The three giant teams of the Knicks, Heat and Bulls have allowed the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference to sweep away the embarrassment of the previous decade. Although the season has been affected by the suspension and the season has shrunk, the Heat is still the strongest team in the Southeast Region and a strong contender for the Eastern Conference championship. If the Knicks want to defend their title, they must first bypass the Bulls and Heat's snipers.

The Miami Big Three failed to reach the Finals in their first season, and they were still one series away from the O'Brien Cup, which was also considered a failed season.

The league has formed giant lineups in recent years. While these teams have invested heavily in building teams, they are also very clear that this giant model is a "big gamble to bet on the future with the present". Among so many giant teams, only one will succeed in the end. Only they can rely on the championship to attract free stars who are about to start to decline, and role players who are cutting their salaries.

But what about those teams that cannot win the championship? This question has been given some answers to the free market this season. Veterans like Battier will refuse the full middle-class invitation from the Heat, Bulls, Lakers and other teams without hesitation, but choose to give only some middle-class Knicks. Even JR Smith, who made Miami fans feel like he has taken a big advantage, is also considering joining the Knicks first, and the latter is not the only one who comes to the Heat.

There can only be one championship in each season, so only one team can succeed in the unhealthy giant model. The remaining giant teams that cannot win the championship cannot attract these best free agents to join the team with a salary cut. Then their own bloated salary space will slowly drag down the team. When the giants grow old in a few years, what will await them will be a long reconstruction period.

The Heat still have a chance now. After a season of running-in and baptism after losing the Eastern Conference Finals, they will once again launch a strong impact on the Knicks this year. But the center is still the weakest link among the Heat's five positions. In the Eastern Conference Finals last year, O'Neal made the Heat's penalty area uneasy, and Joel Anthony, whose scoring ability is almost negligible, seems to have become the only center available to the Heat. The newly signed Eddie Curry, the aging Magloil, and Pittman, who rarely had the chance to show up last season, don't seem to be very reliable.

However, Miami media believes that since Bosh successfully gained weight in the summer, the team can even play centers when he needs him, so in the new season, the Heat center problem will be solved to a certain extent.

The Knicks' coaching staff has the most research on the Heat on all teams, followed by the Bulls' turn. Even though the Chicagoans play better than the Heat in the regular season, in the playoffs, most people still think that the Heat is more threatening than the Bulls.

James has obviously calmed down and thought about the pain this year. He honed his long shot and back-to-body skills in the summer. Although he would not become a long shot master and a top back-to-body attacker at once, the Gorillas stabilized the three-pointer at least 35%. Moreover, Wu Huang wanted to defend him misplaced like last year, but it would only endure his own hardship.

Wu Huang also watched many of the Heat's previous highlights. James' back-on attack this season may be inferior to the one he practiced two years ago, but it is indeed not as embarrassing as he moves out by himself as soon as he enters back-on mode.

James's back play is more like an inside player now, mainly relying on his body to arch inward. There is very little room for choice, far less than Kobe who can turn around with a back and forth or turn around and shoot to complete the attack at any time. He does not have that kind of footsteps.

The Gorilla's mid-range back-body shooting is still not very efficient, but as long as he uses his strength and weight to sit near the penalty area line, his turn-around shooting is more reliable at this time, and occasionally he will use turn-around to complete layups here.

The Knicks' scout team has the most say in this, and the data they provided illustrates how James's back-to-back ability is.

First of all, James's back-playing score is 0.82 points per round. This data is not very good, and it still cannot reach the league average. It is barely considered to be the mid- and downstream level. Kobe, among the defenders, can score 1.06 points per round of back-playing last season. Howard, at the center position, can score 1.02 points per round of back-playing last season. However, in terms of back-playing hit rate, James' data is not bad, reaching 46.1%. Kobe's back-playing hit rate is 48.7%, and Howard 51.5%.

