The NBA regular season continued, with the East facing a strong and weak confrontation, and the Heat went to challenge the Wizards on the road.
Before the game began, the Heat were in the middle of two consecutive wins, the team ranked first in the East, while the Wizards, the big dark horse team, the overall competitiveness continued to decline, before the start of the game has fallen to the 11th place in the East, missing the play-off place.
Both teams also suffered some injury problems, with the Heat continuing to miss games and Wizards core Bill not playing.
As soon as the game began, the overall strength was stronger, and the Heat, who were in better shape recently, naturally took the lead, playing a wave of offensive climax for the main player, and established a leading edge early.
The Wizards can be described as a mess, always unable to form a sustained scoring performance, can only rely on players to barely maintain the situation, the point difference is naturally gradually opened by the Heat, at the end of the first quarter, the Wizards have fallen behind by as much as 15 points.
In the second quarter, the Heat continued to work hard, pulling the gap to 20 points in one go, and then the Wizards bench, led by Harrell, set off wave after wave of offensive climax, and at the end of the half, successfully narrowed the point difference to 7 points.
Yi Bian fought again, the two teams began a confrontation war, the point difference was pulled to double digits by the Heat, and the Wizards quickly recovered, and the Heat were deadlocked for most of the time.
Helplessly, entering the second half of the third quarter, the Wizards suddenly muted, and the Heat also took advantage of the situation to regain the lead, with a huge 21-point lead into the final quarter of the battle.
In the final quarter of the scramble, the Heat's outside line broke out again, 5 three-pointers in a row, the point difference was quickly pulled apart to 30 points, the game also lost suspense, and finally the Heat won 121-100 against the Wizards, winning three consecutive wins at the same time, completely sitting in the first place in the East.
Throughout the game, the Heat showed the team's longboard without a doubt, in addition to the big three Adebayo, Butler and Lowry scored 21 points, 19 points and 11 points respectively, there are four players who scored in double figures.
In his Chinese, Sente 16 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Martin 15 points and 3 assists, Dunroe 12 points, and Dedmund 11 points and 5 rebounds.
It can also be seen from this game that the Heat have a strong roster depth this season, and as long as the team remains healthy, then this season they are undoubtedly one of the most likely teams to break out of the East.
In particular, the addition of Lowry is visible to the naked eye for the heat's promotion, and in the 3 games he returned, the Heat also achieved a wave of 3 consecutive wins.
With his return, the Heat finally had a brain, and Butler, Adebayo, Dunro and other players performed their duties and played a very good chemistry.
In contrast, the losing side of the Wizards has become a counterexample, as the big dark horse at the beginning of the season, the Wizards have completely faded, the whole game not only has no stable offensive and defensive performance, but even the impact of the dark horse team has been completely lost.
Judging from the current situation of the Wizards and Lakers, the 3-for-4 trade completed by the two teams in the offseason can be described as a lose-lose situation, which not only did not increase their respective ceilings, but caused both teams to be in trouble.
Originally, Westbrook had enough ball power in the Wizards, and could still average three-doubles per game, and under his and Beale's leadership, the Wizards entered the playoffs last season.
As a result, this season, the Wizards have reached 11th place in the fiercely competitive East, Kuzma and Pop have seriously declined in efficiency, Harrell has also exposed defensive shortcomings, and is getting farther and farther away from the playoffs.