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Chapter 935 Miami People Never Fall Behind
Chapter 936 The Miami People Never Fall Behind

In order to maintain the vitality of the lineup, the Heat made the same large-scale rotation as the Knicks.

Louis was up and down three times, and Donovan was up and down three times.

But after the Knicks' three-ups and three-downs, the team's performance is still guaranteed, and the Heat's three-ups and three-downs, the effect is not as good as they thought.

Stockton watched a quarter from the sidelines, and no team other than the Knicks would bench their playmaker against the division's biggest rival.

Stockton didn't sit off the court for a quarter in vain. He basically figured out the characteristics and problems of the Heat.

In the second quarter, the Heat replaced Reggie Lewis, Gaithers and Mahon.

Replaced by rookies Malik Healy, Dale Davis and PJ Brown.

The Heat's rookie ability is there.

They are all "acquaintances" certified by Louis.

However, no matter how powerful a rookie is, it is rare to be fully mature in the first season.

If you want to use rookies, you have to tolerate the shortcomings of rookies' lack of experience.

The Heat's third young master was as clean as a blank sheet of paper in front of Stockton.

In the first defensive round, Stockton easily played a high-low swap tactic, which made the Heat three players unable to react.

From the perspective of the audience, their movements are slow, some people seem to be squirming on the field, not aggressive at all.

Stockton made a layup with a sling pass.

Then, Dumars vented his anger for the little brother, face-to-face on Stockton and hit back the lost point just now.

"Boys, cheer up!" Dumars yelled.

Even Dumars felt that the young man was too negligent just now.

In the second defensive round afterwards, Stockton let his opponent know that the slow reaction in the first round was not because of the players' bad attitude, but simply because they couldn't react.

Reggie Williams runs back to catch the ball, and feints past Petrovic's defense -- which is not something to be happy about, because Petrovic's defense is inherently terrible.

Petrovic loses his defensive position.

Williams accelerated his breakthrough and dropped the shot. Davis reacted a little slower. The basket protection seemed to interfere, but it was actually quite far away.

Ability, age and spirit are all online, strategies and the efforts of individual veterans are not enough to change the status quo of the Heat.

There is an irreparable experience gap in rookie players.

This experience gap is often reflected in off-ball defense.

On some possessions, their man-to-man defense seemed to be working, but off-ball defense went awry.

A great defense, like a great offense, is never a one-man game.Although some extreme teams do exist, with one person supporting the offense and defense of the entire team, the natural flaws of the one-man team, the well-known star Takenori Akagi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, has already told us the answer with his painful lessons in the first and second seasons of high school.

Even if you are really strong enough to support the system alone, if the opponent treats your teammates as air, and your teammates are really just air, it will be too easy to blow up your team.

The Heat's situation is not that bad, but the off-ball defensive ability of the three rookies obviously cannot cope with the Knicks' offensive system.

Even, when both Ewing and Wilson are off the court, the Knicks can still find a player to play alone.

That man was Reggie Williams.

With Williams on the ball and Malik Healy in front of him meeting him with a gladiator stance, what looked like a man-on-man contest might have been the Heat's best chance to turn morale around -- and it turned out brutally.

Healey is a surprise soldier for the Heat to block the Pacers. He has a height of 203cm, a long wingspan, fast movement speed, and is good at single defense. He can just be used to defend Danny Manning.

The confrontation with Williams is actually a test for him.

Williams' singles ability is above average in the league. If you can't even defend him, don't even think about defending Manning.

As a result, Williams ruthlessly tore Healy, already a relatively good defender off the Heat's bench, to shreds.

The Heat are in an environment where one step is wrong and every step is wrong.

The starting game against the Knicks was unfavorable, and he had already lost the initiative. The substitute came up to play more aggressively, but was suppressed by Stockton's IQ.

In a good defensive environment, the aggressive defense of young people headed by Healy will play a role, but the Heat have lost this good environment.

Louis watched them make mistakes one by one, and there was no wave in his heart.

The Heat are too much like the original Knicks.

In the 1986-87 season, the Knicks also played against the Celtics in the first two regular seasons, and they were powerless.