Then there is the foul rate. James' foul rate is 10.3%, which is much lower than Kobe's 14%, but it is also considered a fairly average among the outside players. At present, James' worst is the back-to-body error rate. The 15.4% back-to-play error rate is too high. The data is very important. Aldridge's back-to-play error rate is 4.1%, Nowitzki's back-to-play error rate is 4.9%, Duncan's back-to-play error rate is 6.2%, Gasol 7.4%, Yao Ming 7.6%, Kobe 8.6%, and James is a bit high.

The final comprehensive conclusion is: James' back-playing level is in the middle and lower level among outside players, which is not too pitiful, but it is far from being good. It still needs at least one season of continuous strengthening before the average level.

But what is not good for this game is that they are going to play away, and the Heat fans have already shouted the slogan of "revenge". Last season, they successfully grabbed an away game, but the Knicks ended up with three consecutive games. Most Miami fans think that this is the reason why the role players are not good enough. This year, they have obtained Byron Davis, who is in a good state and JR Smith, who is in a good state. Coupled with the progress of several young players on the team and the continuous running-in of the three giants, in addition to the center position, the overall strength has improved a lot compared to last season.

"What I want to say is that there are too many teams to seek revenge for us this year, and each one should make some big talk before the start of the game to reflect their presence." Wu Huang spread his hands, "So we are no longer interested in dealing with these people anymore. If you want to take revenge, you can defeat us. Anyway, we have not lost a game, and we still have a chance." Wu Huang's words before the game made Heat fans and players very angry. His words directly put the status of the Big Three under his knees.

But if he is arrogant, he is not considered a person. Emperor Wu just successfully used his identity as a winner to mock his opponent. Of course he has such power. Who said that he was the winner of the last battle?

But then again, positive characters will not use this power. They will most likely smile when faced with provocations, but Emperor Wu will not do this. Although he has reduced his pre-match crazy words, if the opponent runs to him first, don't blame him for using his vicious tongue.

An hour before the game started, Heat fans had already filled the entire American Airlines Arena, and nearly 20,000 Miami fans created the game with a playoff atmosphere, and it seemed that they had not yet broken free from last season's Eastern Conference Finals.

After appearing, Wu Huang laughed and joked with his teammates: "This is the 6th game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and we are currently leading 4:1."

Gasol and Bathir heard this joke, but suddenly felt a lot of pressure in their hearts.

So smart people tend to think too much. At this moment, they think there is something in their words in their words?

However, Wu Huang's words were just a casual statement. However, it would be a bit stressful for Gasol and Bathir to be a little bit of pressure. Only in this game can we truly test the strength of their lineup. Neither team will retain much strength in the regular season meeting. The Knicks must be in the best form.

Generally, except for elderly nursing homes like the Spurs, few teams will retain their strength when facing their championship rivals in the regular season, and at most they will leave one or two killer moves.

There are many tactical differences between basketball and football, and the biggest difference between the two is that football may be able to decide the winner by scoring a goal through pre-prepared tactics. However, basketball is different. If you have to get 100 points in each game, you must ensure the sustainability of the output. Therefore, it is difficult for NBA games to retain strength, and you cannot decide the winner by relying on one or two killer moves.

Besides, if you don’t need to cooperate, you won’t find the problem. No team will rashly use a set of tactics that have not been tested in the playoffs. If it is not easy to use, someone will make an attack wave, maybe it will be explained directly.

Even some tactics you have to face strong enemies before you can find out the problem. Playing against a weak team does not mean that your tactics are very awesome, so the Knicks and the Heat are planning to use the opponent to test their strength in this game. Now they find that the problem is much better than being beaten 2:0 in the playoffs and then adjusted 10,000 times.

The Knicks' lineup today: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Bathir, David Si, and Gasol.

In this lineup, Battier is not strong enough to defend James and Wade is not fast enough, so it is a big question to let him defend.

In the end, the Knicks' coaching staff believed that although Battier was not fast, he had excellent predictions. Anyway, it was useless to deal with James with strength. Iguodala still found it difficult to resist James after gaining weight, so it would be better to deal with him with defensive consciousness. Last season, Iguodala's better defense against Wade was proven, so there is no need to consider how to choose.

