The strongest bishop in the NBA

Chapter 199 Who doesn't eat dumplings during Chinese New Year?

For the Heat, Wang Xiao can be said to be extremely despised strategically, but tactically, the Heat are his most important opponents. The team is undoubtedly the top team in today's league.

Although the Big Three have been ridiculed by many people for four years and two championships at the peak of the Big Three, but that does not conceal the success of the Big Three of the Heat.

You know, in the entire NBA history, there are only a few teams that have won three consecutive championships and established a dynasty.

The Lakers in the ancient times in the 50s, the eight consecutive Celtics led by Cardinal Auerbach and Lord of the Rings Russell, the two three-peat Bulls led by the basketball god Jordan, and Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe led the Celtics. Lakers.

In addition, there is no team that has won three consecutive championships.

From this point of view, the Heat's Big Three's two championships in four years can already be counted as one of the most successful achievements in modern teams. After the Lakers' three consecutive championships, only Kobe's is the only one of all teams after the 21st century. The Lakers have won two consecutive championships, the rising star Warriors have won three championships in four years, and the Spurs have carried out Duncan's entire career and won a total of five championships.

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Wang Xiao's Wizards can be regarded as the team that has studied the Heat the most in the league. Throughout the regular season, the team, from the head coach to every player, has watched the Heat's game tapes countless times. Almost one of the 82 games Not to fall, but also to analyze the Heat's tactics after watching, as well as the technical characteristics and habits of each player.

It can be said that almost half of the Wizards' regular season attention is on the Heat.

So far in the playoffs, the Wizards have experienced three opponents, the Knicks, the Celtics and the Heat, but even if the Wizards study and analyze the combined tactical time of the Knicks and the Celtics, it is not as good as analyzing the Heat Team tactics consume a lot of time.

To put it bluntly, the Wizards can be counted among the 30 teams in the league, except for the Heat themselves, the team that is most familiar with the Heat.

It is precisely because a lot of time was spent studying and thinking about how to deal with the Heat that when the two teams met, the Wizards played so well.

After the end of the first series between the two teams, many Wizards players even felt that the Heat seemed to be better than the Celtics. At least the process of the game was not so difficult, especially against the Celtics. In the next few games, the Wizards' usual fast-paced games could not be played at all. They could only rely on George's stable mid-range shots to score bit by bit. In the end, the team scored only about [-] points in a game.

Of course, everyone knows that this is just the beginning, and the Heat's Big Three will never sit back and watch the team wait to die.

Sure enough, on May 5, in the second game of the series between the two sides, the Heat proved their determination with a tough performance.

At 121:118, the Heat won their first win against the Wizards since the formation of the Big Three at the home court of the Wizards.

After the whole game, James scored a triple-double of 31 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. Wade even scored 41 points. Coupled with Bosh's 24 points, only the Big Three scored 96 points!

The Heat also relied on the supernatural performance of the Big Three to win the second game of the series.

For the Wizards, Curry's 28 points were the highest scorer, followed by George's 25 points, Jamison's 17 points, Butler's 13 points... Someone may have noticed that Harden's name is not among them .

Indeed, Harden played 33 minutes in this game, took 11 shots, made 3 hits, and scored only 9 points including free throws. Although he also sent 6 assists, he committed 4 fouls.

Compared with the efficient performance in the last game, it was more than a notch.

The reason why Harden can play so often is because the Heat shifted the focus of defense from Curry to him.

Facts have proved that Curry cannot be defended without an excellent defensive player like Rondo. Curry can not only play offense with the ball, but also play off the ball. And teammates' pick-and-roll screens to find open shots.

This... Harden can't do it.

Although Wang Xiao also intentionally cultivated Harden's offensive ability off the ball, it is clear that some players' talents are innate.

Harden is destined to be a player who can attack with the ball to be efficient. Let him play off the ball on the court, basically not much different from Danny Green, just stand on the outside flank and wait for the ball to shoot a three-pointer.

So when Harden is on the court, the Wizards basically have the ball in his hands, and even Curry has to give in for it, playing off the court, and the reason why Harden is still playing in the second season The substitute also has a lot to do with this.

After trying to limit Curry ineffectively in the first game, although Spoelstra said a lot after the game that he had to think of ways to limit Curry, but in the second game, he was decisive. He changed his tactics and focused on Harden.

It turns out that dealing with Harden is much easier than dealing with Curry.

Of course, the reason why the Wizards lost the game was that Harden’s poor performance was one aspect, and the Wizards’ failure to limit the performance of the Big Three was another aspect. It was already doomed for the Big Three to score 96 points together. This game is bound to fail.

Once the Wizards lost, the situation immediately changed.

Countless media set up long guns and short guns, and I am looking forward to how Wang Xiao, who was extremely calm when facing the Heat before, will express his position. After all, losing a game at home is definitely not good news for the Wizards. The next two games It will be played at the Miami Heat's home court, and the game will only be more difficult at that time.

However, at the post-match press conference, Wang Xiao remained extremely calm.

"Well, the Heat finally won their first victory against us, congratulations."

This attitude disappointed the long-awaited media reporters. Wang Xiao did not show anger, panic or shame.

"Coach Wang Xiao, didn't you often say that defeating the Heat is as simple as eating and drinking? But in this game, your team lost to the Wizards. Do you have anything to say about it? "

Some reporters were not reconciled and took the initiative to attack.

Looking at this reporter, Wang Xiao was silent for two seconds, and then said: "Uh...have you ever eaten badly?"

reporter:"……"

My special point is to discuss with you the problem of eating a bad stomach or not eating a bad stomach?

Fortunately, Wang Xiaoyou continued to add a sentence.

"In China, there is an old saying, who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. It roughly means that no matter how poor people are, they can still eat a hearty meal during the festival. This principle is also applicable in the NBA. , Even the 72-win Bulls led by Jordan, didn’t they lose 10 games in the regular season?”

(End of this chapter)