Woody and the Heat are back in Miami with a 3-1 record.

Playing such a record at the beginning of the game was definitely a surprise for the Heat, who were ranked 12th in the East before the start of the season.

But just four games don't mean much.

The media, which is often slapped in the face, is actually quite afraid of being slapped in the face.

They will write the article here, in case the Heat loses in a row, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

It's better to observe two more games to see if this season's Heat team will become the "dark horse" in the East.

Yesterday there was a big fight.

The first meeting between LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in the '03 class of "peerless double" played on the Cavaliers' home court.

LeBron James' life has been a rough haul lately.

The first game played so well, but the team lost, and the most embarrassing thing was that the post-game media landscape also lost to Woody and Carmelo Anthony.

Especially Anthony, who looks very honest, didn't expect a bad stomach and didn't play well, so he said he didn't play well, what the hell do you say I don't care about the data?

That's when he knew that Carmelo Anthony had changed!

The "bad luck" did not go away.

In the second game of the season, the Cavaliers took on the Suns on the road.

LeBron James continued to play strongly, scoring 21 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal, including 10 backcourt rebounds, with the first "double-double" in his career, leading the Cavaliers to a nine-point deficit to swallow two consecutive losses.

If you say that after this game, his team can still blow two announcements to him on his individual performance.

Then in the third game of the season, the away game against the Trail Blazers, the Cavaliers not only lost by 9 points, but LeBron James himself shot 3 of 12, not to mention the shooting rate of 25%, and only scored 8 points.

He also got 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

But compared with teammate Big Z's 21 points and Ricky Davis's 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, his data is somewhat lagging behind.

On the other hand, Carmelo Anthony, except for the first game, which was a little worse than the Spurs' statistics, in the other games, he scored 18 points and 9 rebounds against the Rockets; He scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists against the Sacramento Kings, and the Nuggets also had a very beautiful record of 2 wins and 1 loss!

It can be said that in all aspects, LeBron James is extremely embarrassed.

In such a situation, he is undoubtedly the more urgent one.

It's a pity that in the end, the Nuggets, who were still playing away in this game, won the victory by 4 points and rewrote their record to 3-1, while the Cavaliers were happy to start with 4 consecutive defeats, and a win was hard to find!

The coaching staff on both sides have a very clear idea of the arrangement of this game, which is not to let Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James have a good time.

Judging by the data of the whole field, both sides have completed the task:

Carmelo Anthony only scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists after the whole game, shooting only 35.3% from the field!

And LeBron James was even worse, hitting only 3 of 11 shots, shooting 27.3%, he didn't dare to shoot at the end of the game, and scored 7 points in the game, but there were 11 rebounds, but 9 of them were backcourt rebounds.

When Barkley looked at this data, he was puzzled: "A No. 1 position, why do you have so many backcourt rebounds?" ”

The stats were half a pound and eight taels, and the performance was not bad, but the Nuggets won, so Carmelo Anthony showed a "melon-like" smile after the game.

LeBron James is facing growing skepticism.

Especially when Woody has two double-doubles on the game so far, and the popularity continues to rise, there are already media who have watched the excitement and are not a big deal to issue a "soul torture" to the Cavaliers management: "Will you regret that you didn't choose Woody in the first place, but LeBron James!" ”

Jimmy Paxson was so scared that he didn't dare to appear in front of the media for two days.

But the day after the Nuggets won against the Cavaliers, some media outlets suddenly published an article saying "The existence of Ricky Davis hinders the growth of LeBron James!" ”

"LeBron James is a ball-handling player, but he cares too much about Ricky Davis' existence to prevent him from playing the way he normally would, and the Cavaliers management must make a decision whether to send Ricky Davis away for the sake of LeBron James!"

And at this time, a lot of Ricky Davis's previous mess was revealed, such as when he threw a similar news into his own rebound in order to get a "triple-double".

After such a wave of public opinion, the entire Cavaliers team has obviously become a little wrong. In the fifth game of their new season, the opponent is still the Indiana Pacers, the new overlord of the East who have lost 4-0 so far!

A "five-game losing streak" seems to be on the horizon......

At the same time, Woody and the Miami Heat also faced the Phoenix Suns.

