The Miami Heat, which was swept away in the first round of the playoffs last season, made a comeback to attack the championship in the new season, and the effect of the lineup upgrade in the offseason was very obvious, although many of the team's core players have missed many games due to injury, but the Heat are still in the first place in the Eastern Conference standings, but their advantage over the Nets, Bulls, Bucks and Cavaliers behind them is not big, if you want to enter the playoffs with the first place in the division, They need to play a more dominant performance in the next schedule! In this regular season, the Heat encountered the challenge of the Knicks, who as the dark horse team in the East last season, the new season performance was far below expectations, this campaign faced the leader is even more powerless, the whole game did not achieve a lead, at most behind the Heat 30 points, the final quarter of the showdown after the two sides gave the role players more opportunities to appear, the Knicks although narrowed the point difference, but finally lost to the opponent 110-96, The Heat, who have won two straight games, have also secured their first place in the East!
The Heat's two most important signings this season are Tucker and Lowry, tucker, who was only 1.96 meters tall during the Rockets' playing period, has been arranged to play inside many times, and now after joining the Heat, Spollstra has also made him the team's starting big forward, this campaign against Randall, who was selected to the All-Star team last season, Tucker can win the opponent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Although he is at a significant disadvantage in height, Tucker's strength is very good, which allows him to freeze Randall's next set in the game, so that the latter can not directly launch an attack to impact the basket, Tucker's personal defense is very good to limit Randall, so that he only hit 5 goals in 12 shots in the game, personal data only 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, but also had a team-high 4 turnovers, and Tucker's shooting feel in this game is also very hot, 9 shots hit 7 goals, He scored 20 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point range.
In the case of Lowry hanging up the free card, Jimmy Butler is still an offensive organization shoulder to shoulder, 8 shots hit 7 goals, contributed 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals of the comprehensive personal data, under his tandem organization, the Heat in this game a total of 4 players scored 20 points, after signing a big contract, the performance of The extremely unstable Duncan Robinson, this campaign found a fiery three-pointer, one hit 7 three-pointers to cut the team's high 25 points, And Hiro, who is almost scheduled to be the best sixth man of the season, continued his own highlight personal performance in this game, appearing on the bench for 32.4 minutes, hitting 6 goals in 13 shots, contributing 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and the whole team is united in play, which is also the key to the Heat to be able to lock up the victory early.
For the Heat, this season's goal is only one, that is, to go all out to impact the championship, but now the East is full of heroes, to achieve this goal must have a better performance in the playoffs, and home advantage is likely to become the winner and loser of the series, looking forward to under Butler's leadership, the Heat can maintain the current momentum and strive to reach the playoffs with the first record in the East!