Woody's stats for this game are frozen:

A team-high 18 shots, hitting 10 of them for a 56% shooting percentage!

Adding 5-of-6 free throws, Woody scored 25 points in the first game of the new season.

He also grabbed 13 rebounds, including five in the frontcourt.

Up to 6 assists!

Four of the six passes were to Shaq O'Neal, and it was a similar situation, with Woody pouting Kevin Garnett and completing the pass against the interior defense.

"If the Heat's outside shooting could be a little more accurate tonight, Woody would definitely have more than eight assists."

Barkley felt sorry for Woody because his pass to the outside was actually really good, but the Heat were outside the three-point line tonight:

Alston made 1 of 4 shots.

Jones only made 1 of 5 shots.

"It's definitely not their normal state"

Last season, Jones and Alston were certainly higher than this secretary when they performed beyond the three-point line.

That means the Heat can be even better.

This is really scary!

"You must know that the Timberwolves were the first in the West last season, but the Heat won this game by 16 points!"

Even if the Timberwolves can't play last season's form, this Heat team, which can still rise in form, can win so many points against them now, and they will be able to win more points in the future, which is definitely the level of the league's top giants!

Of course, there is no good news and no bad news......

"Woody's ability to hold the ball is the biggest variable for the Heat tonight, and you can see that the Timberwolves are obviously unprepared for this, and they haven't found a good way to solve Woody's ball-handling. Whether this will be the case every night will take time to test! ”

Every ball handler, whether their ability is enough to support them in this league, needs to be tested by such a process, which is not underestimated, but rational thinking.

Bill Wharton's thinking has always been rational, and the opposite of him...... For example, Charles Barkley is repeating Woody's stats over and over again at the moment, and he is so excited that his whole face is fluttering:

This is Woody, who has the ability to hold the ball, with 25 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks! Extremely all-round, seriously, I even feel that Woody will become the all-around king of this era, the monster who averages a triple-double per game for another season after Big O! ”

After the game, the spotlight above Woody's head was also the most dazzling, and all the reporters were frantically pressing the shutter to record Woody at this moment.

If he had already made the media feel like he was going to be a superstar at the end of last season, now he has really shown the journalists his potential to become a historic star!

A guy whose ability to grab the board is comparable to Rodman, who won the "rebounding king" as soon as he debuted, and a guy whose ability to play back has increased rapidly, making people see the younger and taller Barkley.

With such a combination, you tell me he won't become a historical star?

The key is......

He's only 19 years old!

In his second season of career, he had a big surprise:

I thought that his stronger body was the biggest surprise he brought to everyone this summer.

But I didn't expect that the bigger surprise was in the opening match of the game!

When Woody singled Kevin Garnett with the ball and scored the ball, the shaking of the arena can be said to shake the whole of Miami......

Witness greatness!

That's what all Miamians who came to the present thought at the same time.

Until this moment, they officially determined that their No. 5 pick in the first round of '03 would be the biggest "pearl" in the history of the Heat!

Not only did they confirm it, but the next morning, the headlines in the media also confirmed the matter:

"Infinite back play, when Woody starts holding the ball, all the doubts about him, it's time to stop!"

"Evolve again, only the sky is his limit!"

"25 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists to 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists Kevin Garnett, this man brought an explosive turn in one summer!"

……

Whether or not Woody can develop his ability to handle the ball has always been his biggest risk.

So much so that he dropped to the fifth pick in the first round of the '03 draft.

But let this risk disappear, re-examine his talent, it is definitely the top level.

Fans of the teams that had the opportunity to draft Woody are starting to regret their choice.

Cleveland and Denver fans are okay, after all, they drafted Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James, and in terms of performance, they haven't even seen the taillights

Detroit fans and Toronto fans are a little uneasy.

The Raptors played their opener before the Heat, 100-109, and they lost to the Golden State Warriors, who reorganized this season, and Chris Bosh, who entered the second season of his career, showed a noticeable improvement, with 17 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.

It's like "Little Garnett" as the name suggests.

But Woody just cleaned up the genuine Garnett, and you told me that this was "Little Garnett", and they also... Can't get excited.

Pistons fans are even worse.

Chris Bosh is still a "little Garnett" anyway.

What about this on their side?

Tomjanovic talked about the Pistons lineup for the new season at a press conference for the new season, saying that he would keep the starting lineup from last season.

There's nothing wrong with that, after all, this lineup has won the championship and is in its prime.

"I hope he can be the sixth man on this team and support the bench rotation of this squad......"

This is what he said about Milicic.

Oku left the Pistons this summer, causing the Pistons' bench to drop significantly.

Someone is urgently needed to step up from the bench at this time.

In addition, Milicic was delayed for so much time last season, and he didn't exercise at all, so it's better for him to do it step by step at this time, step by step, and lay a solid foundation first.

So Tom's arrangement, absolutely no problem.

But Milicic was not pleased, and heard that there had been an alcoholic incident that night.

This made Pistons fans' expectations for his new season drop to the lowest point at that time. Now Woody's first game brought such a big surprise, which made them can't help but say at the time:

Damn Larry Brown!

If it weren't for him, how could we miss a phenomenal newcomer like Woody?

They were unhappy, and LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were even more nervous about the upcoming opener.

