Chapter Seventy-Five: The Championship Is Coming

The Miami Heat are here!

This will be a rare opportunity for all the fans at the United Center arena to give James, Wade, Bosh and others a feel for their "enthusiasm".

Of course, this "enthusiasm" will be endless boos and sarcasm.

Since James made the "decision" in 2010, the Heat have suddenly become a public enemy of the league. Every team that plays against them will try to cause them some trouble, and the Bulls are no exception.

Now in the East, Kaizi is old (including the departure of Ray Allen), New York, and the Pacers are still young. Only the Bulls can challenge the Heat's dominance in the East.

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Miami won the title last season, so defending their title this season is a natural goal. In the offseason, the Heat managed to strengthen the roster. They successfully poached the three-point sharpshooter Ray Allen from the sworn enemy Celtics, and signed the strength of the inside line "Birdman" Anderson at a small price. Battier, Norris. Cole, Miller, Lewis...... The Heat have a roster this season that is better than last season.

James, the core of the team, is in good shape, and in addition to winning the first championship of his career last season, he also won the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP, basically establishing the status of the first person in the league today.

So far in the regular season, under the leadership of his average of 28.9 points, 8.7 assists and 7.2 rebounds per game, the Heat has a record of 6 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the East, and the momentum can be described as positive!

And Wade, the other core of the team, is obviously not as good as the previous season due to injuries. However, in terms of ability, Wade's ability at critical moments is definitely above James. Remember the first season of the Big Three teaming up? In the playoffs that year, every time it came to a critical moment, the Heat handled the ball with Wade.

So far, Wade has averaged 20.1 points, 4.7 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game, a new low in recent seasons. Of course, injuries are one thing, and the other is Wade's initiative to make Xian. In public, Wade has said more than once that "James is the leader of the team".

Whether it is Wade who is high or bright, or whether he takes the initiative to show weakness, Wade no longer needs to prove anything. As the first person in the 03 generation to win the championship, he has enough capital to fight for something! “This-is-my-house!” When it resounded through the American Airlines Center, it was so heroic.

Now, age and injuries are gradually dragging him down. However, he will not be a burden to the team, instead, he will step up when the team needs it most, just like in the previous game against the Pacers, wasn't it his quasi-shutout that put the Heat in danger?

Bosh, the former dragon king, is now the third master. Of the three, he is basically the most criticized, but the importance of Bosh to the Heat lineup is unknown to many people. He is the heart of the team's interior offense, and at the same time, he is also the heart of the team's interior defense.

He was born in the No. 4 position, and when he arrived at the Heat, many times he had to go to the No. 5 position and carry it with those strong men who were a lap bigger than him. It is precisely because of him that the Heat's interior line will not become a colander.

18.1 points and 8.8 rebounds, it is still not easy to get such data in such a team

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As far as the Heat's tactical style is concerned, one inside, four outside, or five outside is their attempt to subvert basketball. And the success of last season has made them even more confident in this style of play.

"God Operator" Pat. Riley once boldly predicted, "In the future, on the basketball court, there will be five swing people who are about 6 feet 8 inches tall playing together!" ”

Today, this philosophy is being realized by his protégé Spoelstra. Last season, when it came to key moments in the game, the Heat used the most lineups: Wade, Miller, Battier, James and Bosh. Sometimes even: Chalmers, Wade, Miller, Battier and James.

This season, the Heat are looking for people according to this philosophy, Ray Allen, Anderson, Lewis, aren't these the best choices for playing a small lineup! With such chips in hand, the Heat's lineup will be more varied and unfathomable.

Of course, no matter how good a team is, they will have their own destiny. For the Heat, their biggest goal is their lack of interior strength. Even though they have Bosh, they have the Ha team, they have Anderson. However, their capabilities are limited after all. If they meet teams like the Grizzlies and Spurs, are they still completely sure?

In the case of their previous game against the Indiana Pacers, although they won the game, the Heat were always pressed and beaten throughout the game. In the game, the Heat lost 15 rebounds. They let the Pacers' "Black Yaoming" Hibbert cut a super double-double of 28 points and 17 rebounds, and almost single-handedly pulled the Heat off the horse!

In addition to Hibbert, the Pacers' West and Hansblue also stirred up the Heat's interior line.

Take last season's Heat Finals as an example, their opponent is fortunately the Thunder, if this opponent is replaced by the Spurs, who are veteran at the time, can the Heat still win so easily?

The Thunder are always the same as the Heat, an outside team, and their interior players of Ibaka, Perkins and Collison are all strong in defense and weak in offense. So, they didn't cause much trouble for the Heat's interior line, which made the Heat focus all their attention on dealing with Durant and Westbrook.

Therefore, against the Heat, the Bulls still have a chance to win, at least their interior strength is better.

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In order to match their team, Bulls fans did not hesitate to boo their players the moment they entered the court. Not only the players, but even the Heat's coaching staff couldn't escape.

There are also some fans holding up the classic photo of James crying, with the dialogue, "I was taught so badly!" ”

Anyway, as long as it can make the Heat uncomfortable, the Bulls fans will do anything to do it, because there are so many miracle nights witnessed in this arena, and they have a reason to show their arrogant side to the visiting team here, and let them know that you can't go wild here!

Starting line-ups----

Bulls: Point guard Hinrich, shooting guard Sun Xiaotian, small forward Luhr Deng, power forward Boozer, center Noah.

Heat: Point guard Chalmers, shooting guard Wade, small forward James, power forward Bosh, center Haslem.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out!