When the Celtics took it seriously in the third game, the Knicks were also beaten ugly.

Today, the Knicks took an attitude towards a strong enemy.

The Heat, the most expensive team in the Eastern Conference, have not yet officially targeted the Knicks. The team they want to blow up is the Pacers.

Louie believes the Heat will get better and better.

Once they get rid of Indiana's demons, the next target should be the Knicks.

After San Shao was knocked out by the Knicks, the Heat responded quickly.

Their response was simple and rude.

Nothing else, just two o'clock.

Dumars singled out Stockton and Petrovic holding the ball and calling for a pick-and-roll without distinction.

From the first quarter to the present, the two still seem to have plenty of physical strength and an active offensive state.

"Sure enough, their strong shooting ability is the magic weapon for Miami."

Louis watched Petrovic's jumper regardless of the space and the environment, and Dumars's one-on-one hit, and his single-handed ability to hit Stockton like a son at will, and he couldn't help but sigh that this team already had everything invisibly.

"Billy wanted a new Knicks," Louie said.

Tomjanovich nodded. "Yes, Miami is like a younger version of New York."

The Heat have sufficient lineup depth, a complete offensive and defensive system, top athletic talent and tactical literacy, and a one-on-one player who ignores defense.

Du and Bi are the core of the Heat.

In the first quarter, because Rodman restricted Petrovic's performance, Dumars was alone.So the Heat were blown away by the Knicks.

Now that Rodman is off, Petrovic begins to show his strength.

Their strong shots, or their ability to attack against the defense, stunned Louis.

This is also one of the capitals for the Heat to wrestle with the alliance powers.

They have a league-leading jumper efficiency, especially the ability to shoot with the ball regardless of the environment.

And their ability to shoot with the ball is very modern.

There is Petrovic for long-range shots with the ball.

There is Dumars in the mid-range ball.

They are just like Curry and Durant of the Warriors dynasty—pocket versions of course—assuming the duties of the team's first serve and second serve respectively, using their magical scoring explosive power and steady mid-range singles to win those stalemate games.

Contemporary people will worry that if a team allocates too many offensive resources on the back line, whether it will make the team unbalanced. The Dubuis combination in Miami proved that the effect of their cooperation is that one plus one is greater than two.

Although there are still many problems to be solved within the Heat, it certainly does not include the offensive positioning compatibility of the two main attackers.

Especially Dumars, both offensive and defensive ends are top notch.

He further proved that mid-range shooting is an irreplaceable offensive method in tough battles.

A game that seemed to be on the verge of collapse, but under the attack of these two men who turned the tide, there was renewed suspense.

At halftime, the Heat trailed the Knicks by 9 points.

In the third quarter, the performance of Ewing and Wilson made the Knicks lead by 14 points.

The third quarter was when Petrovic had the most rest time.

It is difficult for Dumars to continue to output alone. After all, he is from the second position to the first position and needs to take into account the defense.

In order not to consume too much Petrovic, Donovan designed a complex pick-and-roll tactic to keep him from facing Rodman.

This method can only solve the temporary crisis.

Rodman made Petrovic miserable, but he wasn't the only one on the Knicks who could cause trouble.

The Knicks, as the most defensive, brutal, violent -- no matter what kind of positive or neutral adjective you want to add -- team, the team is full of defensive champions.

In the fourth quarter, Wilson came to matchup himself.

The effect is not only no less than that of Rodman, but the impact on Petrovic is far beyond.

Because in addition to defending, Wilson can also respond through offense.

It's a far cry from Rodman's experience of watching the dice roll with every attack.

Louie's design of Rodman and Petrovic's matchup proved to be a skill that affected the overall situation in one step.

From the very beginning, this game has been out of the Heat's control.

Although during the game, they brought back the suspense several times through the offense of Petrovic and Dumars, but in the end, they did not persevere.

In the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, Donovan replaced the main force.

The game officially entered garbage time.

Ridiculously, the fans in the Miami stadium were gone 4/5 of the way before then.

Miami has never been far behind when it comes to ditching the home team.

(End of this chapter)