Before the game, the American Airlines arena was more crowded.

Woody's answer to why he stopped waging his finger after the block has been sent back to Miami.

Seriously, there is no such thing as the "Top 10 People Who Moved Miami" selection, otherwise, there would be a Woody spot this year.

Such a rookie who can talk, who can stand it?

He treated us so specially, of course we had to come to cheer him on!

Just you, LeBron James, can sell tickets in Cleveland, right?

I heard that the venue was still full?

Then we'll have to put Woody's hand on the board!

This wave, this wave is called "two-way running"!

The basketball atmosphere in Miami is not hot, but there are really many people here, not to mention the 16,000 seats in the American Airlines Arena, even if it doubles, it can fill him in minutes!

When the Suns players came out, there were loud boos from the audience.

The boos were all directed at Xiao Si and Marbury.

Before the game, a reporter asked Xiao Si: "What do you think of the performance of the Chinese rookie?" ”

Xiao Si came directly: "I think his performance is exaggerated!" His performance in the first four games should not have been so hot at all! ”

When Marbury asked him by reporters, "Will you shake down Woody like Yao Ming", he didn't hesitate at all: "Of course, he'd better not give me such a chance, otherwise, he will become a background board in this game!" ”

Marbury is purely nervous, while Xiao Si is somewhat targeted.

Just like he was not convinced that Yao Ming became the "champion" of 02, what made Woody unhappy was that many media called him a "strengthened version of Amare Stoudemire", in fact, as early as before the draft, he noticed Woody, as well as the template given to him by the media, at that time, he held his breath and wanted to give Woody a little color to see.

In this game, he has been pinching his fingers and counting!

When Woody came out, it made the whole stadium boil.

The big screen at the scene also kept flashing close-ups of him, and he was a little more calm and calm than when he stood on this stage on the first day.

He noticed Xiao Si's fierce eyes and Marbury's playful expression, but he didn't show too much-for-tat.

It's not that he's instigated.

Instead, he glanced at the two dazzling tasks on the system panel, for fear that he would accidentally laugh out loud.

It's like Glenn Robinson before spewing trash talk at him.

At first, he was really angry when he heard these trash words, but as soon as the task came, he immediately stopped being angry.

What kind of opponent is this?

Isn't this a "stepping stone" on my way to success?

I'm sending me achievement points!

How can such a "good brother" make Woody angry?

Two tasks, the first task is to play better stats than Xiao Si and reward 5,000 achievement points.

Achievement points are high!

Of course, the task is really difficult......

Xiao Si played 4 games this season, averaging 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game;

Woody played in 4 games, 17 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 blocks;

In addition to the average points per game, Woody's other statistics are better than Xiaosi, but the problem is ......

Woody's weak link now is his scoring!

It's really a team!

If the Heat's rhythm is up, his scoring will be smooth, otherwise it will be difficult, and in the first four games of the new season, he did not score more than 16 points in two games, both of which were because the Heat's offense failed to run.

Tonight, this will also be the key to whether Woody can complete the mission!

There was also a Marbury assignment that Woody simply ignored.

The task required him to rock Marbury on his stomach, and with his "dribbling day", it was impossible to shake him up, but it was somewhat possible to knock him down. So even though the success points are as high as 10,000 points, Woody can only pretend not to see it.

At the beginning of the game, the big screen on the scene gave the starting lineups on both sides:

"On the Heat side: No. 1 Wade, No. 2 Jones, No. 3 Woody, No. 4 Odom, No. 5 Grant;

On the Suns' side: No. 1 Marbury, No. 2 Joe Johnson, No. 3 Leandro Barbossa, No. 4 Marion, No. 5 Amare Stoudemire; ”

The Suns have done a good job of building their team in the past two years, and in the summer of '02 they traded for Joe Johnson, and at the same time selected Amare Stoudemire, both of whom have become the backbone of the current team.

Smalls can contribute "20 plus 10" data per game this season, and Joe Johnson is also very good, averaging 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 4 games this season.

Coupled with Marbury, who averages 20 plus 8 per game, and Marion, who is 20 plus 9 plus 2.5, this team is definitely a bunch of elite soldiers just looking at the data panel.

