The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 166
Wade is nearly 32 years old, not too old for his age, but his style of play is very taxing on his knees.

After playing the Bobcats, Wade felt a little uncomfortable again. The team has a good record now, and Spoelstra immediately decided to let him rest for a while.

Haslem is also still recovering from injury, the team intends to let Shane Battier start.

The team's combat effectiveness will definitely decline, but the current Heat don't need to fight for temporary gains and losses.

On December 12, the Eastern rival Pistons visited.

Although the Pistons have also operated in the summer, but the style of play is a bit out of the current mainstream, and the previous iron-blooded defense has also been lost, and the results are not satisfactory.

But facing the Heat, they have an absolute inside advantage.

The twin towers of Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe, even if the Heat have a complete lineup, there is no way, let alone they really have no insiders now.

Their rebounds were blown up at the beginning of the game, especially the sophomore named Drummond, whose offensive rebounding ability was simply terrifying.

Bosh had a good time in the last game, but this time he withered again in front of the real insider.

Not to mention the two insiders, Josh Smith, who plays the third position of the Pistons, is actually the type of the fourth position.

If Wade is there, he and James will have a lot of breakthroughs. After all, the overall defense of the Pistons is too bad.

But with James alone, it's not easy to play. He's not stable outside.

Battier, a veteran player, no longer has the ability to attack independently. The Heat have fallen into an offensive drought from the beginning. It would be better to replace Ray Allen in advance.

But without Wade, Zhang Xiaotian also got a lot of offensive opportunities.

He also went all out, anyway, playing in the second position in a dislocation, and for a while his shots were second only to James.

Not to mention the efficiency, at least it can score.

Trailing by 10 points at halftime, they were already trailing by 15 points at the end of the quarter.

At this time, James is also somewhat of a low quality. After all, the Pistons can't defend against the inside. They only have three-pointers from the outside. The Pistons' backup striker Kyle Singler has scored four three-pointers.

But Zhang Xiaotian didn't care about it, and in all kinds of singles with the ball, the ball was not passed to James.

It's not completely reckless, he is indeed an advantage.

The Pistons don't have good defensive players outside, and they still have to stare at James.

If Zhang Xiaotian only made mid-range shots, the big man inside couldn't help defending, so he abruptly scored 20 points, but unfortunately he couldn't stop the Pistons from scoring.

99:107, the Heat's first defeat of the new season appeared.

This result is more or less expected, Wade has a truce, and the opponent's inside line is the type to crush them.

The only consolation is that Zhang Xiaotian has completed [-]/[-] of the champion's pride mission.

It turns out that it's okay to lose, which is really uncontrollable.

However, he still wouldn't sacrifice the basics, and he preferred victory points to completing tasks quickly.

Although they only lost one game this season, Heizi, who had been waiting for their loss for a long time, also danced happily.

There is no frustration within the team, after all, they even set records.

It's just that when they went to an away game against the Bulls, they were judged miserably.

The Heat's rebounds were crushed again, and they lost to the rival Bulls by 20 points.

The Bulls' defense was three grades better than the Pistons'. Zhang Xiaotian didn't score 20 points in a large number of shots, and his shooting percentage was only over [-]%, which was called a big cancer by the outside world.

He only knows about singles, and the idea of ​​playing ugly and destroying the team has been put on his head.

However, with the Heat receiving so much attention, the firepower will definitely not be vented on him alone.

Bosh was scolded miserably every day because he only had 2 rebounds, and his opponent Noah not only killed him with 15 rebounds, but also scored more points than him.

James was the only player with 20 points on the team, and he was still scolded because he only scored 2 points because he was invisible in the final quarter.

As a top team in the league, with a man like James, everything about the team is put under a magnifying glass. If the mental quality is not good, the public opinion alone can make the players feel unbalanced and affect their state.

But this does not include Zhang Xiaotian, he has honed a strong psychological quality in the past few years.

"Fool, you don't want to organize fans to fight at this time, why don't you rest for a few days." Zhang Xiaotian couldn't help laughing when he saw Yang Feiyu holding the tablet in pain and hatred when he went home.

Yang Feiyu waved her small fist, "No, you won't lose if you lose."

Zhang Xiaotian was speechless, "It's just losing, it's not about losing people."

Yang Feiyu said unconvinced: "Don't your head coaches stand up to support you, and the fans should do the same."

"That's just an official statement. Besides, he was also scolded. Of course, the fans can support him, but at this time, he doesn't have the confidence to fight. It's better to rest. Anyway, we will win next... Well, if you want to fight, just show the record." Well, even with two losses, our record is still tied for first in the league with the Pacers."

The reason for the Heat's loss was the lack of insiders. It happened that Dewayne Dedmon was cut by the Warriors for the second time. Eddie was leading him to find a job, so Zhang Xiaotian asked him to come and try.

Although he only had the chance to work part-time, this player was already the best among the players he signed, except for Zhang Xiaotian of course.

There is still a market for a defensive insider like Dewayne Dedmon, but Zhang Xiaotian didn't keep them because of the Heat's face that he brought people to try out.

"Zhang, what players do you think I need to pay attention to this time? I already have doubts about my vision."

Looking at Eddie who was so busy that he lost a few pounds, Zhang Xiaotian patted him on the shoulder, "You move quickly, so you started to prepare, work hard, I think Dewayne still has hope, you want He plays a little harder, the market for big guys is always bigger, don't try to reach the sky."

"I know this, this time I made up my mind to do it well... Hey, Kara is pregnant."

Zhang Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, he had already pulled the certificate and he hadn't settled yet, this guy Eddie had already got his girlfriend pregnant, everyone's ideas are still different.

Zhang Xiaotian and Zhang Xiaotian didn't intend to have a child now, they should settle the company's affairs first, and wait until the investment is stable or he won a big contract before considering the offspring.

The team lost two games in a row, and Wade decided to come back. With one more strength, the Heat's combat effectiveness will definitely be completely different.

The next thing they want to do is to play the Timberwolves in an away game. The Timberwolves also have the Twin Towers. In addition, they introduced Kevin Martin this summer, and the outside firepower is also stronger, which is not easy to play.

Fortunately, their twin towers are only strong in rebounding and scoring, and their defense is not very strong. Wade and James can stand out.

Before the game, they received news that Timberwolves' number one star Kevin Love would not play.

The Heat's players suddenly relaxed a lot, and their luck is really good.

(End of this chapter)