Chapter 3 The 3rd

On January 3rd, after the New Year's holiday, the Heat welcomed their first game of 2005 at the KeyArena.

In this life, influenced by Su, the Supersonics also embarked on the road of tanking and rebuilding ahead of schedule.

The team's main point guard, Luke Ridnour, is averaging 16.4 points and 6.8 assists per game this season. Statistically, he looks like an All-Star, but in reality, he's just a pure stat padder.

Knowing that the Supersonics are only focused on diving for the championship, Ridnour is averaging 8.1 three-point attempts per game this season. Even with a shooting percentage of only 27.2%, he resolutely takes them.

The Supersonics management quickly rewarded Ridnour for his crazy chucking in games by trading away two of the team's backup point guards.

What a joke!

For the Supersonics, who are only focused on tanking, Ridnour is simply a "team leader" that comes along once in a century.

In Su Feng's original timeline, Ridnour had a single-season three-point shooting percentage of over 40% when he shot well.

But facing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pad stats, Ridnour proved this season with his actions that as long as you don't care about your efficiency and shooting percentage, you can indeed put up near All-Star level stats on a bottom-dwelling team like the Supersonics.

In the NBA, there will be many more players like Ridnour in the future.

It's just a pity that even if these players put up impressive stats, it will be difficult for them to transform into true All-Stars.

However, in this game against the Heat, Ridnour had his moment.

After O'Neal and others were "injured" and sat out, the Heat showed the world what madness is like at the start of the New Year.

In the game, they only attacked and didn't defend, and they were practically the Warriors of the East.

As the saying goes, the regular season is just a game, and the playoffs are worth taking seriously.

To avoid Su Feng having to rest after playing only three quarters, the crazy Riley was even feared by Spoelstra.

In the first quarter, the combined score of the Heat and Supersonics broke through the 90-point mark at the KeyArena.

And in the second quarter, although the feel of the two teams' players declined slightly as the game progressed, the halftime score of the Heat and Supersonics still came to 77 to 71 at the end of the first half.

So far this season, the Heat's team averages 82.5 field goal attempts per game.

And their opponents average 78.5 field goal attempts per game.

Therefore, after Su Feng proposed the idea of "attacking with attack," Riley lowered his demands on the players' defense on the court in this game.

As a result, even a bad team like the Supersonics can play smooth cooperation and offense in front of the Heat's "iron-blooded battle formation" on this night.

It's just that...

When the Supersonics' players wanted to be able to do whatever they wanted in front of the Heat's defense like they did in the first three quarters in the final quarter...

Riley waved his hand from the sidelines...

Using his "flexible" on-the-spot adjustments, he made the Supersonics' players feel what it means to be unethical.

In the end, the score of this game was 137 to 116.

The Supersonics, who scored 101 points in the first three quarters, only scored 15 points in the final quarter.

In the entire game, Ridnour scored 30 points and 8 assists for the Supersonics.

On the Heat's side, Su Feng, who rarely didn't have to punch out after three quarters, had 36 points, 17 assists, and 11 rebounds.

In this game, the Heat's perimeter players all went wild.

Ginobili, who came off the bench, had 23 points and 7 assists.

Alston had 16 points and 6 assists.

Korver, who made 7 of 9 three-pointers, had 21 points.

Butler and Ariza also had 19 points and 11 points respectively.

On the 5th, the Heat went to Madison Square Garden to challenge the Knicks.

This was the Knicks' first game after Larry Brown's dismissal.

In 2005, the Knicks fans, who had suffered greatly from the "Brown disaster," felt that they had finally seen the moment when the team would move towards a bright future.

Although in the new year, New York fans did not wait for the first snow of the new year, they finally waited for the day when Dolan could no longer tolerate Brown.

As a result, just when the Knicks' newly appointed coach, Lenny Wilkens, was still thinking about how the Knicks should play so that they would not lose too badly in his debut game...

In this game, Allan Houston, who made 14 of 27 shots from the field, including 7 of 9 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws, took the lead in firing his first shot at Larry Brown, who had already returned home to rest with his performance that brought back memories of his peak.

In the past two years, under Brown, how could Houston have been able to get the chance to shoot as many three-pointers as he wanted outside the three-point line like tonight?