But since the beginning of the game, they have played 4 games, only won against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and lost the other 3 games.

Head coach Frank Johnson said calmly: "It takes time for the squad to run in, and I can slowly feel that this team is getting better and better!" ”

But the news from Phoenix that the clamor for him to step down is getting louder.

To put it simply, this is a game that cannot be lost for Xiao Si, who has released cruel words, and it is also a game that cannot be lost for him.

As soon as he came up, Xiao Si's momentum was very strong, and he grabbed the first offensive right for the Suns.

Marbury held the ball past half court, and before his teammates were in position, he suddenly stepped towards the inside.

His nickname is "Lone Wolf", but in fact, Marbury's style of play is not unique, his style of play is actually more traditional No. 1 position, and he is good at using his personal ball to break through and find open opportunities for teammates.

In the first 8 seasons of his career, he averaged more than 7.6 assists per game in his season, and more than 8 assists per game in his career!

It's just that the assist-to-turnover ratio is not very good, and the average turnovers per game are around 3.5 all year round.

It may have something to do with his penchant for disrupting wars.

For example, his teammates are not standing up right now, but doesn't that mean that the opponent is not in a good defensive position?

Don't attack now, but when!

Wade let his feint deflect to one side, but Woody on the wing was quick to make up for it, and Marbury skillfully split the ball, but Woody was back in front of him while Barbossa got the ball.

The distance from the high post to the flank is not long, and with Woody's movement speed, the delay is all in one go.

Barbosa is also a rookie this year, but his pick is not comparable to Woody and Wade, who were not selected until the 28th pick in the first round.

Known as the "Brazilian Lightning", he is known for his speed.

But as soon as he started to break through, he forced Woody to force the "brakes" with his rapid lateral movement.

At this time, the problem of his poor vision was also exposed.

It is said that at this time, you have to find your teammates, but because Woody has been entangled, he has no time to observe his teammates with side lights, so he chooses to move forward.

But just as he was accelerating to break through again, Woody suddenly reached out quickly and slapped the ball away from his hand face to face, Barbossa's body involuntarily staggered forward, and the ball that remained in place was grabbed by Woody.

Successful steal!

The audience didn't react at first, and when Woody dribbled and the rest of the Heat followed, they hurriedly cheered.

Barbossa remained where she was.

5 to 4 in the frontcourt.

Woody gave the ball to Odom early.

"PDD" held the ball in the center, unhurried, a beautiful "no look at the pass", straight into Stan Van Gundy, fortunately Jones appeared in this direction in time, held the ball, attracted the wing Joe Johnson put up, pushed the ball with both hands, gave the ball to the basket, steal the fast break opportunity, Woody, also became the end point of this round.

But when he raised his hand to dunk, Marion flew from somewhere, and raised his hand to block it.

“OMG！”

There was an urgent cry from the nearest auditorium.

This fan saw with his own eyes that Marion, who had just been guarding at the three-point line, appeared in front of Woody with a "teleport".

This speed ......

So fast!

Woody immediately changed his move, a pull rod in the air, and when the ball hit the rebound, he landed and jumped up quickly.

"Huh!"

Successful basket and goal.

Now it was Marion's turn to look surprised.

He leaned sideways slightly and glanced at Xiao Si.

Amare's bullet speed was the fastest he'd ever met.

But just now, Woody made a basket, and he felt that Xiao Si couldn't compare.

Xiao Si looked at Woody's operation under the basket, and was also a little stunned.

This bullet velocity ......

Then he noticed the way Marion looked at him!

Hey, what kind of eyes are you looking at?

He felt underestimated!

The question is......

I didn't do anything!

The Heat opened the game 2-0 with Woody's physicality.

"Nice, buddy!" Jones high-fives Woody. He praised Woody's steal. These days of training are paying off.

Steals, like blocks, are more about awareness.

Marbury chose to wait for his teammates to settle this time.

Then he called Xiao Si's blocking.

Shun is Xiao Si's specialty.

Grant followed suit, sticking tightly, but he felt like he had just delayed Marbury, and when he turned around to look for Smalls, the guy was already back in the basket.

People to the ball!

Marbury's high throw was very comfortable, just a little above the basket, and Smalls dunked with both hands.

"Phew!"

