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As time flies, the regular season of the NBA 12-13 season is about to end, and all teams have entered the final stage of"preparation" before the playoffs.

The Heat in the East are leading the league. After a"historically rare" 27-game winning streak, led by the Big Three, the Heat still maintains an amazing"desire" for victory.

In the West, the Spurs, who have been running neck and neck with the Heat for most of the season, were quietly"successfully" overtaken by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the last month...

Wait, as long as they"lose" to the challenging Heat at home tonight, the Spurs will drop to second place in the West by half a win.

Seeing that the Black Mamba in Los Angeles has been"firing at full power" recently, as the playoffs approach, Howard, Nash and Gasol have also recovered one after another, and achieved a wave of 8 wins and 1 loss in late March and early April, and have rushed to the eighth place in the West.

The"greenhorn" Houston Rockets, the"carefully selected" opponent in the first round, led by Harden, who was also in hot form, led by two wins and basically stabilized the seventh place in the Western Conference...

Sima Laozei was about to make his wish come true, and hurriedly"smiled" to find excuses to rest Duncan, Parker and other main players for several games.

Today was no exception.

On April 12, the Spurs played the 78th regular season game of the season, which was also the fourth to last game, at home against the Miami Heat.

The Heat, who had already achieved 63 wins and 17 losses, were unstoppable. At the end of the season, they won five consecutive games and defeated the Clippers, Thunder, Grizzlies and other Western powerhouses. Now the"old, weak and sick" Spurs are the only team left in the top four of the Western Conference.

(Manu: Old - Duncan, weak - Baynes, Joseph, etc., sick - Parker, disabled...hiss! It seems he is not wrong.)

In addition, the Spurs had news early on that coach Popovich would not play in this game, and he rested Duncan, Parker, Dio and other main players in a row, letting youngsters like Joey and Leonard lead the Spurs off the bench.

Almost everyone thought that this was a"one-sided" game, even the Little Emperor, Dwyane Wade and Thrombodon thought so.

But as soon as the game started, they were"shocked"."——

Joey started the first quarter, and scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists over the Heat's starting point guard Mario Chalmers. In the end, he even forced Coach Spoelstra to send James and Wade to help defend. At this time, another young man from the Spurs stood up again.

Leonard, wearing the Spurs' No. 2 jersey, was in hot form today. Not only did he use the"True Death Coil" to make the Heat's forwards miserable, he also made three three-pointers over the head of the team's help defense, helping the team lead the Heat by 7 points at halftime! A 7-point lead!

A full 7 points, no one expected before the game that a few young people and veterans waving towels on the bench could lead the Heat, who were about to play the best record in history, by 7 points at halftime...

At this time, the fans watching the live broadcast of this game were somewhat dumbfounded. They even thought that once the second half started, the superstar combination of LeBron and Wade would play a smooth and violent offensive climax to overtake the score - the

Spurs' young people would not be proud for long!

(Bosh: Hmm? I’m not a superstar?)

But the direction of the game was like the ending of an O. Henry novel, no one could have expected it.

At the beginning of the second half, the Heat’s proud front line collectively lost its accuracy. Ray Allen missed a three-pointer, Lewis forced a foul on Joey and made one of two free throws, the little emperor forced a frontal steal from Leonard, and Mike Miller’s layup was blocked by Split…

The two teams scored 29:15 in the third quarter!

Uh… Spurs 29 points, Heat 15 points.

In the third quarter, the Heat was originally prepared to use James and Wade as the spearhead to break the Spurs’"front line duo" composed of Joey and Leonard, and then the Heat shooters led by Bosh opened up their touch and used three-pointers to catch up with the score difference!

(Don't ask why Bosh is the leader. If you ask, it's to make it easier for the emperor to break through and open up space...)

Unfortunately, Spoelstra's idea is good and feasible. In the past two seasons, the Heat have fallen behind by double digits countless times, relying on James and Wade's unique offensive ability in the league at this stage to create a large number of three-pointer opportunities for their teammates to catch up.

But unfortunately, it seems that the Heat's outside shooting is collectively misfired today. Gentleman Lei, who can shoot 1.8 three-pointers per game, shot 0 out of 6 from beyond the three-point line today, relying on free throws and mid-range shots to barely get 7 points;

Chalmers shot 2 out of 9, and had 3 turnovers and 4 fouls, forcing James to distract himself to help him defend. It can be said that he was completely"killed" by Joey on both offense and defense;

Battier, Miller, Ho Second Uncle, Haslem and other forwards are of course not to be mentioned. Except for putting some pressure on young people such as Joey and Leonard on the defensive end, they can't help at all on the offensive end today.

After the first three quarters, the little emperor was exhausted and panting. He bent over and held his knees to breathe heavily. His eyes revealed a murderous look, forcing the head coach Spoelstra on the bench to lower his head and dare not look directly at him.

It felt like the next second, the"eyes of death" were about to be glared out by him.

But it's no wonder that the emperor was angry. Today, he played almost all three quarters, and his efficiency was not bad. He made 9 goals in 21 shots, scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. His good brother Wade performed better than him, with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. He would have a triple-double after three quarters...

If it weren't for winning the regular season MVP, I would have gone off the court to rest after three quarters. Damn, a group of CBA players...

What, you asked about the giant Bo?

Damn, just look at the rebounding data of those two guys to know how I played today!

Forcing me, a dignified All-Star power forward, to pull out and shoot three-pointers, don't you think this is a joke?

(James, Wade: So this is why you had 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 singles today?)

The game entered the fourth quarter, and the difference between the two teams had reached 15 points.

On the Spurs side, Joey not only"exploded" with the league's top guard"exploder" Dwyane Wade on the offensive end today, but also sent 4 steals and 3 blocks on the defensive end, making the Heat's front line"miserable".

In the last quarter of the game, Joey's rock-like stable control ability was demonstrated.

Even though James and Wade took the lead in the charge at the beginning, carrying explosives like dynamite to the weak Spurs inside today, they could not withstand Joey's various"stable output" of assists. The most common situation is that when James scored a difficult goal, Joey assisted Leonard to score a"defensive counterattack" or assisted Green, Bonner and others to score a"hammer" three-pointer; with

4 minutes and 11 seconds left in the game, the Heat had no choice but to replace the main force with a difference of 12 points.

After all, the regular season is coming to an end. Coach Spoelstra and the Big Three are unwilling to affect the playoff plan because of a regular season victory at this juncture.

What if a player gets injured at this last moment?

In a word, it's not worth it!

It's a pity for this winning streak...

In the end, the Spurs paid tribute to Wade with a 9-point victory at the home ATT Arena... No, they won the game.

Joey started and played for 39 minutes, contributing 29 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks;

Leonard also scored 16+12+8 quasi-triple-double data;

Green, Neal, Mills, Bonner and others made 14 of 34 shots, including 9 of 24 three-pointers, which continued the team's offensive firepower when Joey and others were resting!

This was a victory that was almost not optimistic. The excellent boys of the Spurs team brought down the league's first place this season, and the South Coast Big Three regretfully lost to the Holy City!