While Hayes and Lopez practiced their low-post offense, as far away as Miami, Derrick Rose and Devin Wade were also playing heads-up.

If Wade and Rose had been on a team in 2010, they might have been difficult to work with. Because the two have a very similar style of play, they are both good at relying on breakthroughs to score, and they shoot from the outside. If a team has two of these outside players, it's hard to distribute the ball.

But with Rose selected by the Heat, it's different.

At the Bulls, Rose was groomed as a core leader, and the head coach wanted him to be a leader, giving him the ball, allowing him to play with the ball and play to his strengths. But on the Heat, the leader is Wade, that's very clear. Now Wade's individual ability is far above Rose, so Rose must change his style of play to help the team to a certain extent.

Wade took advantage of the crossover to get past Rose and scored on a jumper. The two stopped.

"I lost." Rose's eyes showed strength, and even though it was only a heads-up in the team, he didn't want to lose.

After reporting to the Heat, Rose had to go head-to-head with Wade every day, and Rose didn't win a single time. But that didn't affect his mood.

"You've improved." Wade laughed.

Ross is really making rapid progress. In Hayes' previous life, Rose joined the Bulls, and there was no superstar like Wade to practice with. Just as Lopez can learn from Hayes, Rose can learn a lot from Wade.

Wade is also willing to help Rose improve, teaching Rose his tricks and experience. Rose's speed is comparable to Wade's, and the Heat have improved dramatically this year because they have another "Flash". However, Rose's current level cannot be compared to Wade. First of all, there can only be one person with the ball to break through, so Rose is mainly passing the ball when playing. In addition, Rose's shooting is not a strong point, and he needs to improve his three-point shooting ability.

The environment makes people, and now Ross is aiming to dominate the game with passing. He wants to be the type of player Billups is. He wants to be sharper in attack and more solid in defense.

Wiping his sweat with a towel, Rose asked, "What do you think of me and Billups now?" ”

"I think you're better than Billups in terms of breakout, and he's better than him in terms of passing and creativity, but he's more playmaking, he's shooting better than you, he's better at defense, he's physically strong, and he can hold off most of the league's guards. You two have your own strengths, and he has a lot of experience, even I can't compare. It's a good test for you. Wade laughed as he analyzed the strength of Rose and Billups. Only by constantly fighting against strong hostilities can we improve.

"Do we have a chance to win the Bobcats?" Ross asked again. He was very interested in this game because the opponent was a team with Hayes. He regretted that he couldn't match Hayes.

"Of course we have a chance to win, but we have to defend well and they have to have a bad shooting from the outside." Wade shook his head and said, "They're better than last season. The offensive and defensive balance, and it's a terrible balance, and looking at the lineup, we can't compare to them at all. How far we can play depends mainly on the performance of the two of us. ”

Wade's remarks were not presumptuous. The overall strength of the Heat team is far worse than that of the Bobcats. He doesn't think the Heat can compete with the Bobcats this season. If the team wants to get back to being one of the best teams in the league, the team needs to make trades, and Rose has to grow.

On November 2, the Heat challenged Charlotte Bobcats away.

In order to play better in the evening, Lopez also practiced 500 turn-and-shoot shots in the morning. The Bobcats have made adjustments to the lineup, using whatever team they play against.

Van Weaver, Anthony Morrow, George Hill rest. Marc Gasol entered the rotation.

The Heat sent O'Neal away, and the interior strength weakened, with only 203cm Haslem, Francesco Elson, Jamal Magloyle brought in from the free market, and defensive interior Joel Anthony. In order to keep the team's offense going, the Heat switched to a small lineup in Game 1 against the Kings, and Sean Marion was once again at the power forward position, but against the Bobcats, they couldn't do that.

In addition to the changes in the roster, the head coach of the Heat team has also changed, and the god operator Pat Riley voluntarily resigned.

Riley led the Heat to the 2005-06 NBA championship, the first time in the team's history. But last season's poor record by the Heat left Riley exhausted. Last season's 15-67 record was also the worst of Riley's career, and Riley, who was very unhappy with the Heat's bottom-of-the-league record, even left the team at some point to scout players in the NCAA.

The Heat have appointed Eric Spoelstra, 37, who has been assistant coach for the last 13 seasons, as the new head coach of the Heat, making Spoelstra the youngest active NBA head coach.

The biggest disadvantage of the hot team against the Bobcats is undoubtedly height. The Cavaliers are only suffering from the outside, and the Heat are falling behind across the board. There is a clear weakness in the center forward position. Elson isn't the most incompetent in the league, but at least he's in the ranks of the incompetent. New to the summer, Mageloyer was forced to be sidelined for six to eight weeks with a fractured left hand while training. Unlucky, drink cold water and stuff your teeth.

Now the Heat have only two countermeasures, one is to find another center. But nowadays there are very few suitable center forwards, and it is not easy to find. Another way is to tap the potential from within. However, this is not a good solution, and judging from the current roster, the only people who can play the inside bench for the Heat are Joel Anthony, and Rockets veteran Padget...... If such a combination appears, it will make people feel helpless.