Of course, Houston was able to play so well in this game...

It was also related to the fact that the Heat simply didn't want to pay attention to him at all.

Attack!

Attack!

Still attack!

In "Basketball's Holy Land," led by Su Feng, the Heat's players were only thinking about how to get back the points they had just lost in the next possession.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, in the second quarter and the second half of the third quarter, in order to pursue the most extreme fast break, Riley even switched Su Feng to the center position.

On TNT, watching the Heat's lineup with an average height of less than 2 meters, Barkley said with emotion: "Pat Riley has finally realized his tactical concept of sending five swingmen to dominate the game on the NBA court."

As early as the last century, Riley had said in an interview that he believed that future basketball would definitely be dominated by a group of swingmen around 2 meters tall.

However, it was the Raptors who first realized this tactical concept in the NBA a few years ago.

Last season, although the Heat had also used such a small lineup in some local time periods.

But it was the first time Riley had fielded a lineup mainly consisting of Su Feng, Ariza, Butler, Ginobili, and Alston for such a long time as tonight.

In the end, after going back and forth with the Knicks all night, the Heat, who had more firepower, had the last laugh.

The final score of this game was 138 to 130.

In the fourth quarter, when the clock ticked to zero, more than 20,000 Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden stood up and gave their applause to the two teams' players.

In the eyes of the arrogant New York fans, it doesn't matter if the team can't win, as long as they can play offensive basketball like tonight every night, they will be very happy.

After taking two consecutive wins, the Heat, who scored "130+" in two consecutive games in the new year, also topped the headlines.

In the NBA, as long as you can win, no matter how you win the game, you will definitely be accompanied by a group of simps behind you.

Online, many American basketball experts believe that the Heat are changing the development of the sport of basketball.

Because this season, they can not only win with defense, and, compared to offense, their firepower is not inferior to any team.

On the 7th, the Heat returned to the American Airlines Arena to face the Cavaliers.

This was the focus game of this round.

So far this season, the Cavaliers have a record of 19 wins and 17 losses, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference.

Little Zhan Zhan, who has made his muscles stronger last summer, is averaging 27.6 points, 8.5 assists, and 7.5 rebounds per game this season, making rapid progress.

Combining breakthroughs and shots is still Little Zhan Zhan's main way of scoring on the court.

This season, he is averaging nearly 7 drives to the basket, and he is like a human tank.

However, due to the impact of muscle gain, Little Zhan Zhan's three-point shooting percentage this season is far inferior to last season.

This has nothing to do with him forgetting Su Feng's teachings to him...

It is purely because his life mentor, Su Feng, has also experienced such a stage.

Before the game, after studying James' shooting heat map, Su Feng warned Alston: "You can let him shoot three-pointers in other areas except for the front three-pointer."

Hearing this, Alston nodded, looked at James' arms, which were thicker than his thighs, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said: "What if he breaks through?"

"Then let him break through." Su Feng said with a smile.

As the man who personally cultivated this Little Zhan Zhan, who in this league knows James better than Su Feng?

Although O'Neal, Mourning and others are not there, it will be difficult for the Heat to stop James' breakthroughs on the court.

But then again...

For this kind of two-point and two-point hard grinding, how many points can James grind if the Heat lets him grind?

In Su Feng's previous life, this Little Zhan Zhan's career high score was only 61 points, and the reason why he was able to get 61 points in that game was mainly because he made 8 three-pointers from the outside.

In the early stages of his career, James' performance was always very stable, but it was difficult for him to score like Kobe because his scoring method was too exhausting.

In this game, Su Feng still did not intend to patiently engage in a meat grinder with the Cavaliers.

Because Da Z and Bosh can play the effects of Chamberlain and Olajuwon in front of the Heat's weak inside line in positional warfare.

On the court, after the two teams' players finished their warm-up, the big screen then gave the starting lineups of the two teams tonight.

Cavaliers: Da Z, Bosh, Pavlovic, Johnson, Little Zhan Zhan.

Heat: Haslem, Su Feng, Ariza, Butler, Alston.

In the center of the court, when Haslem prepared to jump ball with Da Z, Smith smiled on TNT: "Tonight, the shortest starting player for the Cavaliers is 203 cm, and the tallest starting player for the Heat is also exactly 203 cm."

