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Chapter 936: Miamians never fall behind.

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

Louis goes three up and three down, and Donovan does the same three up and three down.

But after the Knicks went three-up and three-down, the team's performance was still guaranteed, while the Heat's three-up and three-down didn't turn out as well as they thought.

Stockton sat out one quarter of the game, and no other team other than the Knicks benched their playmaker against their biggest rival in the conference.

Stockton didn't sit out a quarter for nothing. He basically figured out the Heat's characteristics and problems.

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

Replaced are rookies Malik Healy, Dale Davis and P-J Brown.

The Heat's rookie talent is there.

They are all "acquaintances" certified by Louis.

However, no matter how powerful a rookie is, few are fully mature in their first season.

If you want to use rookies, you have to tolerate their lack of experience.

The Heat's third youngster was as clean as a blank slate in front of Stockton.

In the first defensive round, Stockton easily switched high and low positions, making the Heat's three young players unable to react.

From the audience's perspective, their movements were slow, and some people seemed to be squirming on the field, not active at all.

Stockton casually passed the ball to his teammates for a layup.

Then, Dumas vented his anger on his little brother and beat Stockton face to face to win back the points he just lost.

"Boys, cheer up!" Dumas yelled.

Even Dumas felt that the young man had been too negligent just now.

In the second defensive round after that, Stockton let his opponent know that the slow response in the first round was not because the player's attitude was not good, but because he simply couldn't react.

Reggie Williams ran back to catch the ball and feinted past Petrovic's defense - this is not something to be happy about, because Petrovic's defense is already terrible.

Petrovich loses his defensive position.

Williams accelerated his breakthrough and made a throw. Davis reacted a little slower and protected the rim, which seemed to interfere, but in fact it was far from enough.

Ability, age and spirit are all on the line, and strategy and the efforts of individual veterans are not enough to change the Heat's current situation.

There is an irreparable experience gap among rookie players.

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

In some rounds, their man-to-man defense seemed to be working, but there were problems with their off-ball defense.

Excellent defense, like excellent offense, is never a matter of one person. Although some extreme teams do exist, with one person supporting the entire team's offense and defense, the natural flaw of a one-person team is that of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The famous star Takenori Akagi has already told us the answer through the painful lessons of his freshman and sophomore seasons.

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

The Heat's situation is not that bad, but the off-ball defensive abilities of the three rookies are clearly unable to cope with the Knicks' offensive system.

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

That person is Reggie Williams.

Williams holds the ball, and Malik Healey in front of him greets his attack with a gladiator posture. It seems to be a one-on-one contest between men and men, perhaps the best chance for the Heat to reverse their morale - but it turns out

Cruel and ruthless.

Healy is the Heat's surprise player in blocking the Pacers. He is 203cm tall, has a long wingspan, moves quickly, and is good at single defense. He can be used to defend Danny Manning.

The confrontation with Williams was actually a test for him.

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

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

The Heat are in an environment where they make one wrong step and one wrong step after another.

The starting game against the Knicks started poorly, and they had already lost the lead. They came off the bench and tried to play more aggressively, but Stockton took the lead and suppressed his IQ.

In a good defensive environment, the aggressive defense of young people led by Healy will be valuable, but the Heat have currently lost this good environment.

Louis watched them make mistakes one after another without any disturbance in his heart.

The Heat are so much like the Knicks back then.

In the 1986-87 season, the Knicks also defeated the then-dominant Celtics in the first two games of the regular season.

By the time the Celtics took it seriously in Game 3, the Knicks were also beaten ugly.

Today, the Knicks showed an attitude towards strong opponents.

The Heat, who are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, have not yet officially targeted the Knicks. The team they want to defeat is the Pacers.

Louis believes the Heat will get better and better.

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

After the third youngster was knocked unconscious by the Knicks, the Heat responded quickly.

Their response was simple and crude.

Nothing else, just two points.

Dumars singled out Stockton and Petrovic held the ball and called for pick-and-roll shots without distinction.

From the first quarter to the present, these two players still seem to have plenty of physical strength and active offensive status.

"Sure enough, their strong shooting ability is Miami's key to victory."

Louis looked at Petrovic's jump shot that ignored the space and environment, and his one-on-one ability with Dumars, and he beat Stockton like a son. He couldn't help but sigh that this team already had it invisibly.

everything.

"Billy wanted to have a brand new Knicks," Louie said.

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

The Heat have enough lineup depth, a complete offensive and defensive system, top athletic talent and tactical literacy, and one-on-one players who ignore defense.

Du and Bi are the core of the Heat.

In the first quarter, because Rodman restricted Petrovic's performance, Dumars was unable to support himself. So the Heat were defeated by the Knicks.

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

Their strong shooting, or their ability to attack in the face of defense, stunned Louis.

This is also one of the capitals that the Heat use to compete with the league's powers.

They have the highest jump shooting efficiency in the league, 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 who holds the ball and shoots from a distance.

Dumars shoots with the ball in the mid-range.

They are just like Curry and Durant of the Warriors dynasty - of course, they are pocket versions - taking on the responsibilities of the team's first and second serve respectively, using their magical scoring explosion and steady mid-range one-on-one guaranteed output.

Win those deadlocked 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. Miami's Dubi combination has proved that the effect of their combination is that one plus one is greater than two.

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

Dumars, in particular, is top notch on both offense and defense.

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

A game that seemed to be on the verge of collapse regained suspense under the attack of these two men to turn the tide.

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

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

The third quarter was when Petrovic took the most rest.

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

In order not to consume too much of Petrovic, Donovan designed a complex pick-and-roll strategy to avoid him facing Rodman.

This method can only solve a temporary crisis.

Although Rodman made Petrovic uncomfortable, he was not the only one on the Knicks who could cause trouble.

As the strongest defensive team in history, the most ferocious, and the most violent—no matter what kind of complimentary or neutral adjectives you want to add—the Knicks are full of defensive heroes.

In the fourth quarter, Wilson came to play in person.

Not only was the effect no less than that of Rodman, the impact on Petrovich was far beyond that.

Because Wilson can respond through offense in addition to defense.

This is very different from Rodman's experience where every offense was like watching God roll the dice.

Louis' plan to pit Rodman and Petrovic against each other proved to be a masterstroke that affected the overall situation.

This game was out of the Heat's control from the very beginning.

Although they regained suspense several times during the game through Petrovic and Dumas' attacks, in the end, they failed to persist.

In the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, Donovan replaced the main player.

The game has officially entered garbage time.

The funny thing is, the fans in Miami Stadium had already left 4/5 long before that.

Miami never lags behind when it comes to abandoning its home team.

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