Mr. President also took the initiative to defend James in the locker room. According to him, "Before coming to the East, I had to defend LeBron twice a year. I knew his blind spot was a jump shot near the free throw line. I would force him to choose this kind of offense, especially after he missed one." Then Mr. President vowed: "I know if he missed another shot, he would be very upset and rushed to the basket, and there was an offensive foul waiting for him. I had a way to get him sent off."

Of course, Wu Huang knew that there were some exaggerations in Mr. President's words. He had also seen the team's data before. In the 16 matches between the two sides, James was never sent out, and only four fouls exceeded twice. However, Bathir's defensive strategy did bother James for a long time, especially when he felt bad.

The Heat's lineup is similar to last season: Chanmos, Wade, James, Bosh, and Joel Anthony.

The Heat's change this season is that Bosh often plays center forward, and then James makes a guest appearance at the fourth position. This change occasionally leads to unexpected surprises. But under normal circumstances, James will probably still launch an attack from the outside.

As soon as Emperor Wu appeared, the Heat fans greeted the whole family with a warm greeting, while the Holy Master waved to the fans who scolded him calmly. At this moment, you couldn't even find the slightest expression of anger on his face. He could already completely ignore these negative effects of the away game.

Miami fans were so angry that they were so angry that after waving his hand, Wu Huang still had the leisure to bend down to play with his broken sneakers.

The O.3 generation sneakers worn by Wu Huang have become the most popular pair of signature shoes sold in the world after the start of the season. UA brought Wu Huang to the championship and made this third-generation signature shoes with the main color of golden yellow. Although the performance is limited compared to the second generation, the technology it uses is more mature and more durable. But at the same time, its price is also more expensive, which is very important. The sneakers of all the stars in the NBA are Wu Huang's most expensive now, but the market is still in short supply. This is the role of influence. Those fans who can afford $199 to buy shoes don't care about spending another $50.

And just like Kobe also has a low-end "Venom" series, UA is also preparing to produce a relatively low-end outfield shoes this season, such as creating an "unbeaten" series, or a "Holy Master" series, etc. In short, with Wu Huang's current fame, he should not mention two sneakers. Even if he makes three and divides them into high, medium and low-end ones, he will not have to worry about not being able to sell them.

Wu Huang now wants to see his mid-range shoes selling at almost the same price as James' high-end shoes, but the sales volume is higher than that of him. At that time, the expression of the gorilla would definitely look very good.

After the game started, the Knicks focused on Gasol's inside offense today, hoping to use his height advantage to fight Bosh or Joel Anthony. One of these two men is strong enough but too short, and the other is decent but not enough in weight.

Even though Gasol has been criticized for being "soft", it has at least a real center height and a 250-pound weight. It is still okay to bully a lightweight power forward like Bosh, and it will have an advantage against a pocket center like Joel Anthony.

In fact, the Lakers' way of opening Gasol seemed to be wrong after 2010. They magnified Gasol's shortcomings and did not hit the waist and back hard enough. In layman's terms, they just couldn't get their butt into it. Gasol only weighs 240 to 250 pounds, and he doesn't have the exaggerated muscles of black and hard people, and of course he can't make him hit like this.

D'Antoni was not very good at using Gasol. Strictly speaking, he was not even good at using David Si. It was a big mistake to fix these two people in a certain range, especially since Gasol's footsteps were not fully utilized. The Spaniard had to keep moving to play his flexibility and height advantages, rather than letting him act as a standing stance and move within a certain range, which would also imprison his spirituality at the same time.

But Gasol already feels that he is more comfortable now than when he was in the Lakers, because since last season, he not only has to move Kobe's breakthrough, but also has to give Bynum a position. Basically, wherever these two people are taking the ball, he has to hide aside to support him and then find an opportunity to receive the pass and shoot the mid-range shot.

