Wade's comeback battle was actually not very well chosen.

Their opponent tonight is the Timberwolves, who are currently the No. 1 team in the West!

Kevin Garnett has won the "Best of the Month" for consecutive consecutive years, and has been the unified "regular season MVP of this season" in the mouths of major media.

It's only a matter of time before he wins this year's regular season MVP, just as Woody wins this year's "Rookie of the Year."

Such an opponent is really not suitable as an opponent for the "comeback battle".

But the question is......

It's too exaggerated for the Heat to win during this time!

In such a good state, if he could really win against the Timberwolves without him, then his position on the Heat team would be even more embarrassing.

Although he returned from injury last time, Stan Van Gundy put him back in the starting line-up. But if he can win against the Timberwolves, who knows if Stan Van Gundy is willing to trust him so firmly!

So he had to come back.

If he doesn't come back, I'm afraid his name will be absent from the Heat's starting lineup.

It's just that his return also destroyed the chemistry that the team had formed during this time.

In addition, when Woody met Kevin Garnett, who is equivalent to a "strengthened version" of himself, his performance could not be suppressed, but he was restrained by the other party everywhere, which made the Heat's previous strengths lose their past advantages.

The Heat lost this game very cleanly, except for one lead in the first two or three minutes, the rest of the time, they were almost ten points behind the Timberwolves. In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves played a wave of 11-5 "scoring tide" and locked the victory with a 16-point difference.

Woody, the "February Eastern Conference of the Month" in front of the "February Western Conference of the Month", performed much worse, only getting 16 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists and 1 steal.

Not much different from his usual life.

But the shooting percentage fell below 50%!

Kevin Garnett's mobility prevented him from playing to his strengths on the offensive end.

And Kevin Garnett finally scored 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in this game, and the shooting rate was more than 50%!

Woody wasn't too discouraged.

After all, he is facing a strengthened version of himself, not to mention that Kevin Garnett has also ushered in the peak of his career and is the biggest favorite for regular season MVP this season......

In addition, if you really want to trace the root cause of the Heat's defeat and grasp the main reason, it will definitely not be his turn.

Wade, who has just returned, faces the "alien" Cassel, which should be an advantage on the line, and can give full play to his ability to break through with the ball, but as a result, his breakthrough in this game is not too eye-catching, and he is struggling tonight after a long absence from the battlefield, especially when he has to face Kevin Garnett's supplementary defense, it is even more constrained.

He hit just five of his 15 shots......

The number of mistakes is up to 5!

Not only that, but his return has put Odom back in the No. 4 position.

At the same time, it also made Odom's style of play less resolute, always thinking about giving the ball to Wade after holding the ball.

Wade and Woody's blocking and pick-and-roll, this is the Heat's usual core tactic before.

Odom, who doesn't take the ball, really doesn't have an obvious presence on the offensive end.

This is equivalent to losing another main player.

Coupled with Wade's return and Caron Butler's return to the bench, the Heat have one less shooting gun from the perimeter and can't open up better space for the Heat......

Combined, these factors made for a crushing defeat for the Heat tonight.

Wade, who appeared at the post-game press conference with a big cheek, looked embarrassed, and his whole face turned red.

When he didn't come back, the Heat were about to win 10 in a row, and when he came back, the team immediately lost so many points.

This......

Even he knows who the problem is!

It was also at this time that Wade reacted, he just thought about what would happen if the Heat defeated the Timberwolves without him, but he didn't expect that what would happen if the Heat lost to the Timberwolves when he came back......

"I'm not fully adjusted to my best, I must say the reason for this defeat is all on me, I'm going to try to adjust my form, I'm sorry for my teammates......"

In the end, Wade was full of guilt and took the initiative to take the blame for himself.

The next day, Pat Riley looked at Wade's post-game interview and was not surprised.

If it weren't for being so sincere, this wouldn't be Wade!

Such a stupid child, it's good to have met him, otherwise, who wouldn't have been deceived first......

For this defeat, the well-informed "champion coach" who has experienced so many ups and downs will naturally not take it to heart.

Wade's poor performance will not affect his place in Pat Riley's mind.

But in this game, Pat Riley still sees a big problem:

This team has the problem of overlapping core player functions!

Especially in Wade and Odom.

Before Wade's injury, it wasn't obvious, but when he got injured, it was fully reflected.

Odom is also a guy who needs the ball.

can let him hold the ball, and Wade's performance will be affected again.

There has to be a way to solve the coexistence problem between the two of them, or......

A thought crossed Pat Riley's mind:

Keep trading!

Having lost Game 1 in March, the Heat continued with their upcoming schedule.

In the second game of March, the opponent's strength dropped a lot, and they had to face the Atlanta Hawks!

This is currently the team from the bottom of the East, and the Heat didn't have to work hard, and they were eliminated by dividing five by two, avoiding a "two-game losing streak".

Wade's form in this game is clearly much better than in the previous game.

He scored 21 points on 11 shots, in addition to six rebounds and five assists.

This game boosted Wade's self-confidence, and his performance gradually stabilized in the following games, averaging 18.5 points, 6 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.

However, the Heat won and lost during this period, and the overall state was good and bad, but fortunately, after March 10, they caught up with the Nets' record. After they overtook the Nets in mid-March and climbed to second place in the East, Stan Van Gundy began to rotate the Nets according to their win-loss trend.

If the Nets win, he's going to be the best at all; If the Nets lose, then he will also carefully "swing" and start preparing for the playoffs.