Barkley said on the side: "Before when playing against the Supersonics and Knicks, many people thought that Riley's 'Death Five Small' was successful because neither the Supersonics nor the Knicks had big centers.

Tonight is undoubtedly a big test for the Heat's inside line composed of Udonis and Su."

On the court, in the jump ball, Haslem, who knew that he had to jump first, caught Da Z off guard.

In fact, it is not uncommon for shorter players to win jump balls in the NBA.

Since learning that he had to serve as the Heat's starting center starting in January of the new year, Haslem had found and studied Da Ben's opening videos when he was with the Raptors.

As a result, after studying it, Haslem discovered that the main reason why Da Ben always lost the jump ball was because he didn't know how to use the rules of the jump ball.

This ball, on the edge of violation and no violation, Haslem successfully reversed Da Z.

Look, don't old people often say, learn from the past?

On the court, Alston picked up the basketball that Haslem jumped down, dribbled and advanced, preparing to launch the Heat's first attack.

Last season, Silas, who had suffered from Su Feng bullying Bosh, made adjustments to the Cavaliers' defense on the defensive end tonight.

As soon as he came up, Little Zhan Zhan rushed to Su Feng and implemented a "eternal love seven-day lock" on Su Feng.

In terms of strength, after crazy muscle gain, James is no longer under Su Feng in absolute strength.

But in terms of the use of strength...

In just the first round, Su Feng let James feel the gap between him and Su Feng in experience.

On the wing, I saw that at the moment of holding James with his shoulder, Su Feng asked for the ball at the same time.

Through perfect positioning, Su Feng firmly pressed Little Zhan Zhan behind him.

And, the most rascal thing is...

After catching the pass from his teammate with one hand, Su Feng took advantage of the situation to drive Little Zhan Zhan out of his defensive zone with a passing feint.

In Su Feng's original timeline, this is exactly where Jordan was most desperate.

Different from the two-handed triple threat, the one-handed triple threat paired with Su and Jordan's arm span and shoulder width will not only make it more difficult for the defense to steal the ball during defense, but also...

When these two people are on the court waving the ball with one hand...

You also have to leave them some space.

Because at this time, whether they are trying to shoot or pass, or break through with the ball, their speed will be faster than when they have a two-handed triple threat.

Sounds incredible.

But it's actually not difficult to understand.

Because friends who have played basketball should know that when you are trying to launch a breakthrough on the court, no matter how you control the basketball with both hands, if you want to break through, you have to perform the technical action of releasing the ball first.

But people like Su Feng and Jordan do not need this action.

Because when they hold the ball, it is with one hand.

In addition, the same is true when you want to pass the ball.

As for shooting...

That's even more amazing.

Because you have to initiate a shot by putting the ball together first.

But Su Feng and Jordan can put the ball together after raising the basketball first.

As early as when he participated in the draft trial that year, Su Feng, who had not yet unlocked his speed and bounce talent, impressed a group of famous coaches with his terrifying static talent.

And now...

After combining his skills with his static talent to the extreme...

Swish—!

In a certain superpower comic, the ultimate version of the mysterious "untouchable shooting" is presented to the world in this way.

No step-back.

There is also no forced explanation made by the author of "Heaven, Earth, and Man" in order to explain his fantasy basketball.

What there is...

Only Su Feng's dry pull-up jumper that is so amazing and beautiful like a painting.

On the court, when Su Feng shot his first three-pointer tonight, Little Zhan Zhan was in front of him.

However, when Su Feng's entire shooting action was completed, James felt that the distance between him and Su Feng was as far away as hundreds of thousands of light years.

And James is no stranger to this kind of scene.

Because in the summer of 03...

When Su Feng taught himself the "Bald Lion Cold Arrow," James was once shot with a psychological shadow by Su Feng's cold arrow.

0 to 3.

On the basketball court, if we regard the players who are responsible for organizing the offense as assistants to the other four players...

Then, in Su Feng's opinion, if he wants to help his other teammates open up the situation, he must first prove that he, the assistant, has the ability to kill all his opponents.

And in the NBA, this kind of play is often called setting the tone.

After all, as long as you kill the opposite bottom lane, your ADC can safely farm, right?