In order not to suffer too much in height, the Heat changed the starting lineup: Rose, Wade, Marion, Haslem, Elson.

The Bobcats' starting lineup has also changed from the previous game: Billups, Durant, Gerald Wallace, Hayes, Brook Lopez.

Tactically, D'Antoni didn't start with Lopez. Instead, start with Hayes as the core attack. Whether it's Haslem or Marion, one-on-one can't defend Hayes, and if you don't attack in this case, it's a bit wasteful. Durant is a head taller than Wade, and even if the Flash is strong, the defensive end will inevitably become a hole, and in this case, the weak-side player will not be able to contain Hayes.

If you want to contain Hayes, you can only help defend on the inside, and in this way, Lopez can also get a chance.

Lopez jumped the ball to win, and the Bobcats attacked first.

The formation pulled apart, with Marion keeping an eye on Durant, and Wade facing off against Gerald Wallace. Haslem defends Hayes.

Hayes went to the left low post to ask for the ball, and Haslem was at the back. Hayes receives the ball and leads to the middle. Hayes scored just 13 points in the first game, but that doesn't mean he's less capable of scoring than he was last season. It's just that he puts the passing first.

Hayes headed down the middle lane to attract the bag. He took two small steps into the three-second zone, took the ball with one hand in his right hand and made a hook position, and Elson was drawn smoothly. If Hayes hooks up and shoots, Haslem will have a hard time getting it.

Hayes leaped high and hooked the ball to Lopez on the three-second line.

Elson hurried back to defend Lopez. If Lopez dribbles to the basket to attack, Elson still has the possibility of catching up, but Lopez is not a very passionate player, and he doesn't think of dunking under the basket when he has time. Catch the ball and pull out the jump shot in place! 2 to 0.

"Just keep it that way!" Hayes said back in defense.

Lopez smiled confidently. If it's all those shots, it's so easy to score.

The Heat attack. The Bobcats are still playing 122 joint defense. Outside Durant has his eye on Marion, and Wallace is closely following Wade. Rose dribbled and Billups played against each other.

"Come on! Let me see if you're improving. Billups said. He wanted to wait for Rose to respond, so he waited for the opportunity to break the ball.

However, Rose did not respond, but saw the opportunity to hand the ball to Wade. The Heat's offensive tactics are to give Wade free play.

Wade took the ball and started to break through Wallace, and Lopez made up for it in time to stand under the basket.

I'm much taller than Wade, and I'm sure I'll be able to cover him. Lopez cheered himself up.

'Good height, but bad momentum. That's what Wade said about Lopez. Wade just looked at Lopez's movements and where he was standing, and knew that he was not confident and resolute enough.

Wade held the ball in his right hand, jumped up in one step, and jumped at Lopez. Lopez also jumped, and he was already standing in a position within the reasonable collision zone and had to jump.

Wade relied on the momentum to knock Lopez away, shrank in the air, and withdrew his right hand to pick up the basket with his left hand, and the ball went in, causing a foul on Lopez. After the penalty was added, the score became 2-3.

"Don't care!" Hayes walked up to Lopez and said, "Hold it down, don't foul again." ”

Lopez nodded and ran towards the heat half.

In the backcourt, only Rose was left to follow Billups. Rose was very close, and he wanted to test his strength from Billups. There are a lot of good point guards in the league, but the person Rose values the most is Billups.

During his time as a sparring partner for the Dream 8 team, Rose learned a lot about defense from Billups. In the face of his opponent's probing and feints, Billups rarely falls for it. That's the experience. Billups's numbers aren't stellar, as the philosophical saying goes: the human eye can't be trusted.

Attentive fans will find that several of the league's top point guards are difficult to play at their due level as long as they are on the court with Billups, offensively, he is very good at blocking and dismantling the fast break position, shooting is more accurate, defensively, he has a good height and weight, plus he has a high IQ and fast footwork and defensive skills, comparable to Kidd, he is definitely a great player, and the most powerful thing is that he also has a huge heart, which cannot be described in words as stable.

In the face of Rose's hard defense, Billups still carried the ball steadily through the half. Passed the ball to Wallace, who was moving from the outside.

Wallace also has a height advantage over Wade. However, he did not attack, but strictly implemented the tactical arrangement, and then hung it to Hayes.

Hayes leaned on Haslem, shook his shoulder to the left, and immediately turned to the baseline past Haslem, who slipped from the baseline to the basket and attracted Elson's reinforcement. Elson had to defend the ball or Hayes could easily make a layup. As soon as Elson came up, Hayes immediately sent the ball out with one hand and handed it to Lopez, who had moved to the middle.

Lopez catches the ball and jumps up and hits a one-handed dunk! 4 to 3.

The Heat's interior defense is full of holes.

(To be continued)