside, it's Tristan Thompson and Vallejo who grab back-to-back rebounds in the frontcourt.
Bosh, who was very good at protecting rebounds in the first half, is in a bad mood, what should I say, they may have underestimated the Cavaliers a little bit of a group of young people.
Tristan Thompson's nose for rebounds is really good.
However, the young people are not stable enough, and after playing a good game, they fell into a state of desperate shooting from the outside, and the Heat were prepared and protected the rebounds a lot better.
After all, the Cavaliers don't have a super interior line, and the Heat still have a way.
In the shooting competition, first Ray Allen, who is very researched in shooting, and then Zhang Xiaotian, who has turned on his skills, took advantage of the chaos to desperately cut points.
A few more words with Dieng Vitesse, the scene is quite good.
Because the score was very close in the third quarter, the Cavaliers still had a chance.
It's a pity that their style of play is too single, Irving and Dion Vitesse are always single, and after the Heat's strongest lineup came on the court, the defense tightened up, and it only took two minutes to pull the score away.
In the face of opponents with insufficient defensive intensity, strong teams can often play a wave, that is, they can do both offense and defense, while many teams can only do one aspect.
But sometimes strong teams will also waste games, and those who can enter the league are extremely good players, and if they are fed all the form, it will be difficult for the strong team to contain it.
Before the Heat was efficient for two minutes, they also held each other for nearly seven minutes, if it weren't for Zhang Xiaotian's opening skills to become stronger, they might have been overturned by a group of young people in this game.
There are no weak teams in the NBA, and they are estimated to be verbosed by Spoelstra for several hours in the next training.
Zhang Xiaotian, like the Big Three, all cut 20+, although he is the least one, but also the one most worthy of celebration, and he has finally completed half of the pride of the task champion.
The Heat's next game is against the Jazz, but the Jazz both Al Jefferson and Millsap left in the summer, and the Jazz, who are already fish belly in the rebuild, can't arouse the slightest enthusiasm from fans.
You must know that the Heat's next opponent is the Pacers again, and the home and away matches will continue to be the top showdown in the East.
The Pacers have released their words to take revenge, and the league is happy to see the excitement.
In the NBA, teams without strength really have no human rights, and poor Jazz are completely ignored.
Truth be told, the rebuilding team is not strong, but they tend to opt for an ambitious squad.
The Cavaliers' main bench has offensive power, and the Jazz didn't put all their strong points in the starters, and they put on a lineup that is similar to the Heat without an orthodox center.
If their young core Gordon Hayward is as strong as James, it would be a good choice.