Back on defense, it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Compared to facing offensive attacks, no one can stop this Little Zhan Zhan now.

In Su Feng's original timeline, many James haters even said that he couldn't break through in order to slander James.

But please ask...

This Little Zhan Zhan, who averages nearly 7 shots near the basket per game in his career, and has a shooting percentage of around 73% near the basket, can't break through...

Then who else can break through in the NBA?

When he was young, James not only had the strength that other frontcourt players could not match, and fans who had watched the Cavaliers' first LeBron game should know how fast this Little Zhan Zhan was on the court.

At the top of the arc, Alston, remembering Su Feng's warning before the game, did not give James a chance to pull up for a three-pointer in the front.

However, because he was too close, Alston was thrown behind him as soon as James accelerated.

In the Heat's restricted area, Haslem also failed to stop James.

Hard-carrying Haslem, James forcibly made a layup.

2 to 3.

"Good defense, defend like this." On the court, just as Alston was about to reach out to indicate that the fault for this ball was his, Su Feng patted him on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

Whether Payton wanted to cry after seeing this scene in front of the TV is unknown...

Anyway, Alston had already started to cry.

Because in the eyes of this streetball king, Su Feng's treatment of himself is called love!

This is deep love!

The Heat attack.

Su Feng took the initiative to go to the high post to set a screen for Alston.

James and Pavlovic's switch on defense was not tacit enough, causing Alston to almost directly form an open spot when he moved horizontally.

On the other side, Ariza and Butler were located in two corners, and they did not move at all.

Therefore, the other players of the Cavaliers could not form effective switch on defense at this moment.

On the court, Su Feng cut from the middle, and Alston's bounce pass came to Su Feng's hands after crossing Pavlovic's crotch.

In the restricted area, Da Z could only raise his hands high and slowly lean towards the free throw line.

As a result, Su Feng easily twisted and bypassed Da Z's defensive zone, and easily made a layup under the basket.

2 to 5.

CCTV, Xu Jicheng, who saw this scene, smiled and said: "Other people's Euro steps look like slow three-steps, but in the Heat, Su Feng and Ginobili's Euro steps are faster than the other."

At the peak of his career, Ginobili's Euro step often meant that before you could react, he had already bypassed you to the back.

And what is even more amazing than Ginobili is...

Su Feng's Euro step...

He didn't even install a brake button.

This kind of technical action in high-speed motion not only tests the player's core strength, but also depends on whether your knees can withstand it.

It's just...

The more impressive Su Feng and Ginobili leave people with now...

The more difficult the days of Ha Xiaopang and others will be in the future.

Because after seeing this kind of non-decelerating Euro step, Ha Xiaopang's Euro step will have to be on the top five blunders every day, right?

On the court, the Cavaliers attack.

James once again carried Alston away.

This season, Little Zhan Zhan, who has increased his weight to 111 kg, is 60 pounds heavier than Alston.

In addition, he also has historical-level speed and explosiveness, so Alston has been scolding his mother in his heart for this ball.

At the high post, Bosh received a pass from James after a breakthrough and scored a two-pointer from the mid-range.

4 to 5.

Tonight, the Heat do not intend to limit James' breakthrough.

Like Wings on TI6, the Heat's tactics tonight highlight a stubborn attitude.

What is being given up is the strongest tactic of your Cavaliers!

On the court, before Bosh could roar to the sky, Haslem quickly sent out the baseline ball from the baseline.

In Su Feng's opinion, the biggest advantage of Ariza is that no matter how stubborn he is, when you tell him to resolutely shoot, he will resolutely shoot.

4 to 8.

On TNT, looking at the time on the timer when Ariza scored, Barkley said with emotion: "From launching the attack to completing the attack, the time required for the Heat is faster than many top supercars accelerate."

"I can't help but look forward to the game between the Heat and the Warriors next...

Because I really want to know, what kind of viewing experience will these two teams bring us in that game." Smith smiled on the side.

On the court, the Cavaliers attack.

After breaking through for two consecutive rounds, James wanted to slow down.

But...

With Alston's weak defense...

It's like you throw a sexy and cute bunny girl in front of a Lsp and tell him that he can do whatever he wants next.

Obviously, James could not resist such a temptation.