But the problem is that when basketball comes to these two people, they are almost all meat buns rolling around and never return. The boss occasionally passes a few balls to him, but Bynum almost never passes the ball to him. This style of playing and the team's role make him very dislike.

Today, the Knicks are planning to use Gasol to defeat the enemy, so they naturally have to expand his range of activities. What makes Gasol feel more comfortable with the Knicks than the Lakers is that David Si will cooperate with him very well at this time and often takes the initiative to pull to the weak side and give his position to Gasol. This kind of generosity and collective consciousness is obviously countless times stronger than Bynum.

But Gasol forgot that it was he who always silently cooperated with other teammates, and that these teammates who knew how to respect each other would cooperate with him in return.

After the opening, Joel Anthony lost steadily under Gasol's low post and free throw line. The Canadian inside line, which is only 200m in height, and the Spaniard, who is 213m in height, are far from the height. Even if his strength can withstand Gasol's back attack, as long as the Knicks finds a way to get Gasol to catch the ball near the basket, he can only hold up his hand and watch the opponent complete the attack. In this case, he is unable to block the basketball.

The Knicks used Gasol as a shaft and kept letting him take the ball near the penalty area to attack, aiming at the weakness of the Heat's center position.

As soon as the Heat's huge insider was targeted by the Knicks, the score of 9:2 at the beginning made Spoelstra ask for a timeout. If the solution to the problem cannot be quickly found, the Knicks will use this trick to remove them.

Joel Anthony actually defended well. The Heat asked him to start as the starter because they believed that he was the best defender in the team's inside line. If Haslem, who was not as strong as him, would not be better for defense, because the Canadians' footsteps were not bad either.

"Then Bosh is going to defend!" Spoelstra could only think of this in his heart. There were only a few people in the Heat's inside line, Joel Anthony and Haslem had similar functions. If the two of them didn't work, then only Bosh would be available.

Not only did the Heat encounter trouble in defense, they also had to solve their offensive problems as soon as possible. Bad defense does not mean that the offense does not score. However, three minutes before the game, James and Wade were passing the ball continuously. These two guys obviously wanted to see the Knicks' details first, and they wanted the opponent to go head-on to see the situation. What if they continue to play like this?

James has completely won the core role of the team this year. Wade's physical decline has caused his offensive threat to be lower than last season. The Flash is now not as good as Kobe. Even though he is a few years younger than the boss, his knees are not young at all.

After the timeout, James began to attack with the ball, mainly focusing on breakthroughs. He did not dare to rashly use his half-baked back attack to attack the Knicks. Gasol's assisted defense is still very deterrent. Fans criticized it not that the players do not know the threat of Espanyol in the inside.

However, it is not easy to break Bathier's defense. The President's prediction position is very accurate and he can always stand in front of James one step ahead of time. If he wants to bypass him, of course it is not impossible, but it is enough for the Knicks' inside line to come to assist in defense. At that time, he will face two to three people's defense, which is similar to the Spurs.

James faces Bathier's defense, after thinking about it, there is only one way to attack more easily, that is, shooting from a long distance.

The President cannot take into account this aspect, and the Knicks' defensive strategy is to test his shooting prospects.

James did not go to the inside to challenge the Knicks' collective defense, and he didn't have to try it, so he knew that it would not have a good effect. At his level, if he didn't know what kind of offense's success rate was, it would have been in vain for eight years.

The Knicks players adopted a certain degree of laissez-free strategy for James's outside shots. Being able to force him to shoot from the outside is a successful defense. They don't believe that this gorilla can kill them with a shot.

Wu Huang's attack in the first quarter was not strong. His ball-holding breakthrough was more to give Gasol the opportunity to catch the ball in the penalty area. After the Heat's timeout, it began to increase the outside defense. He felt that it would be easy for Gasol to launch an attack in the inside to be intercepted by the Heat's outside players.

"Don't help me, let them help me." Gasol just let Emperor Wu stay outside in the middle of the first quarter. He was not afraid of the opponent's defense and double-teaming him. Don't forget that during the Lakers' consecutive championships, his best skills were to support him in the inside.