Finally, March ended, and in the remaining 13 games, the Heat had a 7-6 record, which was over 50%.

This record is definitely unqualified in the West, and even the Nuggets, who are eighth in the West, have a record of more than 50%!

But in the east, this is the strength that can only be found in the second place in the east......

Woody played 14 games in March, taking one game off in the rotation.

After another month of hard work, Woody's mid-range ability reached 75 points.

Now on the field, his shooting percentage is stable at 40%!

Although the percentage of mid-range shots is still not the percentage of shots taken by projection players. But now, compared to before, there is still a bit of a fluke, and the head coaches of other teams basically default to not being able to let Woody shoot in the open space.

It was only in the second half of the race that he had a certain amount of space in the middle distance.

Because Woody's feel is also susceptible to physical fitness and multiple frame attacks.

In those 14 games, Woody averaged 20.5 points, 13 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.

54% shooting!

As the middle distance becomes more and more stable, coupled with the fact that the schedule enters the second half, the dust gradually settles on the top eight of the East and West, and more teams are starting to fight for a lottery spot in the '04 area, and the opponent is no longer as stabbing as it was before the All-Star weekend.

Woody's points per game also began to stabilize to more than 20 points per game at this time.

In 14 games, he scored more than 20 points in a single game in more than 10 games!

It's not just his performance that is outstanding.

Most of the rookies also crossed the "rookie wall" one after another at this time and played a stronger performance.

Except for Woody.

As mentioned earlier, Wade's performance is getting better and better, and there is part of the reason for this.

LeBron James's average of 22.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6 assists per game has risen to 22.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6 assists since entering March, and the Cavaliers have also won consecutive games under his play, and they have won a total of 8 games in 15 games in March alone.

It is one of the few teams in the East to have a win rate of more than 50%.

This can be regarded as a strange "landscape" of the current alliance.

As the March schedule draws to a close, teams that don't make the playoffs are trying to get a higher "lotto ranking". That is, to lose as much as possible.

As a team that is almost certain to make the playoffs, the Cavaliers are almost the only team in the team that is still trying to win.

At present, they have climbed to the tenth position in the East, and they are still 2 wins away from the ninth place in the East, but there are still about 7 wins from the eighth place in the East, and with 7 games left in the schedule, they have only a theoretical possibility left to tie the eighth place in the East.

It is said that you should not be so "staggered travel", and it is right to win at this time......

The '04 draft is not small!

The top ten in the first round is still very different from the 14th and 14th in the first round!

It's really incomprehensible......

But it gives LeBron's team and ESPN the opportunity to keep building momentum for LeBron James. All kinds of boasting made him dazzled.

As for why they suddenly dared to "kick their noses in the face" after they had died down for so long, the reason is also very simple:

The regular season between the Cavaliers and the Heat this season has all ended, and they can't meet the Heat again.

To say that this LeBron team is also really tricky, they specially contacted the Nike team, and asked them to contact the representative of the Jordan brand, after all, the two are the same, whether it is LeBron or Cameron Anthony, it must be better than Woody!

They want Anthony to talk less about Woody and praise LeBron more, so when he entered the league at that time, this was the "peerless double pride" that shined in the league!

Suddenly, this Carmelo Anthony is on Woody's "thief ship......

It just so happened that recently a reporter from Sports Illustrated asked different rookies about their "best rookies".

Almost all rookies gave the same answer:

Woody!

There is no way, LeBron James was pressed to the ground by him and rubbed, and in terms of leading the team, there is no way not to be surprised.

Now everyone knows that Wade is a "head", with him or not, the Heat can play a strong performance as long as Woody is the core.

Wrong......

With Wade, it's really better to have no Wade!

What a comparison!

However, when interviewing the "Three Heavenly Pride", they changed the question.

"Woody, who do you think is the best rookie this season besides you?"

Woody subconsciously wanted to say himself, but before he could open his mouth, his brain filtered the problem...... Oh, removed me......

Then ......

"Cameron!" Woody gave this answer.

He was the first of the "Three Heavenly Pride" to be asked.

When his answer reached Denver, Cameron Anthony called it a surprise. Because he thought Woody would pick LeBron James. Although this guy's record with the team is not very good.

But his stats are really good.

After working hard in March, his average data has come to 20 plus 5 plus 5 per game, in the words of their team, "the first person after Michael Jordan"!

And he and Woody are former high school teammates. The relationship between the two is still so "good"!

Unexpectedly, Woody didn't choose LeBron, but actually chose him.

So what else is there to say!?

"My answer, of course, is Woody!" Carmelo Anthony had a warm current in his heart, and he forgot what his agent had explained to him at that time, and he was stunned for a moment before he remembered to remedy it:

"LeBron is of course a very good player, we were called the best high school boys, we had a good friendship in high school, but ...... I don't think I can give any other answer to this question, the Heat's record, and Woody's individual performance, everything is so perfect, he's the best rookie I've ever seen! ”

"Make-up" and "make-up", this guy stepped on LeBron again.

When LeBron heard this, he called out "good guys".

I don't know, I thought you were Woody's high school teammate!

Am I part of our play?

Yes!

LeBron James was so angry that he wanted to skip the topic directly, but he finally hesitated and said, "me! ”

In the reporter's puzzled gaze, he said: "In the topic of best rookie, I can't be removed, Woody and Cameron have had a lot of difficulties, they have overcome it well, but we are not in the same situation, their team has not suffered such a big trade change, in this situation, I think I gave the best performance, so no matter what the situation, I think I am the best rookie!" I won't make any changes to that! ”

(End of chapter)