So, after starting the engine, James once again dribbled the ball towards the Heat's hinterland.

Under the Heat's basket, Haslem raised his hands high, not wanting to give James a chance to score two plus one.

Bang, swish.

In the restricted area, James made a layup, 6 to 8.

On the court, just as Bosh was about to rush to Little Zhan Zhan and high-five with him to celebrate, Haslem sent out the baseline ball quickly again, just like before.

The reason why the Heat sent Alston to defend James tonight is because when Little Zhan Zhan completes an offensive play on the court, he can't entangle Su Feng at the first time.

Because, when James was still landing, Su Feng had already run towards the Cavaliers' half.

At the American Airlines Arena, Alston quickly dribbled the ball through the half and passed the ball to Su Feng's hands.

In Su Feng's opinion, letting Alston play half-court position in his memory of the Mosaic team is simply wasting this guy's dribbling talent.

On the wing, before Little Zhan Zhan retreated back, Pavlovic, the fastest Cavaliers defender, had to appear in front of Su Feng.

As a tool man who was traded to the Cavaliers, Pavlovic's shooting is not bad.

But if you expect him, who only has half-leather salary, to defend Su Feng...

That's probably similar to your expectation that Alston can defend James.

Boom!

On the court, as soon as Su Feng accelerated, Pavlovic was thrown behind him.

In the restricted area, the agile Butler chose to cut in at the first time.

As a result, although the Cavaliers' help defense players desperately stopped Su Feng outside the three-second zone, Su Feng accurately found Butler, who was in an open position, through a no-look pass.

Clang!

6 to 10.

Under the basket, after finishing with a one-handed slam dunk, Butler became the Heat's third player to open his scoring account tonight.

Back on defense, the Cavaliers attack.

James made a mistake in the attack this time.

With Haslem delaying in place, he wanted to pass the ball to Da Z at the low post at the first time.

But who would have thought that Su Feng would cut off his passing route through early prediction.

As a result, he wanted to pretend that nothing had happened and continue to attack after landing...

He was targeted by the baseline referee in this way.

Terrible!

This referee must be a James hater!

Otherwise, how could such a handsome continuous hop be a violation?

There was no way, although Su Feng had corrected many of James' technical details, Little Zhan Zhan would inevitably make mistakes when handling this kind of jump pass.

On the court, the Heat attack.

After receiving the ball at the high post under James' desperate defense, Su Feng successfully found Alston, who had slipped to the bottom corner with the help of the wing screen.

In the past two years, the huge improvement in vision has enabled Su Feng to always discover the loopholes in the opponent's defense line at the first time when organizing the team's offense.

The two bottom corners are not the positions that Alston often appears in.

So the Cavaliers' players were obviously not prepared for Alston's running.

Swish—!

On the left bottom corner, the "Streetball King" made a three-pointer after receiving a wonderful pass from Su Feng.

6 to 13.

This was Su Feng's third assist in this game.

No hard stuffing.

Nor is it passing for the sake of assisting.

What there is only...

The Heat's quick-flowing offensive coordination.

And for such a self...

In Su Feng's opinion, there should be no problem for him to call himself the "Miami Magic"

Right?

On the court, the Cavaliers have possession.

Affected by the mistake just now, James resisted Alston's temptation this time and passed the ball to Da Z, who was asking for the ball at the low post.

Haslem is at too much of a disadvantage in absolute height, and Da Z hits a hook shot after turning around.

8 to 13.

As half of the "two and a half centers" in O'Neal's future evaluation, Da Z's skills are indeed quite outstanding.

It's just...

His defensive retreat speed is really hard to describe in a word.

In Su Feng's original timeline, James haters only knew to criticize Yao Ming's slow defensive retreat, but they didn't know that Yao Ming had played run and gun tactics under Adelman.

In contrast, even those inside players who are one or two dozen kilograms lighter than Yao Ming, is their defensive retreat speed in the game really faster than Yao Ming?

Meaning, in this year, as long as you fail to retreat once or twice, it means that all of Yao Ming's retreats cannot be retreated, right?

On the court, just as Da Z was desperately chasing back, Su Feng had already dribbled the ball to the Cavaliers' half with the help of the quick-release baseline ball tactic.

