The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 147

"They're just a group of old wolves with loose teeth, no matter how powerful they used to be, they can't bite people to death now."

"The preseason game can't explain any problems. We are a team that wants to pursue a championship. The purpose of the preseason game is to find problems, and we don't need to prove that we can still play."

In the interview with the reporter before the game, Zhang Xiaotian rarely showed hatred.

Although the chance of scoring 20 points against the Nets is not great, Zhang Xiaotian also acted arrogantly with the attitude of not letting go. Competitive sports don't like humble players.

If there were only rewards like cards, he wouldn't work so hard, but any previous rewards that improved attributes were too tempting.

You must know that he is not slack in training now, but it is getting more and more difficult to improve his attributes.

If he wants to become stronger, the higher the basic ability, the better, even more important than skills.

This is also the reason why Zhang Xiaotian has not yet used the victory points he has saved. The training room is still equipped, and with limited victory points, he has chosen difficulty.

In the first game in November, the Heat challenged the Nets away.

The Nets caused a sensation this summer. Through a big deal with the Celtics, they acquired Pierce and Garnett, plus Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams, known as the All-Star lineup , Gamble on the championship.

Why is it a big gamble? The first luxury tax is not explained, and it is far ahead of No.2.

The average annual salary of the first five positions is 1600 million plus, and there are good substitutes, which is also very arrogant.

They killed the Heat twice in the preseason, and the two teams will fight again, so naturally there will be a topic.

Zhang Xiaotian uttered wild words before the game, and was glared at by Garnett when he was warming up on the court.

But Zhang Xiaotian didn't want to irritate this guy. Although Garnett was aging quite badly, and if he played against him, he might really score 20 points, but Zhang Xiaotian was still not that good at playing the [-]th position.

Pierce did not hesitate to fight back against Zhang Xiaotian before the game, but he is not particularly emotional now.

After winning the championship, Pierce lost his breath.

The technology is still there, but the spirit of fighting against James has been lost.

Having won the coveted championship and getting older, Pierce's mentality has long since changed.

So among the famous people Zhang Xiaotian played against last season, Pierce was relatively easy.

This time, he also had a glimmer of expectation in his heart. He started at the third position, which was against Pierce.

Wade also played this time, and the Heat sent the strongest lineup.

The five starting players of the Nets are all big names, but the most threatening to the Heat is actually Brook Lopez, because the Heat will definitely be empty inside if they play a small lineup.

Bosh is not good at the jump ball. He was overwhelmed by Duncan last season, and he will definitely not be able to beat Lopez in the jump now.

The Nets took the lead in attacking, and the ball was handed over to Pierce. The audience also looked forward to seeing how the truth would fix Zhang Xiaotian, an arrogant boy.

Zhang Xiaotian was also fully focused. Last year when he was fighting against Pierce, Pierce was always absent-minded. If he really wanted to fight hard, he was a little nervous. After all, he is a famous person, so it is definitely not easy to guard against an explosion.

Unexpectedly, Pierce did not hit hard, but distributed the ball.

Deron Williams received the ball and scored first. Although Deron Williams is not as sharp as he was in the Jazz, he still has a slight advantage against Chalmers.

For the Heat, Wade was the first to score.

Wade raised his knees for a long season, not to say that he is no longer good, he is one year younger than Joe Johnson, and his strength is still at the level of a first-class guard.

However, it was the Nets who took the lead in controlling the situation. As expected, Lopez became a problem that the Heat could not get around on the defensive end.
It can be said that no one in the Heat can single-handedly defend a traditional insider with solid basic skills like Lopez.

But it is obviously inappropriate to shrink the defense at the beginning. A group of Nets can also shoot three-pointers. The Heat need to confirm the state of everyone.

When the main force is present, the gap between the two sides is not obvious.

As soon as the rotation came up, it was true that the Nets had the advantage. Brac, Kirilenko, Livingston, Jason Terry and others all scored.

On the Heat's side, Ray Allen was closely watched, and he had fewer chances to make phone calls than Zhang Xiaotian.

Things like grievances and grievances in Jianghu seem to cause more hatred than a few words of Zhang Xiaotian.

Fortunately, Wade was unequivocal. In the second quarter, he continued to break through and make kills, catching up the score bit by bit.

The key point is that Lopez was pushed down by them.

Lopez is really good at playing standing up, but he has a fatal weakness that he moves too slowly. The Heat hit the inside continuously. After he is knocked down, the Nets' inside advantage is completely gone.

Brac, who came off the bench, was so-so in success, with basically no defense.

More importantly, Garnett is older than last season, and he can no longer sit inside.

If the strong point inside is beaten down, the Heat will have nothing to fear. Whether it is a three-pointer or a breakthrough from the outside, the Nets can only be called Dad.

At the end of halftime, the two teams were evenly tied.

During the halftime break, the Heat were relieved a lot. The Nets, a local tycoon team, did exactly what Zhang Xiaotian said, their old wolf teeth were no longer sharp.

Garnett couldn't stand James at all, and Pierce couldn't even sit and beat Zhang Xiaotian. You must know that Zhang Xiaotian has no skills, but his strength is very ordinary.

Deron is dead, and the bigger threats are Joe Johnson and Lopez.

Their strategy has not changed, the five players on the field except Bosh are all strengthening their breakthroughs, anyway, first get Lopez down, and then they can do whatever they want.

The Heat's consideration must be correct. James went inside and fouled at the beginning of the second half. Garnett faced James, his pace was too slow, and he could only foul.

If he doesn't foul Lopez, he will foul, which will be more troublesome.

But what the Heat didn't expect was that the Nets followed their tactics.

The Nets strengthened the pick-and-roll in the second half, and when the defense changed, they went inside to kill. Deron, singles Joe and Pierce are all veterans in this regard.

If the Heat want to play their inside line, they must play the Heat's inside line.

Lopez was beaten down by the Heat in 3 minutes, but Bosh soon went down to rest.

Haslem came up to the top for 2 minutes and was knocked down, and then Birdman Anderson came up to the top.

The interior lines of both sides have been beaten one after another, but the difference between the Heat and the Nets is that no one will open up space when Bosh goes down, and they are all blue-collar substitutes inside, unlike the Nets, Brac can play a game on the offensive end. beat.

After James and Wade hit the iron continuously, the Heat's situation suddenly became dangerous.

(End of this chapter)