After the offseason, a number of NBA Eastern Conference teams have significantly improved the overall strength of the team after the arms race, which has also greatly increased the fierceness of the division championship battle, in the case of less than 10 games left in the regular season, the Heat, although temporarily in the leading position, but the defending champion Bucks behind them are very tight, the win difference between the two sides is only 1 game, it is entirely possible that the situation of the first change of ownership in the East in the closing stage, especially after the last Heat infighting, It also makes many fans optimistic that the Bucks can pull the Heat off the horse with a single blow!
The Heat, on the cusp of the storm, ushered in the challenge of the New York Knicks in this regular season, the protagonist of the infighting incident, Butler, still started this battle, and played a good personal performance, under his leadership, the Heat have been suppressing the Knicks in the first three quarters, once established a 17-point lead, but the final final battlefield suddenly changed, the Knicks found a three-point sense, hit the key three-pointer in a row, and finally reversed the Heat 111-103, giving the First Three Consecutive Defeats in the East!
The Knicks from last season's Eastern Conference regular season dark horse, fell into the season early missed the playoffs, the main reason is the decline in the personal performance of the core Of the interior randle, in this game against the Heat, Randall hung up the exemption card, but let the Knicks play a more fluid overall offense on the offensive end, the whole game they have a total of five players scored double digits.
But Barrett, who is regarded as the future core of the team, is not in good shape, playing in 33.5 minutes and hitting only 5 goals in 17 shots, only 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and there are 5 personal turnovers, fortunately, the performance of role players is good enough, especially in the final quarter, many bench players have hit key three points, of which Quakeley has become a bench wizard, in the first three quarters only 3 points, the last quarter only scored 20 points, which is the main reason why the Knicks can reverse the win!
In the last game with the Warriors, Butler directly clashed with head coach Spoo and Haslem on the sidelines, making him the object of criticism by many fans after the game, but from the current situation, this incident did not affect the unity of the team, this campaign Still let Butler start the game, the latter also played a good performance, 17 shots hit 11 goals, contributed 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals and 7 blocks of comprehensive personal data, under his combing, Adebayor, Lowry, Strus and Maurice Also scored in double figures, but no one could stand up and score in the final quarter, and they could only watch their opponents stage a big reversal.
For today's Heat, impacting the championship is the only criterion for measuring success or failure, but if they want to achieve this goal, they need to do more, first of all, to keep the whole team super cohesive, and secondly, to do their best to keep the first place in the East, after all, in the playoff stage, whether there is home advantage, has a great impact on the trend of a series, I hope they can get out of the decline of the losing streak as soon as possible, play a good performance can achieve the first place in the East to enter the playoffs as desired!