In the restricted area, Bosh waved his long arms, trying to scare Su Feng away with his fierce expression.

It's a pity that because Su Feng knew that Bosh could not stick his head out to bite himself like Orochimaru, Su Feng decided to give Bosh a magic trick at the moment when he wrapped the ball behind him.

Look!

The ball is no longer in my hands, young Chris Bosh!

On TNT, Barkley, who saw this scene, said in surprise: "Guys, look at what we have seen!"

It's a hand...

It's an elbow pass!

In the middle, Haslem, who had not reacted for a while as to how the ball appeared in his hands, dunked the ball into the basket after a pause.

Not long ago, Kobe had also performed an elbow pass in the game in the Christmas battle between the Heat and the Lakers.

But for Maple fans who are familiar with Su Feng's early passing skills...

At this moment, looking at Su Feng, who was connecting the team's offense while walking leisurely...

In addition to feeling emotional, what else can they say?

In the first half of the game, after only 4 minutes, the other four starting players of the Heat had opened their scoring accounts.

On CCTV, Xu Jicheng said with emotion: "This is the reason why Su Feng can become the world's number one basketball player, because every day, he is constantly improving and improving!"

On the court, looking at the Heat No. 23, who he regarded as an idol...

James always felt that the gap between him and Su Feng seemed to have widened again.

Obviously, he has already worked so hard...

But...

Why!?

Why is he getting further and further away from Su Feng?

At this moment, Little Zhan Zhan felt a little confused.

Because in his opinion, if playing basketball is just to surpass Michael Jordan, then it is no different from being a salted fish!

After all...

Isn't a scrub like Jordan someone that Anthony can beat with his eyes closed?

But surpassing Su Feng...

This...

Is this really something that humans can do?

Fortunately, just as Little Zhan Zhan was about to fall into despair, similar to Kobe in this life, he also has a little friend who trusts him very much in his growth trajectory.

Stephen Curry.

Son of Dell Curry.

Su Feng may not believe it if he said it...

Last summer, it was Curry who helped James walk out of the isolation room.

Fate is such an interesting thing sometimes.

But tonight, it is obviously impossible for James to reverse the situation with his own strength.

In the first quarter, in order to keep up with the Heat's offensive rotation speed, Silas had to replace Da Z and let Bosh play C.

However, what disappointed Silas was that after he made this substitution adjustment, the Cavaliers not only failed to catch up with the score, but also lost a stable scoring point.

Before, when being beaten violently by the Heat, Silas always felt that it was because there was a huge gap between the Heat and the Cavaliers in terms of lineup.

But tonight, under the premise that the Heat had given up an O'Neal, a Mourning, and a Payton to the Cavaliers...

Silas lost his last fig leaf.

To put it bluntly...

The coaching gap is actually the biggest gap between this Heat and the Cavaliers.

In Su Feng's opinion, if he was to coach this Cavaliers team, he would definitely let James and Da Z grab the Heat's inside line and beat them to death.

In this way, even if they still lose in the end, the Cavaliers will definitely be able to grind with the Heat to the last few rounds.

It's a pity that if Silas can see this clearly, then he will not be replaced by Mike Brown in Su Feng's memory after the end of this season.

At the end of the first quarter, the Heat led by 37 to 26.

Su Feng scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists in a single quarter.

James had 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Statistically, James' performance is also very comprehensive.

But unlike Su Feng, his comprehensiveness cannot bring dominance.

In the second quarter, the Heat adjusted their lineup to Su Feng, Ariza, Korver, Ginobili, and Alston.

On the Cavaliers' side, Joe Johnson led the team, and the other four were Diop, Griffin, James Jones, and Damon Jones.

Diop, who is 213 cm tall and weighs nearly 140 kg, looks very similar to O'Neal in terms of model.

But what everyone never expected was...

In the second quarter, this guy actually watched Su Feng grab offensive rebounds from his hands several times.

Moreover, his slow foot movement made him a person who could not retreat once he went up on the court.

And his offense is even more annoying...

In Su Feng's original timeline, Diop belonged to the kind of player who might not even be able to hit the board if you give him an empty basket.

He only averaged 2 points per game in his career, and the reason why he was able to eat in the NBA purely because there was a fathead fish in the same era who was willing to give him food.