Woody's first game showed how much he improved in the summer, taking his ceiling to another level.

Their debut......

Naturally, we have to surprise this alliance!

But, can you?

LeBron James looks at his body that is more toned than before...... That's all he got this summer, to be honest, the changes are quite big, but compared to Woody, his size has not changed much, which is why the outside world has not been as big as Woody since the start of the new season.

Now, Woody has taken out the "back hitting" skill again, so what can he bring?

He thought about it for a long time, and he could only play a more versatile statistic!

The news about the Heat didn't stop as the Heat entered a game-free day, and the key is that there are too many things to say about this team:

Woody made a dazzling debut, Wade also performed well, with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, and his linkage with Shaq O'Neal was also a highlight of the Heat's game.

Shaq O'Neal scored 24 points in this game, which is 1 point less than Woody, and the shooting percentage is as high as 65%!

Just the points that Wade and Woody got by "feeding the ball" to him have exceeded 16 points, and the rest of the time he held the ball and opened up the space to play less than 5 times, which is obviously not the proportion of "Lakers Sharks".

This means that Shaq O'Neal is not on full fire in this game!

Think about it, as this team gets better and better, what kind of combat power can Woody, Wade and O'Neal burst out!

It wasn't until the first game of the Cavaliers of the new season approached that the coverage of this game gradually increased.

Woody's debut was so successful that there was a lot of attention on LeBron James' matchup.

Unfortunately, the Cavaliers faced a tough opponent in their first game, the Pacers, who had seven playoff games against the Pistons last season......

Of course, the Cleveland media can't excuse the Cavaliers from this point of view, because the Heat's opponent in the first game is also very strong, the Timberwolves, the No. 1 in the West last season!

But in the face of such a strong opponent, they played a game that was almost crushing.

After the game, Kevin Garnett "paid off" for his pre-game words: "I must admit that my words are biased, this team needs not only Shaq O'Neal, but also Woody!" ”

It should be said or not, although the signature skill of "Iron Tough Guy" is the "Iron Jumper", Kevin Garnett has always done a good job in making mistakes and getting beaten.

It was also last season's regular season MVP who softened, which increased the gold content of Woody's strong performance.

Now it's LeBron James' turn, not to mention, it's also a tough bone, Artest, who snatched the "Best Defensive Player Award" from Ben Wallace last season, is the opponent he will face this time.

Be sure to play well!

Be sure to play well!

LeBron James looked fierce before the game and made up some kind of determination.

It is worth mentioning that before the game, there was a "slot" that made the Miami media can't help but complain, LeBron James ran to the technical table, found a small bottle of magnesium powder, held it in his hand, and then raised his hands directly.

This domineering scene made the audience cheer again and again.

But the Miami media couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't this Woody's action?" ”

For these voices, LeBron James's approach is:

I can pretend not to hear!

In the summer, he occasionally saw Woody doing this action on video, and once again felt that this action was really too domineering and suitable for him. So in the end he decided to do it anyway.

What happened to Woody? If he has done it, can't others do it?

He doesn't do this very often!

Once I do, I'm sure I'll do it every game!

His team couldn't resist him, but finally decided that, depending on his temperament, the Goodman brothers really had a feeling:

The child is too old to control it!

At the time of this action, LeBron James was still very happy.

He finally made this heart-to-heart action, and he believed that he must be very handsome in the camera!

But when this action was done, he suddenly felt an indescribable nervousness.

After Woody's moves, if you can't play well......

The nervousness made him eat a "big hat" at the beginning.

O'Neal Jr. came out from the side, and the ball went straight out of bounds.

But then, LeBron James is playing better and better.

I don't know if Artest, last season's "best defensive player", was not sensitive to rule changes, and he received the first foul of the game from the beginning of the game.

Halfway through the first quarter, he immediately received a second foul.

The foul had Rick Carlisle yelling at Artest. As a result, Artest became a little constrained. LeBron James scored eight points in the first quarter.

In addition, with the departure of Boozer, the Cavaliers have also officially determined the "inside and outside combination" with LeBron James and Big Z as the core.

LeBron James's breakthrough shot gave Big Z a lot of opportunities to score under the basket.

But even so, after the first quarter, the Pacers still led by five points and entered the second quarter 26-21.

Two fouls limited Artest's strength on the defensive end, but he was also able to use brute force to get straight inside on the offensive end. He didn't guard against LeBron James, but the same LeBron didn't stop him either.

However, LeBron James foul control was better, and in the face of Artest's performance of scoring 8 points in a single quarter, he was stunned that he did not have a single foul.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Da Z continued to exert his strength, constantly throwing himself on the inside line and stealing to create damage.

He grabbed three offensive rebounds in the quarter alone.

The Cavaliers' score also completed the overtake at this time.

The Cavaliers won ten points in a single quarter, but unfortunately in the second half, the Pacers' shooting was combined, and many people in the team "blossomed" and played an "attack wave".

In the end, the game was over, 107-103, a four-point difference, and the Pacers won the home court of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers unfortunately couldn't get off to a good start on their home court.

LeBron James played very well if he only looked at the data, with 28 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, but his average shooting rate was only 42.8% per game!

Compared with him, Artest, who was opposite him, scored 31 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block......

And his shooting percentage is as high as 48.3%!

(End of chapter)