With James off the court, Bosh was again targeted by the Wizards' two towers, and his offensive efficiency was greatly reduced. As a result, the Heat's only stable scoring point was Wade.

As for the Wizards, after the timeout, Curry also came off the court to rest, but Harden and Butler were still on the court.

At this stage, Harden is still unable to compete head-on with Wade, but he has the assistance of Butler on the offensive end, and Beverley, who replaced Curry on the defensive end, is responsible for defending Wade.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are all better than Zhuge Liang, not to mention Harden, Butler, and Beverley are definitely not cobblers.

For a time, the Wizards once again had the upper hand on the court and continued to widen the point difference.

…

"Damn! Why is it like this again!"

Looking at the game on the field, James, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but clenched his fists.

He has seen this kind of scene more than once during the regular season. This hateful team has always used this method to win.

When the five main starting players were all on the court, the Heat did not lose to the Wizards at all, and were even sharper and more powerful than the Wizards in terms of offense.

But every time the main players from both sides take a break and substitute players, the gap begins to widen.

In the four games of the regular season, James just spent time filling holes, resting, filling holes, and resting. Then he scored 30+ or ​​even 40+ points in a game, and then helplessly watched the team lose by a big score.

Contest.

In the playoffs, it is still like this, who can bear it!

James is very dissatisfied, and Spoelstra is also helpless.

What can he do? He is also desperate!

Who makes the Heat's bench so different from the Wizards'?

As the playoffs progressed to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat's bench scorer with the highest score was James Jones, who averaged 6.5 points per game in the playoffs.

Mike Miller, who spent a lot of money to sign at the beginning of the season and was expected to contribute strong firepower to the Big Three on the bench, was plagued by injuries. He only averaged 5.6 points per game in the regular season. In the playoffs, it went even further, averaging only 2.6 points per game.

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Let’s look at the Wizards. Not to mention Harden, who averages 20+ points per game, and Butler, who can steadily contribute 10+ points. Curry’s substitute Beverley alone averages 20 points per game in the playoffs.

He has 5.7 points, which is almost the same as Jones, the Heat's substitute scoring leader.

You must know that Beverley's main task on the court is defense, not offense!

Between Harden and Butler, there is a gap of about 30 points, and it is also the gap that the Heat's starting lineup must fill.

What Spoelstra hopes is that the Big Three can defeat the Wizards' starting lineup and quickly widen the point difference in the opening game to make up for the huge gap in the bench lineup.

But the fact is that the score of Wade + James + Bosh is only slightly higher than the score of Curry + George + Jamison. This little bit disappeared immediately when Harden came on the stage.

Now, what Spoelstra can hope for is that the Big Three can use their strong personal abilities to close the huge gap in the bench lineup.

…

At the end of halftime, the point difference between the two teams reached double digits, and when the third quarter began, James, who reappeared, did show his strong offensive ability as Spoelstra imagined.

George was completely unable to stop James, and the opponent kept breaking through and scoring inside.

However, even so, the score difference still has no tendency to narrow at all.

Because Curry and George, who also made their comebacks, are also scoring. George's main focus is on defending James. The number of shots and scoring efficiency are better, but Curry is really unstoppable.

With the help of long-distance shooting, Curry's hand feels so hot today that it's scary. James often has to work hard to break away from George's defense and score two points with difficulty. Before turning around and taking a breath, the Wizards immediately make a quick one.

, and then Curry took advantage of the fact that no one had heard of it and made a quick three-pointer.

The terrible thing is that such a shot with little time to aim and prepare has an astonishingly high hit rate!

This season, the Heat can rank ninth in the league in terms of scoring, but there is still a big gap with the Wizards, who rank first in the league.

The Heat failed to successfully launch a counterattack in the third quarter, and the Heat did not make much of a splash in the fourth quarter.

119:104, the Wizards won the first victory of the series at home with a 15-point advantage.

In this game, Curry played extremely well for the Wizards. He made 12 of 19 shots, 6 of 9 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored a team-high 36 points, but this score was not the total score.

Highest.

The highest scorer in the game was James with 38 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

In this game, James tried his best, scoring 11 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and 15 points in the third quarter. But when it came to the fourth quarter, the impact of being entangled by George and Butler finally appeared.

, with physical problems, James reduced the number of shots and gave more opportunities to Wade and Bosh. In the end, he only scored 4 points in the fourth quarter.

However, apart from James, only two people on the Heat scored in double figures, Wade with 26 points and Bosh with 19 points.

Under the Big Three, the Heat didn't even have a single player who scored in double figures. Even starting point guard Chalmers only scored 8 points in 32 minutes.

Although Curry's defense is weak among point guards, it is only relatively speaking. It is relatively easy to deal with players like Chalmers who are not good at offense.

Compared to the Heat, a total of five players from the Wizards scored in double figures.

In addition to Curry, Harden scored 17 points and 7 assists, George scored 21 points, Jamison had 13 points, and Butler had 11 points.

The difference was immediately apparent.

After the game, at the press conference, Spoelstra said helplessly: "The Wizards' bench is very luxurious, with the best sixth man Harden, and they are capable of starting for any team.

Butler, in addition to a talented big man and a high-quality backup guard who is active in defense..."

"What's even worse is that the Wizards' starting lineup is also extremely good. Paul George's resilience is admirable, and Curry has reached the level of top superstars like LeBron and Dwyane. If you can't think of a way to contain it,

With his three-pointers, it will still be difficult for us to play in the next game."

"I think after this game, we will further study the Celtics' tactics when defending Curry, hoping to learn some methods that can effectively interfere with the opponent's touch..."

Compared with Spoelstra who talked endlessly about a lot of things, Wang Xiao was much simpler and clearer when he was interviewed by reporters.
Chapter completed!