Chapter 529: Monument
"Hi, meet again, it's an honor to meet you guys in such a game."
Unlike James Hart, when the Runners arrived in Miami for their final game of the regular season, Miami Heat head coach Claeson and key player Dwyane Wall were enthusiastic about the Runners.
James Hart played only half of the game in which the Runners had 70 wins, which caused James to face a lot of criticism after the game, but the league is not good to say anything about this matter, after all, James Hart is still the best among young players, and the league will not be too harsh on such players.
And the reason why the Heat's attitude is so enthusiastic is because they are now hopeless to catch up with the Celtics in first place, so instead of this, it is better to have a good game with the Runners in the last game of the league, and although the two sides have played each other in the finals last season, they do not have much grudge against each other, so the Heat team showed a generous attitude, and did not feel depressed at all because they would also become the historical background of the Runners.
Claessen was originally a cheerful coach, and he also wanted his players not to be affected by certain factors that caused mental problems.
Now that the regular season is coming to an end and teams are already preparing for the playoffs, Claessen doesn't want to put some mental baggage on his players because of such a game.
Dwyane Wall, on the other hand, was more peaceful, because he had always regarded the Runners as his chaseman, and his beliefs made him have nothing but admiration for the leaders and no other bad feelings.
However, Miami fans are less friendly to the Runners than the Heat's players, and they don't want their team to be the backdrop for other teams to make history.
After beating the Wizards to become the first team in league history to win 70 in the regular season, the Runners did not stop their tracks, instead they broke new records again and again until the final regular season game arrived today.
With this win, the Runners will have their 74th win of the season, which is undoubtedly an unlikely goal for the rest of the league.
All teams know very well how difficult it is to get 70 wins, which is not only a test of the willpower of the players, but also the team spirit and tactical arrangement of the whole team, and any small leak can cause a record to be interrupted, so when the Runners are on a 70-win record, it is undoubtedly a sign of their current ability to sweep the league.
After the start of the game with the Heat, the Runners played relatively relaxed, which was arranged by Wang Lei, but the Heat changed their enthusiastic attitude before the game and played relatively seriously, so at the beginning of the game, the scores between the two sides did not open, and the Runners relied on outside projection to ensure the offense, and the Heat team played more reasonably than last season.
Turgun once again faced Wall, this time Wall was still extremely tightly defended, but Wall found that he could not really limit Turgon's play like last season's finals, especially Turgon's breakthrough was more resolute than last season, and he was more calm than the two meetings this season.
Turgon's physical fitness has always been his biggest flaw, but with the growth of age and Wang Lei's continuous training, Turgun has not suffered so much in confrontation this season, and he can still ensure his offensive efficiency and projection efficiency under the tight package of many teams in the league.
The most important thing is that Turgun has trained seriously for his core strength this season, with the help of Wang Lei, Turgun can not worry about injury, and at the same time, the team has made appropriate rotations after breaking the league's regular season winning streak, so Turgun still maintains excellent physical condition at the end of the season.
So it's impossible for Wall to limit Turgun like he did in last season's Finals.
After the game reached the end of the first quarter, the Runners began to exert their strength, Ervin showed his power on the inside, his skills are not fancy, but they are extremely concise and effective, and every move is extremely tough, which makes the Heat team extremely uncomfortable inside.
This season, the Runners have successfully combined the inside and outside, Irwin has played 82 games without any injury problems, he is growing at a high speed, and it has also given the Runners more options and layers in attack and defense.
In the first quarter, the Runners led the Heat by six points, 37-31.
Both sides rotated in the second quarter, and the Runners' bench players didn't play well after coming on, and they were a little too relaxed today, resulting in a dumb offense, and the Heat took the opportunity to overtake the score.
But when the Runners' starters returned, the Heat couldn't withstand the Runners' strong outside firepower.
Irvin battled for rebounds on the inside, and the Runners were bold from the outside, with Turgon, Salich and Blair all scoring three-pointers, and Stephen Chambers also hitting three-pointers off the bench.
After a wave of three-point rain, the Heat were completely pulled away.
By halftime, the Runners had extended their lead to double digits.
After entering the second half, the Heat tried to set off a counterattack, but Turgun broke into the basket to make a two-and-one, and then substitute point guard Francis came on to steal the Heat's passes, and the difference between the two sides widened to more than 20 points at the end of the third quarter.
The Heat still didn't give up in the fourth quarter, they played extremely tenacious, and even narrowed the gap to 11 points at one point, but then it was Turgun who hit two three-pointers against Wall's defense, and these two three-pointers completely killed the game and made the Heat give up the game directly.
It is not in the fundamental interests of the Heat team to support in the case of no hope of chasing points, and the playoffs are approaching, and no one wants an accident in this game and cause damage to the players.
In the end, the Runners defeated the Heat 111-99 to win the final regular season game of the season, so they erected a monument for the newcomers who did not dare to expect, 74 wins, which was one of the brightest signs of the entire Runners before the league changed the regular season format.