On November 19, Beijing time, the NBA regular season showdown is in full swing, the Miami Heat sits at home to meet the Washington Wizards, and the two strong teams in the Eastern Theater compete. Prior to this game, the Heat were 4th in the East with 10 wins and 5 losses, and the Wizards were 1st in the East with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses. Although the two teams have only one loss difference, they are three places behind, which shows the fierce competition in the first echelon of the east.
In the last game, the Wizards' 5-game winning streak was ended by the Hornets, before Bradley Beal was absent for personal reasons, the Wizards played smoothly, the role players were all soldiers, and as soon as Beal returned, the other players seemed to be confused and a bit unable to let go. Playing the Hornets in this game, Kuzma, Pop, Dinwiddie and Neto 4 players, a total of 4 of 29 shooting, scored 10 points.
Of course, a loss in one game doesn't mean much, and the Wizards still occupy the top spot in the East, depending on whether they can continue to be in this state at the beginning of the season. In addition, Harrell appears to be one of the Wizards' most stable points, as a substitute player, Harrell can average 17.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, ranking second in scoring per game after Beal.
The Heat on the other side, whose form this season has been somewhat volatile, suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats in the middle, but they immediately adjusted back to their form and have now returned to a wave of three consecutive wins. In this game, both sides are on the starting lineup, the Heat side is sent lowry, Duncan Robinson, Butler, Tucker and Adebayo, the Wizards side is Holliday, Bill, Kuzma, Harrell and Pope, Dinwiddie and Garford will be absent from this game.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Adebayo jumped the ball to win, the Heat took the lead in getting the ball, Dunroe forced a three-point shot to hit an iron first, the Wizards launched a counterattack, Holliday lowered his center of gravity to drill through the crowd, and deftly scored the first goal of the game. Adebayor forced Harrell, stopped two-point dry shots, Beal suffered a left and right sandwich, and the difficult outside shot was also there. Harrell shot himself under the basket and scored with ease. In the first quarter, the Wizards took the lead and gained a 5-point lead. However, in the second half of the first quarter, the Heat launched a fierce counterattack, Butler hit the middle distance continuously, and Adebayo frequently ate cakes, and the offensive efficiency of both teams was not very high. The first quarter ended with the Heat leading the Wizards by two points at 21-19.
At the start of the second quarter, Kissbert fired three shots to help the Wizards overtake the score, Adebayor turned over the jumper and hit hard, and Kissbert then soared into a three-pointer. Adebayor began to dominate the situation, giving and taking in the box, picking baskets in succession, and Lowry also began to exert power, shooting 5 points inside and outside. The Heat unknowingly extended their lead to more than five points. At the end of the half, the Heat led the Wizards by seven points at 47-40. I have to say that the Wizards were too inefficient offensively in this game, only scored 40 points in the half, Beal played average, 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-8 shooting in the first half, and on the Heat side, Butler had 14 points and 3 rebounds in the first half.
The second half began, with Yibian fighting again, and the Heat continued to widen the point gap in the third quarter. Butler began a confrontation with Bill, and in the third quarter, Butler had 10 points, 4 assists and 2 steals on 5-of-5 shooting, and Beal also had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-5 shooting. However, in the role player competition, the Heat side is better, PJ Tucker feels hot, three three-pointers in a single quarter, and Vincent, Martin and others who came off the bench have scored. In the third quarter, the Heat led the Wizards by 6 fans 36-30, and at the end of the third quarter, they had already led the Wizards by 13 points at 83-70.
In the final quarter, although Kuzma finally began to find the state after realizing, the inside and outside blossomed consecutive goals, but the Heat did not give any chance, Butler burst into the basket to cause a killing, Tucker also went straight into the box to single-handedly chop, the difference between the two teams has been maintained at more than 10 points. With the final two minutes to go until the end of the game, Adebayor and Tucker won in the box in succession, the point difference was extended to 15 points, the Wizards called a timeout to replace the bench, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Heat easily beat the Wizards 112-97 to win four straight. After the Wizards suffered two consecutive losses, the Eastern Conference rankings also underwent some changes, with the Heat being sent to the East, the Nets, Bulls and Wizards, ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively.
On the data side, on the Wizards side, Beal had 30 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; Kuzma had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists; Keyspert had 13 points and 4 rebounds; Harrell had 12 points and 9 rebounds. On the Heat side, Butler had 32 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals; Adebayor had 20 points and 9 rebounds; Vincent had 18 points and 3 assists; Tucker had 15 points and five rebounds.