NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 79 Advantages
The rotation time, the performance of the substitutes on both sides is not good.

Barbosa was once again sidelined due to injury, and it was a bit difficult to rely solely on Martin's offensive end.

The team's January schedule is too dense, and it is very sad for a player like Barbosa who was originally injured.

Fortunately, the Suns' substitutes were better than the Heat's. At this time, the team also allowed Stoudemire and O'Neal to stagger the time slightly, allowing Varejao to consume each other.

Varejao certainly couldn't guard O'Neal, but he played very smartly. He sent O'Neal to the free throw line twice, and O'Neal only made one goal.

After coming to the Heat, O'Neal's free throws seem to be worse.

On the offensive end, Varejao also kept running and found a chance to score two.

This buddy's strength can only be said to be average, but his adaptability is really strong, and he is now in the team like a fish in water.

This game has a high degree of attention, and the two teams also attach great importance to it.

Sitting in the first position in the East and West requires self-awareness. The two head coaches D'Antoni and Van Gundy are also under pressure. They have no status in the team that does not care about the regular season.

Therefore, when the performance of the substitutes is not good, both of them have increased the playing time of the main players.

In the second quarter, the Heat finally achieved the No. [-] efficiency in the Eastern Conference.

Wade, who is only in the second grade, showed their talents, strong enough ball-holding ability, and can attack and assist after breaking through.

Haslem benefited from this, and he opened the half-block.

After O'Neal has support, it is difficult to restrict the inside line.

The Suns began to attack in a timely manner. Although O'Neal's strength has declined somewhat, he has rich experience in breaking double teams.

Eddie Jones finally scored a three-pointer when his shooting percentage was not high.

The Heat's efficiency on the offensive end just bit the score, because they couldn't limit the Suns' offense round after round on the defensive end.

Stoudemire's explosive power is too strong. As long as O'Neal is on defense, he will easily be unable to keep up.

In addition, the three-pointer of the sun gradually began to show its glory.

Iguodala seized some open three-point opportunities, and Joe Johnson also scored a three-pointer.

Facing the Heat, they played very patiently and as a team, revitalizing the team's entire offense.

To be honest, the Heat are still a bit stretched to rely on Wade's organization alone.

Their strengths should have been less, and Wade must be responsible for the outside scoring organization. The Suns' defense can be very targeted.

The Heat's basketball can also be said to be star basketball, which relies heavily on the performance of Wade and O'Neal.

It's just that neither of them are at their peak, and playing star basketball also requires a third point.

It turns out that the combination of Wade and O'Neal in history can win the championship in the second season. One is because of Wade's growth, and the other is that they introduced guards who can organize, and the bench lineup has also been optimized.

They have a lot of momentum this season, but in fact there are still many small shortcomings.

Of course, the competitors in the East are slightly weaker, and there is also luck in their failure to reach the finals.

In this case, the Heat's pursuit of points did not go smoothly.

They couldn't limit the Suns' scoring, even if they played better offensively.

Moreover, Wade is too active and has more fouls and turnovers, which is very troublesome for the Heat.

During the intermission, Van Gundy carefully analyzed the situation in the first half and gave Wade special guidance.This is Stan Van Gundy's second season coaching the Heat, but he has studied with the Heat and Riley for a long time before, and his experience is not bad.

"We must control the rhythm in our own hands, and we must not give them the opportunity to hit the basket easily."

He felt that O'Neill could do better, and Fatty was a bit lazy in assisting defense.

O'Neal also said that he will exert more force in the second half.

O'Neal was not very comfortable being scored by the younger generation's insiders.

They were very upset when they lost to the Western powerhouse Supersonic O'Neal before. He didn't want the team to lose easily.

As for the leading Suns, everyone was more relaxed during the intermission.

D'Antoni is very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. He hopes that in the second half, the players will be more decisive in outside shots and don't worry about hitting the iron.

"We are a whole. Our points, rebounds, and assists are all better than our opponents. Facts have proved that we are not only the first in the West, but also the first in the league. We will win the game." He said.

Russell was very supportive, and he also said: "O'Neal is old, he is not Amare's opponent, the league belongs to us now, and we will kill them in the second half."

He is also more excited, after all, there is O'Neill on the opposite side.

And Wade, although he didn't directly match up, everyone can still meet from the outside.

It was a joy to be able to beat some very famous players.

What the Suns have to do in the second half is very simple, that is, to maintain their style and maintain their lead until the end.

Through the contest in the first half, Russell already knew very well that as long as the opponent's star does not explode, they are the dominant side. There is no doubt about this.

In the third quarter, the Heat played very resolutely.

Embarrassingly, they still couldn't restrain the Sun's offense.

Not only could they not guard Stoudemire, but when they noticed Stoudemire, the Suns' outside line was completely opened. Joe Johnson and Marion hit three-pointers one after another under Russell's second pass.

This is very troublesome for Marion. As long as he has a three-pointer, any team will be depressed.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the Heat replaced Haslem in less than half a quarter, and had Rasual Butler with a three-point range.

Butler can also defend, he is a 3D player, the Heat's third-year rookie.

This buddy was only selected at the end of the second round, but he stayed in the league through his hard work. He can be regarded as a model of a second-round pick with average talent who has successfully stood up.

After the Heat changed the lineup into one big and four small, O'Neal has more space.

It's just that O'Neal really can't fully support the inside by himself now.

Facing the wolves and tigers of the Suns striker, he couldn't even protect his rebounds.

Of course he is still an All-Star, a powerful All-Star, but the Suns are the best team in the league, but O'Neal is not the best player in the league anymore, and he can't withstand the impact of the Suns.

In the third quarter, not only did the Heat fail to recover the score, but the score gap between the two sides also widened.

Their head coach Van Gundy tried everything, but there was nothing he could do.

They can only continue to think of ways on the offensive end. O'Neal really got a little bit ruthless, and he went hard to the basket inside.

The sun replaced Varejao, and Varejao fouled for the fifth time from the end of the third quarter to the fourth quarter.

Unfortunately, O'Neill is still not allowed to make the penalty.

O'Neal couldn't beat the Suns to death, so there was no way, and the game situation gradually became clear.

(End of this chapter)