In the first round of the playoffs last season, the Miami Heat faced the final champion Bucks with no resistance, was swept out by the opponent, so that the team management was determined to upgrade the lineup, so as to return to the ranks of the East giants, the season began before the start of the offseason Tucker and Lowry joined, so that the team has a change of birth, after the end of the first 69 regular season games, the Heat ranked first in the East with a record of 45 wins and 24 losses, but the rising momentum of the defending champion Bucks is also very strong, Currently only 2 wins behind the Heat, in order to have a greater chance of winning the regular season Eastern Conference championship, the Heat will definitely need to win more victories in the remaining schedule, in this regular season, the Heat at home to meet the second-to-last Pistons, this game Yuanlang Cunningham hung up the exemption card, so that the Heat's strength advantage is more obvious, after the game began, they also once achieved a 14-point lead, However, in the last 7 minutes of the third quarter, they fell into a scoring drought and were beaten by the opponent to a 19-0, but in the final quarter, the draft Strus went on a rampage, and one person scored 13 consecutive points to erase the point difference, and in the decisive moment, Hiro stepped forward to hit the key ball, helping the Heat to win the Pistons 105-98, avoiding a losing streak and stabilizing the first place in the East!
Before the Pistons selected Cunningham this season, Grant was the absolute core and leader of the team, this time Corningham did not play, Grant re-assumed the responsibility of leading the big brother, the whole game Grant in the 38.3 minutes of his play, 20 shots hit 8 goals, contributed 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block, both ends of the attack and defense gave the team a lot of help, which is also the reason why the Pistons can play an offensive climax in the third quarter and see the hope of winning again.
But of the Pistons' starting five in this game, except for Grant, only Sadik Bay scored a double figure and scored 13 points, which obviously can't help the team win opponents who are far stronger than themselves.
The leader of this game performed so badly, obviously underestimating the combat effectiveness of the opponent, too lax attitude so that they not only did not show the strength they should have on the defensive end, the offensive end was also loose and inefficient, Butler played 18 minutes in this campaign only 9 total 8 points performance, and Lowry played in its 34.2 minutes, did not score a single sports battle goal, only by free throws to score 6 points.
Fortunately, Hiro and Strus were in good shape in this game, and Strus, who did not have much opportunity to perform in the first three quarters, suddenly broke out in the final quarter, scoring 13 points in the opening and cutting 16 points in the single quarter, helping the team to keep the hope of winning, and Hiro also repeatedly hit key balls in the decisive moment, hitting 8 goals in 15 shots in the whole game, including 4 of 8 three-pointers, contributing 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, becoming one of the biggest contributors to the team's victory.
For the Heat this season, the championship is the only measure of success or failure, and striving for the first place in the division is also to make their playoff road smoother, but from the current ranking in the East, the Heat are certainly not willing to meet the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, so while striving for the first place in the East, the Heat must also hope that the Nets can win the first game in the playoffs and finally enter the playoffs with seventh place!