Beijing time on February 8, today, the Washington Wizards at home to meet the Miami Heat, this is a dialogue between the first place in the East and the eleventh place in the East, from the ranking point of view, the Heat obviously has to occupy a lot of advantages, plus this game Bill does not play, the strength of the Wizards is greatly reduced. Sure enough, in the first quarter of the game, the Heat counter-attacked, and established a double-digit advantage, with a score of 39-24; entering the second quarter, the Wizards blossomed more, the Heat only scored 21 points in a single quarter, and the Wizards narrowed the point difference to single digits, with a score of 53-60.
In the third quarter, the two teams played very glue, but Adebayor ushered in a big explosion in the quarter, scoring 14 points in a single quarter, Strus hit a three-pointer, Butler also completed the air dunk, the Heat played a wave of 15-1 small climax, the third quarter ended, the Heat extended the point difference to 21 points, the score was 91-70. In the final quarter, Strus came up and joined forces with Martin to hit two three-pointers, and the Wizards were stopped. Back from the timeout, Kurtz immediately made a 2-point basket to stop the bleeding, but back, Dedmond's three-pointer fell, the Wizards offense picked up, and Keyspert hit the board with 2 points again.
After that, Harrell walked up to the free throw line to take 2 more points, but the Heat side felt hot, Vincent controlled the ball halfway and shot and hit three points, the Wizards side counterattacked, only 10 seconds later, Lowry also rained three points on the outside line, the point difference has reached 31 points, the game has completely entered garbage time, the Wizards requested a timeout, the home fans turned against each other, and fell into a carnival. Back from the suspension, the Heat withdrew the four main players, leaving only Lowry on the court, and most of the main players on the Wizards side also went off to rest.
Soon, Lowry's three-pointers won again, so that Lowry's personal score was also double-doubled, and after the Wizards' side of Avdia missed three points, Martin continued his excellent hand and hit the three-pointer again, at which time Lowry was replaced, and in the end, the Heat won 121-100 against the Wizards. After this game, the Heat won 3 consecutive wins, 35 wins and 20 losses, sitting firmly in the first place in the East, the Wizards suffered 2 consecutive losses, 24 wins and 29 losses, and continued to rank eleventh in the East, so that the Wizards did not say that they entered the playoffs, and even entering the playoffs was a problem.
In terms of statistics, Butler played 30 minutes, 7 of 13, had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Adebayo was 7 of 11, had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Lowry was 6 of 4, contributing 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Martin was 8 of 5, had 15 points and 3 assists, Robinson had 12 points, Vincent had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Dedmund had 11 points and 5 rebounds; on the Wizards side, Kuzma had 4 of 9, had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Harrell was 4 of 6, contributing 13 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Pope 9 points. Keyspert had 20 points and six rebounds. The Wizards had played well at the beginning of the season, and in Beal's absence, they once topped the top of the East, but after Beal returned, the team's chemistry was destroyed, the ball rights of Dinwiddie, Kuzma and others were correspondingly reduced, and the team's record began to decline.
As the record slipped, Dinwiddie became the scapegoat for the team's loss and was put on the shelf. For the Wizards, trading Beal was the right move, and Beal had too much ball and too little efficiency, which seriously affected the team's offense. The Heat have metamorphosed after getting Lowry and Tucker, who are the Bucks' biggest rivals in the East and the favorite team to win this year's championship.