With the outstanding performance of Aldridge and Yao Ming, the Heat's inside line was completely blocked.

At the end of the half, the Wizards led the Heat by 16 points.

After returning from the second half, Spo, who knew the team's shortcomings, had to make adjustments and directly defended the second and third-tier defense to avoid being targeted by the Wizards.

Although Spoo is very clear that once the Heat defend the joint defense on the court, the defense on the outside will definitely reduce pressure, and even be shot by the Wizards to make more three-pointers.

But now Spoo has no choice, because Spoo has changed all the inside players who can play, but the final result is the same, which is to face the end of being beaten.

Since the Big Three already occupy 80% of the team's salary space, the Heat can be said to have been saving again and again in strengthening.

This also leads to the fact that when a tough battle is really fought, the Heat's lack of in-house capabilities will be directly magnified infinitely.

This is not only fulfilled in this game, but is also very obvious in the game against the Pacers.

It's just a pity that no matter how upset the Heat are, they can only find a way from the team, because the trading market has been closed, and the Heat can only use this lineup to launch an impact on the championship.

In the entire second half, due to the Heat's defensive changes, the Wizards changed from the main line to the main line of the outside line. Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a restoration of traditional playing style.

Spoke is obviously used to the fact that the inside line is broken, so in the second half, the Heat launched a counterattack from the offensive end, using the acceleration of the defensive counterattack, and attacking the Thunder again and again.

However, the Wizards already had a lead of nearly 20 points, and the Wizards were still hot in the second half, so they did not give the Heat a chance to counterattack.

In the end, when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Wizards beat the Heat 22 points away. While rewriting the regular season match to a 1:1 draw, they further narrowed the ranking gap with the Heat.

In this game, the Wizards were able to beat the Heat away, and the biggest contributors must be Aldridge and Yao Ming.

Among them, Aldridge made 14 of 21 shots in the game, made 5 of 5 free throws, and efficiently contributed 33 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Yao Ming's dominance is more intuitive. With a total of 27 minutes on the court, Yao Ming made 11 of 13 shots, including 6 of 6 free throws, and finally scored 28 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

It can be said that Yao Ming is completely in a turbulent and does whatever he wants in the Heat's interior, and he plays Joel Anthony and Haslem have no temper at all.

In addition, Paul George and Thompson also performed well in the second half, including George 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, Thompson 16 points, 3 rebounds, Wall 9 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, and Yi Jianlian 6 points, 5 rebounds.

As for Crawford on the bench, he also contributed 15 points, and even had two classic shots of 31 on the outside.

It is worth mentioning that Battier played a total of 21 minutes in this game. Although he only had 5 points and 3 rebounds in terms of personal data, when Battier was on the court, his excellent defensive ability still caused great trouble for James.

Even if it weren't for Paul George's defense, Yang Fan really wanted Bathir to continue playing the starting lineup.

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"It's a great game, and the players played very well in this game, and both Yao and Lamarcus did what a leader should do."

"As for the new players in the team, they also performed well, even against a team like the Heat, the players were not ruthless at all."

"I'm so excited that we won this game and at the same time fulfilled my last promise."

"The team's goal next is very clear, that is, to launch an impact on the championship."

"I know, this sounds a bit crazy, but that's what I want to do when I come to Washington." Yang Fan said with a smile on his face at the post-match press conference.

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After defeating the Heat, the entire Wizards were full of fighting spirit and defeated several powerful teams in the next few games.

While winning five consecutive wins in the season, the record was also improved to 36 wins and 13 losses, officially surpassing the Heat to rank second in the Eastern Conference.

As time goes by, as time goes by, there are less than 20 games left for the Wizards.

Theoretically speaking, the Wizards still retain the ability to reach the top in the league, but when Yang Fan gradually began to take turns to the players, it was naturally a bit difficult to reach the top in the league.

Fortunately, Yang Fan does not attach much importance to the regular season record. After all, the Thunder's current record of 75 wins and 7 losses is still what he led the team to play.

Even if the Wizards work hard in the past two years, it will be difficult for them to break the record of 75 wins.

So instead of worrying about the regular season record, it is better to focus more on the upcoming playoffs and what high-end combat powers may be matched in the playoffs.

In fact, in Yang Fan's current view, the Wizards' biggest opponent is not the Heat. Although the Heat is the most promising team in name, the Heat's flaws are also obvious.

Yang Fan has enough confidence that if the Wizards meet the Heat in the playoffs, 70% of the Wizards will eventually advance.

What Yang Fan is most afraid of at present is the two teams, the Celtics and the Hawks.

The Celtics have the Big Four. Once they enter the playoffs, this Celtics do not have many flaws in addition to their physical fitness and speed.

However, considering that the Wizards' overall lineup is better, the Wizards are still likely to pass the level when they have a maximum of seven consecutive games.

But the Hawks are definitely the team the Wizards don't want to face in the East. Although this Hawks do not have the top star in the league, even Joe Johnson, who has the highest score, only averages 18.8 points per game.

But in a sense, this Hawks and Wizards definitely have similarities, that is, when the offense and defense are balanced, the lineup depth is also very abundant.

There are Joe Johnson on the offensive end, Josh Smith on the defensive end, Teague on the organization, Horford on the inside, and a group of shooters on the outside, this is simply a team basketball.

The most important thing is that this Hawks do not have too obvious flaws, and their defensive efficiency ranks sixth in the league.

For the Wizards, the Wizards are not afraid of the Heat, which has the highest combat power of the top three giants, because its advantages and defects are also obvious, and they can be regarded as a polarized team.

The Wizards don't want to face the most are teams like the Hawks or Spurs.

At least this year, Yang Fan is confident to lead the Wizards to overthrow the three Heat giants. As for whether he can win the championship, Yang Fan still has to take one step at a time.

After all, before a team is truly invincible, there is no restraint relationship. All Yang Fan can do is try to find flaws.

As the saying goes, a team's rise depends on strength and three-pointers depend on luck.

If the Wizards can't meet the Hawks in the East and the Spurs in the West, the road to the championship will be wider and wider.

In other words, what Yang Fan can do now is nothing more than planning ahead.

Otherwise, even if the Wizards really make it to the top spot in the Eastern Conference, but some players are injured in the playoffs, then it is very likely that they will still make wedding dresses for others in the end.

It is not uncommon to lose money in competitive sports. For example, the current Bulls should have been one of the biggest favorites to win the championship this season.

But with Derek Rose's injury, the Bulls have basically withdrawn from the championship.

So what the Wizards need to do now is to "stabilize" and spend these last less than 20 games smoothly.
Chapter completed!