On October 4, U.S. time, the Miami Heat ushered in the first game of the preseason at home, and the opponent was the Charlotte Hornets.

The Hornets have made quite a few changes to their roster this season. Jordan seems to have picked Kemba since then. Walker then became enlightened about how to run the team, and they brought in Nicholas. Batum, Sesbin. Hawes, Jeremy. Lamb and other players selected Frank Brown, an excellent interior player from the University of Wisconsin, in the draft. Kaminski looked like he was going all out to make the playoffs.

Of course, in Addison's opinion, the most successful trade the Hornets made this summer was to bring in Jeremy Lin, who had just become a free agent, in a 1+1 contract with an annual salary of only $2 million. This is definitely a great value contract with a win-win combination of commercial value and squad strength, and Jeremy Lin's influence in the Chinese market is undoubted, and his addition can make the Charlotte Hornets, which were difficult to get much attention, become one of the most focused teams among Chinese fans; And Jeremy Lin's strength is worth far more than the $2 million in the contract. Walker was able to deliver convincing performances as a starter or in the rotation.

As long as Hornets coach Clifford can give Jeremy Lin enough trust and not be like Byron. Scott deliberately suppressed Snow Hide, and Addison believes this season will be the season for Jeremy Lin to prove himself again.

The motivated and eager Hornets defeated the Heat 96-91 at the American Airlines Arena to end the Miami's first preseason game of the new season. Kemba. Walker had 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Jefferson 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Batum had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and these three were the best players in the Hornets' starting lineup; Among the bench players, Jeremy Lin scored 10 points, 4 assists and 1 rebound on 4-of-9 shooting in 18 minutes, giving the team a huge help as a sixth man.

Compared with the Hornets, the Heat seem to have become unable to play, and several of the main players are not playing well. Addison was like a live spectator today, playing idle for five minutes in the first quarter, playing about half a quarter in the second quarter, and then being put on the bench to watch the game with relish; Wade and Bosh both played more than 20 minutes, but they both scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 3-of-13 shooting, and 10 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-11 shooting. Obviously, both Wade and Bosh have not been able to regain their competitive form due to a summer of injury recovery, especially Bosh, who has been out of games for a little too long and needs to re-familiarize himself with everything from physical function to offensive skills.

Hollis. Jefferson and Josh. Richardson showed good form in the first pre-season game, mainly because the newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, and the two played quite aggressively, especially Hollis. Although Jefferson is only about 6 feet 8 inches tall, his sense of smell and toughness in fighting for rebounds are very eye-catching. Josh. As a senior draft rookie, Richardson has a high level of technical maturity, and he has done a decent job of off-ball and off-ball offense, integrating into the team's tactics faster than Hollis. Jefferson was even faster.

Spoelstra didn't care about a preseason loss, and it didn't matter to him if he lost all the preseason, the goal set by the uniform team in the preseason was to help Wade and Bosh get back to form, and victory or defeat was not the key at all. Addison had endured a high-intensity U.S. Championship in the summer, and the uniform team would never let him play more than 15 minutes in a preseason game now, and his first task was to recuperate; And Whiteside, Ruhr. Deng and other players did not neglect training during the holidays, and it was enough to play for about 20 minutes in a game to find the feeling of the game. Spoelstra doesn't mind his team 'playing dead' in pre-season, as long as the goals set by the coaching staff are achievable.

On October 7, the Heat traveled to face the Orlando Magic, but they still lost the game, and the final score was 102-107. While the Magic have been at the bottom of the league in recent seasons, in this game, Victor. Oladipo, Nikolai. Vucevic and Tobias. The Harris trio teamed up to arrange a meal for the Heat. Truth be told, this Magic team has a great set-up, and the young players on their team should be able to achieve good results if they can play well as a team. Victor. Oladipo faces Dwyane in this game. Wade played an efficient performance of 11-of-17 shooting, overshadowing the 'Flash' with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Wade only got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in this game.

Bosh is starting to regain some of his previous skillful shooting feeling, and he has a total of 17 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in this game, and he is more comfortable running open space under the cover of Whiteside inside. At the same time, Bosh is also trying to attack with the ball from time to time, and his autonomous offensive ability has been worn out a lot in the past few years for the Heat, and this sudden thrombosis makes him feel that he should slowly find the face-frame singles and turnaround jumpers that he was good at in order to add some reliable scoring tools when he has to slow down. Although Bosh played well last season, he also had something to criticize, that is, he could not lead the team alone. He had to play at the same time as Addison or Wade so that someone on the outside could feed him the ball and make shots, and he couldn't catch the ball or shoot or pass it from all areas of the entire half, as he did during the Raptors.

