Chapter 356: First Defeat

Francis Leonard has been spending more and more time in Sacramento recently, which has made him criticized by many group insiders to a certain extent, especially some of the original Francis competitors, who ignored the weakest Francis in the competition for control of the Leonard family's property, and were finally overturned, so even if they can't get Francis out of office, they have some visionless intentions to disgust Francis.

But now Francis really doesn't care about these, the first point is that he handled all the things of the group company very well, after Francis came to power, the group company began to gradually get rid of some of the old energy industry and mineral industry that fell into turmoil, and concentrated funds to invest in the new energy industry and the Internet industry, the layout of the group industry went smoothly, although there were also some problems, but now the trend of the group is improving, which is something that the vast majority of group shareholders are willing to see.

With this good foundation, Francis's own small business will not be valued by other shareholders, as long as they have profits and a good prospect, nothing else matters.

Secondly, now the Runners are an instant hit in the league, Francis has become a very far-sighted and far-sighted team owner in the eyes of many people, and he himself is happy to sit in Sau-Sau, enjoy the praise of the fans and the media here, and these are the things that Francis likes to see and hear the most, and he is gradually realizing his dream.

After three wins in a row, the Sacramento Runners have become the most talked-about team in the league right now, with an average age of just over twenty-three years old playing an extremely unrestrained game, which has not only brought them good results, but also extremely important ratings.

After the third game against the Eastern Pacers was broadcast live across the United States, many North American fans were already attracted to the Runners' style of play.

It has to be said that the tactics prevailing in the league are indeed too conservative, and all teams that aim to win the championship are blindly defensive first, and they even do not hesitate to reduce the team's offensive and defensive rhythm in order to defend, because only in this way can the efficiency of defense be maximized.

But this kind of game is really too dull, several strong teams with good results and the full support of local fans, and many teams that are not very good and blindly want to defend have now fallen into a situation of declining football market, their attendance rate in key games is not up to 60%, and many stadiums are operating in debt.

The league's top brass also has mixed opinions on this situation, with some suggesting that they should develop a few more superstars on the inside, and then rely on publicity and hype about the feud between the superstars to increase the overall attention of the league.

There are also suggestions to be more simple, suppressing the over-reliance of teams on the inside, improving the role of outside players, and superheating the superstars on the outside, so as to attract more fans to get involved.

However, now the strong rise of the Runners has given the league a new idea, no matter how those commentators and so-called professionals resist the Runners' style of play, at least in the league's view, the Runners' style of play can attract audiences, which is enough, and as for those who say that the Runners' style of play is slowing down the development of basketball, the league is also very clear about the way, these guys are basically raised by the strong teams in the league, and they are definitely unwilling to have more strong teams to share the interests as vested interests.

With the Runners as a ready-made example, the league has begun to discuss whether to use the rules change to try to weaken the role of the interior and increase the role of the outside star next season.

At this point, the Runners, who were about to experience the second away game in three away games after two home games, were in big trouble in Miami.

As the Miami Heat who hated the Finals last season, their strength is undoubted, like many teams in the league, the Miami Heat is also an inside-based team, but their style of play tends to be more of a combination of inside and outside, their outside rookie last season Dwyane Wall rose strongly last season, you know, Dwyane Wall was selected by the Miami Heat in the first round of the 25th place, and as a rookie in the same class of Turgon, Dwyane Wall relied on his outstanding performance to win last season's Rookie of the Year.

Dwyane Wall's luck is much better than that of Turgon, although he was a rookie who was drafted by the Heat at the end of the first round, but as soon as he joined the team, the team's starting point guard was reimbursed due to injury, and the half-year recovery period meant that this guy was almost out of action this season.

The Heat, who didn't pay much attention to the outside, had to let rookie Dwynn start, but he didn't expect it to be out of control, Dwyane Wall not only helped the Heat become the first in the East in the regular season, but even in the playoffs, Dwyane Wall stepped up many times to help the team win.

However, after the start of the season, the relationship between Dwyane Wall and the team's boss Mike Douglas deteriorated, and Mike Douglas as a super center was unwilling to be challenged by a rookie.

The Heat have won just one of their first three games because of the disagreement, which doesn't fit in with their status as the first in the East last season.

And young Dwyane Wall wants to prove that even his own is enough to take the Heat to the top.

So when the Runners came to Miami to take on the Heat, who were in turmoil, they met a hot breeder, Dwyane Wall.

Runners star Blair Bowman is the undisputed king of the league's No. 2 and No. 3 positions, and his power play has left many teams helpless, and then this time he met his opponent, and young Dwyane Wall maximized his speed advantage, almost single-handedly overthrowing the Runners' perimeter defense.

Blair Bowman played less than five minutes in the first quarter and committed two fouls, while Defensively minded Toby Sevich was also sent off by Dwyan.

Offensively, Turgun was specifically targeted by the Heat, and Dwyane Wall teamed up with point guard Seedorf to seal Turgon.

Salish was stuck in singles, the whole team of runners was completely divided, and even an effective attack could not be organized, let alone out of rhythm.

Wang Lei has no good way to face this situation, he is not a universal system, and the tacit understanding between players is not enough to deal with such an unexpected situation.

106-91, the rising Runners suffered a blow in Miami.