With a smooth air connection, the Suns pulled the score back to a 2-2 draw.

Xiao Si gave Woody a defiant look.

Odom has averaged 19 points per game in his last two games, and his ability to break through with the ball that doesn't belong to the No. 4 position allows the Heat to open up the interior space well.

But in this game, he was a little stealthy again.

In the face of the "hacker", his breakthrough is a bit like an "old grandfather" crossing the street.

Fortunately, the east is not bright and the west is bright, the fourth position is okay with the ball and does not move, and there is Wade in the first position!

Facing Marbury, who is "188" tall, Wade has a height and tonnage advantage, which can just give full play to his explosiveness and strength.

"Phew!"

In a solid confrontation, Wade's speed was too fast, Marbury couldn't dodge, his center of gravity shook violently, and Marbury watched Wade break through next to him.

At the free throw line, Xiao Si on the inside made up for it.

This resulted in Grant being completely emptied under the basket.

Don't forget, Marion has been pulled out by Odom.

Xiao Si gave Grant an absolute vacant seat in order to block it!

Even if Grant is just a blue-collar worker with little scoring ability, he can still grasp this kind of scoring opportunity with the ball.

"Phew!"

Marbury and Xiao Si glanced at each other, Johnson looked at this, looked at that, and didn't know which one to blame for a while!

The two sides can also be regarded as finding the weak link on the opposite side, as well as the way to score.

The first quarter ended quickly with a score of 29-27.

Relying on the initial lead, the Heat barely had a 2-point difference.

On the Suns' side, Xiao Si was their absolute "main force" in the first quarter, with 8 points and 3 rebounds!

In the end, it is 5,000 achievement points, which is indeed a bit difficult.

Woody only scored five points after the first quarter, and the number of rebounds was the same as Smalls, with only three, in addition to one steal. In fact, Woody's presence on the defensive end is much stronger than that of Xiaosi, he locked up the same year's show Barbossa, and helped the inside and outside defense well.

By the end of the first quarter, the Suns had shot less than 45% of their shots directly from the field, while the Suns had a shooting percentage of more than 50% in the first quarter!

In the face of Woody's shot, the Suns' success rate decreased by a full 5%!

And the Heat's scoring success rate in the face of Xiao Si is as high as 60%, which is 10% higher than their average shooting rate in this game!

In order to block, Xiao Si continued to leak defense, but instead contributed to the Heat's successful scoring again and again, Grant scored easily three times in the first quarter, and scored 6 points in a single quarter.

In terms of his ability to score 6 points per game, he scored 6 points in a single quarter last time, and I don't know when it happened.

It's a pity that these data can't be intuitively reflected, so just looking at these basic data, Xiao Si has a slight advantage.

Woody is not in a hurry, the Heat have not come up with the "anti-counter tactics" they are best at this game, and when the teams on both offensive and defensive ends enter the rhythm, Woody has room to play.

Again, now he mainly relies on the team to score points.

Stan Van Gundy gave Odom more patience and let him play 10 minutes in the first quarter.

Even if past facts prove that Odom is prone to crotch pulling in the face of those mobile No. 4 positions, and Marion is the top "mobile No. 4", Van Gundy still continues to keep Odom on the field.

Not only did Odom play well in the first two games, but also because the Heat's starting lineup gradually took shape, with Wade at No. 1 and Jones at No. 2, making the Heat's starting lineup lack a player who can organize offense.

Let him play more, but also to run in the lineup and let the starters have more tacit understanding.

But then, when it was time to open the score, the Heat wanted to win this game, and relied on "anti-counter tactics" more than ever, after all, the first quarter had proven that the opposite side was a "big colander" and could not prevent their offense at all.

Now they just need to suppress the opponent's offensive and widen the difference, which can be said to be a matter of minutes.

Wallace came on the pitch and received warm applause from the fans at the scene.

His momentum reminded many Heat fans of the former "soul of the Heat" Mourning.

They love players like that!

Pat Riley only used one substitute No. 2 position in exchange for such a powerful "all-round warrior", they liked it even more!

Woody moved to the No. 4 position to face one of the league's most physical No. 4 positions, "Hacker" Marion!

The Heat's bench is much stronger than the Suns.