Addison played 13 minutes in the game, and then continued to sit on the bench as a spectator, watching Elfried. Peyton, an opponent he didn't care about at all, was bouncing around the court. He really hoped that Elfried would be able to do so by this time. Payton was able to challenge him with a couple of remarks so that he would be motivated to make things happen on the Magic's home court in the regular season. The Heat's best player today was Shabazz. Napier, the backup point guard controlled a lot of the ball because Addison didn't have much playing time, and his habit was naturally to frequently attack with the ball, plus Napier felt really good today, and even cut 20 points, 4 assists and 1 rebound with a sudden shot.

Losing two games in a row, the Heat's weak performance in the preseason has attracted a lot of attention and discussion, and they don't know what happened to this Heat team, which is simply the opposite of the murderous and resilient team in last season's playoffs. The media reporters and basketball experts who are the best at falling into the well will naturally not be idle, and have written articles criticizing the poor performance of the Heat team, saying that they have lost the momentum and ability of being a strong team, and there is no tactics and rules in the offense, which will only allow Wade and Bosh to play themselves. Some media even believe that Addison's short appearance in these two games is due to his conflict with the management, and Spoelstra is deliberately hiding him......

"There are really people in this world with a low IQ to what extent......" Addison couldn't help but complain after seeing the news that he thought he had a conflict with the management, and now reporters really write whatever they think is eye-catching, which team have you ever seen hide the main players in the preseason because of the conflict...... As long as there are still brains, the uniform team will not expose the contradictions before the regular season has even begun, especially the contradictions with the core players, and no more hawkish coach will be so arbitrary and impulsive.

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On October 12, the Heat returned to their home court to continue their preseason schedule, but this time they couldn't play dead if they wanted to. The Miamins will face the San Antonio Spurs, a team that is better at playing dead in the preseason than anyone else.

The Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs last season, and the painful management made a completely non-Spurs-style decision in the summer, signing a four-year, $84 million max contract with LaMarcus, who had just become a free agent. Aldridge signed. Now they have Aldridge and Thiem on the inside. Duncan is a formidable duo with insanely progressive Kowye on the outside. Leonard and the still-sharp Tony. Parker and Manu. Ginobili, plus Danny. Green, Patrick. Mills and other excellent role players can see the meaning of their comeback.

However, the Spurs, who have such a strong lineup, are still 'playing dead' in the preseason under the steady control of Popovich, and they lost the first two games like the Heat. The top leaders of the alliance led by Xiao Hua were almost angry with Popovich. You must know that preseason games are also a key schedule to earn commercial profits, and fans who have not watched the NBA for a summer will definitely pay a lot of money to satisfy their emptiness, especially in preseason games held outside the United States.

Fans who are familiar with the Spurs' preseason habits will rarely pay attention to the games in the Holy City during this time, coupled with Popovich's warm and stable operation of the teams...... He even took a break from Kowie in his last preseason game. Leonard, on the grounds that Leonard had previously eaten unclean sushi that caused inflammation of the stomach and had a low-grade fever......

Spoelstra is still too young compared to this old-timer who is playing dead, and he still needs to use these games to help Wade and Bosh get back into shape. Judging from the Spurs' roster for this game, Popovich has no rotation players at least tonight, Aldridge, Duncan, Leonard, Danny. Green and Tony. All five Parker players are in the starting lineup.

"Add, how about you play more time in this game?" Spoelstra asked Addison before the game.

"I listen to you completely, sir." Addison shrugged his shoulders indifferently, for him it made no difference whether he played five minutes or thirty-five minutes in the preseason. However, the Spurs are a team he is very interested in, and it seems good to play with them for a while.

"I want to see how Popovich adjusts the Spurs' defensive system, Tim. Duncan and LaMarcus. Aldridge's two traditional-leaning interior players are not easy to defend well in this day and age...... While these two guys should be pretty effective at protecting the basket, I'd love to see how they handle pick-and-rolls and pull-out cuts. Spoelstra explained that as the league moves more toward small-ball mode, it's rare to stock up on two big men who are at least 6'11" tall and don't move much at foot speed on the inside. If Popovich dares to form such an interior configuration, it proves that he definitely has a way to get Duncan and Aldridge to defend well, which is what Spoelstra cares about the most.

"With all due respect, sir, to Greg. Popovich's style, I suspect he won't show you much of an offensive and defensive play-making arrangement in the preseason. Addison pointed out to the head coach with a nonchalant expression, "And Aldridge has just joined the Spurs, so it's hard to say how far he can execute the tactics." ”

"Of course I know that, and what I need is not obvious tactical performance...... Spoelstra raised an eyebrow, "I just need to see a little bit of a trend, and that's enough for me to deduce their tactical strategy." ”