After winning three consecutive games, the Miami Heat, which is gaining momentum, continue to sit at home and usher in the challenge of the Wizards.
On the Heat side, Lowry + Adebayo + Strus are out at the same time, and whether the Heat can defend the home team in this battle is a four-game winning streak, and Butler obviously needs to play.
On the other hand, on the Wizards side, although Dinwiddie + Kuzma is in hot form, whether the Wizards can withstand the pressure in this battle will undoubtedly face great challenges and tests!
Finally, after four quarters of fighting, with a wave of 18-3 scoring climax, the Heat, in the first three quarters, quickly suppressed the Wizards, once achieved a huge advantage of as many as 28 points.
Although in the final quarter, Dinwiddie + Kuzma made successive efforts, leading the Wizards to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, successfully narrowing the score gap.
But butler + Hiro frequently walked to the free throw line, using free throws to completely end the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Heat, who were firm and steady, also beat the Wizards at home 119-112, winning 4 consecutive games at the same time, but also gave the opponent Wizards 2 consecutive losses!
Playing at home in this game, the Heat continued their previous game status, playing a team attack in which 4 people scored in double figures.
In the case of Vincent + Martin + Jult Cevennes and other main players, each performing their duties, the core of the team Butler, and the "Eastern Splash" Duncan Robinson + Taylor Hiroshi, who jointly cut 58 + 13 three-pointers, the play is particularly critical!
Butler was in hot form in this game, starting 34 minutes, and had an all-round performance of 25 points, 8 rebounds + 15 assists + 2 steals + 2 blocks on 8-of-16 shooting.
While the number of assists hit a new season high, in the absence of Lowry, Butler's excellent performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the game also successfully affected the trend of the game!
In addition, as the team's sharpshooter, Duncan Robinson's performance in this campaign is also indispensable.
Duncan Robinson found a crosshair in this game, shot 8 three-pointers, contributed 26+1+1+1 efficient performance, and provided the Heat with strong outside firepower and diversion!
Of course, the Heat were able to win four straight games in this game, and the performance of Tigers on the bench by Tyler Hiro also played a crucial role.
In this game, Taylor Hiro was appointed to play 34 minutes off the bench, shooting 9 of 19 from the middle of the line and hitting 5 three-pointers, a game-high 32 points, plus 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Among them, his key performance in the last quarter, with a single shot and a penalty, not only helped the Heat to hold the victory, but also used his own practical actions to crush the outside world's doubts about him!
On the other hand, on the Wizards side, although the team played a tenacious performance of 5 people scoring doubles in this game, the team finally hated the away game and swallowed 2 consecutive defeats, which obviously needs to be examined.
Fortunately, for the Wizards at this stage, the Wizards are not completely without gains in this battle.
After all, in the absence of the home star Beal, the play of the two main players in this game, Dinwiddie + Kuzma, is indeed not lacking in highlights!
Dinwiddie played well, shooting four three-pointers and a team-high 24 points, plus a double-double of seven rebounds and 11 assists.
And against Butler, the young Kuzma also dared to fight, the whole game got an excellent performance of 22 + 7 + 3, although it failed to lead the Wizards to take the victory, but rationally speaking, the two men's leading performance did bring a lot of pressure to the Heat!
Just facing the Heat team with good offensive and defensive goals, as well as the fiery "East Splash" Duncan Robinson + Taylor Hiero, the Wizards who are missing major generals in this campaign seem to have no choice but to accept the fact that they have lost 2 consecutive games!