So when the starters on both sides returned to the court, the difference had come to 6 points.

Caron Butler was in great shape tonight, scoring five straight points as soon as he came up and went straight to the Suns starter back on the court.

The first offense back belongs to the Suns.

Marbury held the ball to face Wade and called for a pick-and-roll from Smalls, and Wade was well in time for this round. And the quality of the blocking and dismantling given by Xiao Si is not very good. He has the potential to pick and roll, but that ability hasn't been fully exploited yet.

That's why Suns management wants to change head coaches, and they feel that there is more potential in Smalls waiting to be tapped.

Marbury forced himself to go to the basket, and Woody stood on the side of the "three-second zone", but he didn't come in to intercept it, but Marbury was stunned for a moment.

In the end, he made a hand with a heart and a firm basket, and the ball flew out of his hand, but before it flew to the highest point, Woody, who was waiting on the side, slapped the horse and arrived, and slapped the ball out of the bottom line and flew to the hands of the audience on the sidelines.

Domestic CCTV-5 broadcast this game today, and the domestic fans who saw this scene were so happy.

Last season, after Marbury shook Yao Ming, the entire Suns bench laughed, which caused a huge repercussion in China, and a group of people, including Marbury, directly entered the "blacklist" of domestic fans.

They have been waiting for too long to see Marbury in the hands of the Chinese players.

Now Woody has given them a bad breath!

The cheers in the audience were instantly full, and many fans spontaneously stood up, their expressions becoming more and more expectant......

Woody stretched out his hand, but instead of shaking his fingers, he scratched his head and made an expression of "I actually flew your hand so far" at Marbury, which deserved Marbury's diaphragm very lightly.

The atmosphere at the scene was even more hilarious, although it was not the finger shaking they expected, but this celebratory action, coupled with the fact that the director gave Marbury a close-up very sensibly, still made them happy.

Marbury's desire to attack became stronger, and he served again, and after he continued to dribble, shaking Wade in place, a skillful crotch dribble broke through and smashed into the three-point line from Wade's side.

The dribbling breakthrough ability of the legendary street golfer in Queens, New York, is fully reflected in this one.

But in this long-standing league, it's one thing to be beautiful, it's another thing to throw the ball in.

Marbury was obviously cowardly, and this time just before the free throw line, he threw a shot, and he didn't mean to go inside at all.

But......

Woody was stunned and pounced in front of him in time.

This Nima!

Marbury instinctively shook his hand in fright, tried his best to flick his fingers that were still sticking to the ball, raised the arc of the ball, and narrowly missed Woody to complete the shot.

"Rebound!"

Woody kept his eyes on the ball, noticed the change in Marbury's hand shape, and felt that with such a difficult shot, Marbury would definitely not be able to score, so he shouted, and he turned around and ran in the direction of the rebound.

When Grant heard his words, he instinctively sank down and stuck Xiao Si firmly behind him, making him unable to move.

After four games with Woody, Brandt is now clear about his position under the basket:

Jam that damn spot and let Woody do the rest!

But on the other side, Marion also rushed in the direction of the rebound.

Averaged 9.5 rebounds per game in 4 games this season!

In the previous three seasons, he averaged more than 9.5 rebounds per game.

This is the "hacker" Marion, who is only 2.01 meters tall, but he has a very good skill in rushing to grab rebounds. often relies on accurate prediction and excellent physical fitness, and stages a good show of "picking melons" on the top of others' heads!

Just look at the reaction of the anxious Smalls to see Marion rushing to the rebound.

Immediately, it was no longer urgent, but pulled out.

It seems that there is no doubt at all about Marion grabbing the rebound.

"Smack!"

The sound of the ball closing sounded two seconds later, and the ball just bounced off the rebound when it was intercepted by a large hand.

Not Marion, though, but Woody!

With a more accurate anticipation of the jump, Woody grabbed the rebound in his hands first.

"Run!"

Then, before Marion could gain a foothold, the Heat had already launched a counterattack amid Woody's shouting.

Suns head coach Johnson stood on the sidelines, watching the Heat's group of "quality monsters" easily complete the counterattack, and couldn't help but mutter:

"These animals!"

The second one is sent.

(End of chapter)