Emperor Wu quickly knew that he was stupid, and he really didn't have to work so hard. Gasol is different from Xiao Si. Espanyol can pass the ball to his teammates who are in open positions on the outside. This is too different from Xiao Si's passing after receiving the ball.

In the first quarter, Wu Huang made a large-scale interlude along the baseline. On the way, he used David West's off-ball cover to get rid of the defender and landed outside the wing three-point line. He happened to see Gasol passing the ball in a double-team.

This kind of unguarded open shot was simply too easy for Wu Huang. Heat fans watched the basketball shoot out of Wu Huang's hand with desperate eyes, and then drew an undoubted arc and fell into the basket.

Wu Huang's shooting arc always gives people the feeling of "eighty-most likely to make the ball", which also has a huge impact on the enemy players' psychology. It is easy to collapse the opponent's psychological shot while shooting.

After Gasol assisted Wu Huang to make a three-pointer, his personal data has increased to 6 points and 2 assists. Just looking at the data is not particularly exaggerated. That is because Wu Huang always likes to pass the ball again after receiving the ball. His vision is also very good. At this time, you can always see better shooting opportunities on the weak side. So his data is your Gasol's more eye-catching 6 points and 3 assists. There is no one else in this ability to enjoy his achievements. Gasol contributed at least two indirect assists to him.

Wu Huang's three-pointer turned the score into 19:10. The Knicks had an absolute advantage in the first quarter. The Heat have never thought of a way to attack their inside line, and they were almost beaten.

Miami fans can't say it anymore. Now they are watching the game with a nervous look on their faces, fearing that the Knicks will throw in another three-pointer next time they attack, which is a double-digit gap. If there is only this difference in the first quarter, it is no different from a beating.

"What are we playing?" James was a little emotional after the timeout. He felt that compared to the Knicks' clear attack from the inside, he did not have a clear tactical goal at all. Is it a tactic to rely on his own breakthrough to pass the ball?

Spoelstra does have some responsibility for this. The Heat still fixes James in one position, which actually limits James' comprehensiveness. Many fans already feel that James is playing while sitting, while James played while in the Cavaliers' era. At that time, it was so pleasing to watch James play and so passionate!

Of course, this is not to let James continue to hold the ball in the midfield and use the double cover to kill to the basket to complete a tomahawk dunk, but to hope that he can have more room for movement. Just like Gasol at this moment, these fans hope that James will move.

Besides, if you want to play around a certain player, give them enough room to play.

In fact, when the Heat's coaching staff discussed in private, they also felt that the Heat's tactics were too backward, which limited James' performance. They needed a newer tactic and a tactic that was more suitable for James.

However, there was no chance for the Heat to adjust in the first half. The Knicks used Gasol's offense to find scoring opportunities. Wu Huang also enjoyed the way of playing that could have a large number of open shots without too much ball break. This way of playing is indeed much easier, and the feeling of winning is coming again.

After the first half, the Knicks led the Heat by 17 points 62:45. This score was already a one-sided massacre in the eyes of most fans. The Heat always gave people a lifeless feeling in the first half. At most, they could see several giants scored a few goals with their personal abilities, but this is not a way to kill people.

During the halftime break, Spoelstrá faced the situation of being beaten by the Knicks and finally came up with a set of ideas for the Heat coaching staff to steal football. This is an immature way of playing, but at this moment he can only be treated as a dead horse.

Speaking of this style of play, if you don’t win the game, you will be easily made fun of.

Since the Heat lost to the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, they have known that they must establish James as the real core and discover more value for the most physical basketball players on the planet, otherwise they would not have played the Knicks built around Emperor Wu.

The outside world has always believed that James' performance on the basketball court is like playing rugby. This statement has inspired the Heat coaching staff. They think that since that is the case, why not steal the football style to improve a basketball system suitable for James? For example, can they use James as the core "quarterback" of rugby? (To be continued.)
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