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Chapter 62 Pseudo-rotation (today's second update)
Unlike the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Pistons met the Heat again after three days, which is far from being described as "lingering fear".

But they immediately felt at ease when they played in the evening, because Wang Dalin did not start this game.

The Heat's starting lineup has never appeared this season: center Duane Coswell, power forward Grant, small forward Bruce Bowen, shooting guard Eddie Jones, and point guard Eddie House.

Not only did Wang Dalin not start, even Tim Hardaway and Anthony Mason sat on the bench.

Wang Dalin, who is familiar with history, knows that Pat Riley has obviously started to prepare for the playoffs, because he has already started to "rest".

Riley and Popovich are still different, and this "rotation" is not the other's "rotation".Riley didn't take the main players out for the entire game, he just reduced their playing time.

For example, Hardaway, Jones, Grant and Mason, as long as they can play, they will play no less than 36 minutes. Jones is in his prime, but Hardaway and the others are not young.

According to the latest news, Alonzo Mourning's kidney replacement operation was successful, and it is estimated that he will be able to return in late March at the latest.

Without the "team spirit" of Mourning this season, it is commendable for the Heat to finish second in the Eastern Conference, but how could Riley be content with just showing off in the regular season?
The playoffs are what matters!
The regular season is coming to an end, and the most important thing for the Heat at the moment is to maintain the health of all members, especially the health of the main players.

Riley believes that as long as the players can stay healthy and Mourning's strong return, the Heat will definitely make a difference in this year's playoffs.

In Wang Dalin's view, Riley's move was purely taking off his pants and farting. He wanted to take a shift but did not dare to blatantly take a shift, creating such a "pseudo shift".

Although Riley called this "rotation rest", Wang Dalin also believes that this is just an increase in rotation.

If you have the ability, you can directly play Hardaway this time, Grant Hugh next, and Mason Hugh next... The four main players line up to rest?
Afraid of wool?
Maybe Stern can be fined directly?
Are you thinking too much?
It's not that Wang Dalin has a high vision, but that he thinks Stern should have looked down on the "so-called stars" of the Heat.

If Hardaway was five years younger, his popularity would be quite high. After all, he was the strongest short player before Iverson entered the league, with a gorgeous style of play.

But now that he is 34 years old, how much of his previous lightning speed is left?
Let’s talk about Jones, he was just selected to the All-Star team last season, averaging 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, but this season he has been sidelined for 19 games due to injury, and his average per game has also dropped a notch from last season. So far, he has only averaged 17.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game...

In addition, Jones has a rather boring personality. As early as when he was in the Lakers, his popularity was not comparable to that of the "rookie" Kobe. Last season, he was selected to the All-Star lineup as a substitute... the coach selected him!

Not to mention Hardaway and Jones, even if you call Mourning back, in Stern's eyes, he can still be compared to Iverson, Kobe, O'Neal, Carter and others?
Don't look at the Heat's record this season, but is there a Heat player in this year's All-Star Game?

Mourning's fan votes are good, but he can't participate at all, what's the use?

And... even if Mourning can participate in the All-Star Game, how many fans can he attract with his "simple" skills than Duncan?

Whether Riley is willing to admit it or not, the popularity of the Heat among fans this year is not high, and the team lacks popular stars. No matter how good the record is, it is useless!
This is why the Lakers have a bad record after Kobe's Achilles tendon rupture in later generations, but every home night of the "Staples Arena" Lakers is still full of holes.

Without him... the fans love to watch Kobe!
In this game, the Heat easily defeated the Pistons 90:82. The main players in the team didn't have much playing time, and Jones, who played the most playing time, only played 28 minutes.

Wang Dalin played a total of 25 minutes and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. His performance was about the same as his own average.

The best performer in this game was Dan Marley. He played 33 minutes off the bench and scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists... Well, who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?
Besides, he was also selected to the All-Star lineup back then!
On March 3, the Heat lost to the Mavericks at home with a score of 8:96.

In this game, the main players of the Heat still played less than 30 minutes. Among them, Hardaway scored 21 points and 10 assists. Mason also had a good performance of 16 points and 15 rebounds, but the Mavericks obviously played better.

诺维斯基全场29分5篮板，纳什18分9助攻，“大竹竿”肖恩.布拉德利10分16篮板，“霍二叔”朱万.霍华德16分14篮板，“破产版乔丹”迈克尔.芬利16分5篮板……

With such a strong performance from the Mavericks, how can the Heat win?
Wang Dalin's performance in this game was mediocre. He only made 12 of 5 shots and only scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, which was not even comparable to his season average.

On March 3, the Heat played against the Timberwolves at home.

面对“狼王”加内特的强势挑战，王大林这场硬了一把，全场砍下22分11篮板6助攻，与加内特的23分10篮板5助攻相比毫不逊色。

But the Heat still lost unfortunately, the score was 92:100.

The reason why the Heat lost was mainly because Wally Szczerbiak made crazy shots.

这位神投手全场20投13中，其中三分球8投5中，外加罚球7罚6中，砍下了37分4篮板5助攻，完全以一己之力打爆了热火外线。

On March 3, the Heat challenged the Knicks away.

This game is very important to the Heat, not only because the Knicks are also a strong team in the East, the outcome of the two sides may even affect the final ranking of the regular season, the most important thing is the grievances between the two teams.

As I said earlier, the Heat's only mortal enemy in the league is the Knicks, so how could Riley be willing to engage in "false rotations" in this game?
Not to mention the four main players, even Wang Dalin played for 35 minutes.

As a result...the Heat still lost.

In this extremely intense game, both sides played a playoff-level defensive intensity, and the final result proved that Jeff Van Gundy's skill in training defense was slightly better.

Even though this bald man still doesn't have many ways to attack, he can't hold back Alan Houston and Glenn Rice's accurate shots!With both sides shooting less than 50% from the field, both of them shot [-]% from the field...

王大林这场比赛打得有些挣扎，全场11投4中，只拿到10分5篮板1助攻……这也是他本赛季单场助攻最少的一次。

On March 3, the Heat played back-to-back away games against the Timberwolves.

这场比赛热火这边埃迪.琼斯发威了，他全场25投12中，其中三分球7投3中，罚球11罚9中，拿下36分6篮板3助攻2抢断的全面数据。

However, "Wolf King" Garnett also broke out. He scored 31 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks.

The final score was 96:101. If Riley hadn't reduced the playing time of the main players in this game, he might not have lost.

After suffering a 4-game losing streak, the Heat finally won at home on the night of March 3 against the Sacramento Kings.

It seems that Riley is going to use the "pseudo-rotation" to the end. Except for the Knicks, no one can make him change this strategy.

The main players didn't have much playing time in the first few games, so they didn't consume much, and the King just had a hard fight with the Magic yesterday, and they were obviously lacking in physical fitness, so they knelt down this time.

On March 3, the Heat did not play.

Wang Dalin was a stranger in a foreign land alone, so he had to invite his only friend Eddie House to celebrate his 19th birthday with him at home.

He didn't expect that Eddie House also brought his fiancée, who was Mike Bibby's younger sister, Charles Bibby.

(End of this chapter)