But, there is no O'Neal on the Heat's side tonight...

Who should Diop fight against?

In Su Feng's eyes, Silas is completely hopeless.

Because even if he replaces Da Z, the Heat may not dare to send out this "Death Five Small" so frantically.

In the second quarter, after the halfway point, Silas suddenly realized and called Da Z up from the bench.

However, at this time, the Heat's lead had reached 20 points.

In the third quarter, relying on James' left and right collisions, the Cavaliers recovered a lot of points.

But in the final quarter, after the Heat directly switched the defense to a zone defense, the Cavaliers were completely confused.

Under Su Feng's personal defense, Joe Johnson failed to stand up and save the Cavaliers in the final quarter.

At this time, affected by the decline in physical fitness, Little Zhan Zhan also fell into the zone defense quagmire that the Heat had carefully designed for him.

If Da Z and Bosh are sent up at the same time, the Cavaliers can still rely on the mid-range shots of these two people to break the zone defense.

But Silas firmly believed tonight that Da Z could not keep up with the Heat's offensive speed.

In the end, Silas withdrew the Cavaliers' main players early when there were more than 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

In the whole game, the score between the two teams was 108 to 127.

James, who played 41 minutes for the Cavaliers, scored a total of 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. His performance was good, but because his teammates were all CBA players, he could only turn into a futile effort.

On the Heat's side, although Su Feng only had 31 points, 17 assists, and 9 rebounds, he had the last laugh because his teammates were all NBA players.

After the game, many media believed that the Cavaliers would probably be eliminated in the first round again this year.

Because the Cavaliers can't beat any of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference.

Online, the Maple haters and Heat haters, who were still secretly happy because O'Neal, Payton, Mourning and others were absent due to injuries before, were not happy...

Because other teams can't beat the Heat when the Heat give up these three people, then when these three people come back, wouldn't the Heat directly start slaughtering?

……

In early January, after defeating the Cavaliers, the Heat also defeated the Pacers, Bobcats, Bucks, and Wizards respectively.

And although the Celtics and Mavericks stood up on the 16th and 17th and gave this Heat team two consecutive defeats.

But after the Heat defeated the Nets and Grizzlies successively on the 19th and 20th, they still ranked first in the league in the standings.

And...

What is despairing is that they are as many as 5.5 wins ahead of the Suns, who are ranked second in the league.

During this period when O'Neal and others were absent, Su Feng's average number of assists also rose to 12.3 times.

According to the schedule, the Heat will challenge the Warriors on the road on the 22nd.

As the two most popular candidates for this season's MVP, the competition between Su Feng and Nash for the assist king can be said to have entered a white-hot stage recently.

This season, Nash, who is averaging 18.8 points and 12.4 assists, is currently leading the Warriors to rank third in the Western Conference.

And because in the Stern era, only Bird and Jordan had ever completed the great feat of three consecutive MVPs before, experts generally favored Nash when predicting this season's regular season MVP.

Because, let Su Feng, who will be 27 years old in April this year, win three consecutive MVPs...

This does not look like Stern's style.

In fact, last season, if Su Feng had not completed the season averaging 30+ triple-double for the first time, many judges would not have voted for him at all.

Because as the current number one player in the NBA, the judges' evaluation criteria for Su Feng are obviously impossible to be the same as for others.

Just like reporters report Su Feng's scoring data.

Other players get 30+: Big explosion, epic performance.

Su Feng gets 30+: Su Feng's touch is not good.

This season, the Warriors led by Nash have not only made breakthroughs in their record, but also their gorgeous style of play is also a beautiful scenery.

Plus Nash's well-known small body, which has won him high scores in many experts' opinions.

After all, players like Nash, who are comparable to gods with mortal bodies, can easily win him the favor of ordinary people.

Although...

The vast majority of ordinary people can never have Nash's wind-like first step, and develop his amazing ball-handling ability...

But in the NBA, a league full of superpowers, Steve Nash is indeed the closest thing to a mortal.

And for the fact that he has been sniped by his former second-in-command time and time again in the competition for the MVP...

What can Su Feng do?

In terms of personal performance, Su Feng has done what he can do to the extreme.

And in terms of team record, the Heat are currently ranked first in