The NBA play-offs are all played, and all eight sets of matchups in the first round of the East and West are born, they are: Lakers VS Nuggets, Suns VS Timberwolves, Mavericks VS Clippers, 76ers VS Knicks, Pacers VS Bucks, Magic VS Cavaliers, Heat VS Celtics, Pelicans VS Thunder! The Heat VS Celtics are both grudge games, especially the Heat VS Celtics, who just met in the Eastern Conference finals last season, and the Heat eliminated the Green Army 4-3, continuing the 3 rounds of Black Eight Miracle. The two teams are destined to meet again, and the new hatred and old hatred will be counted together.
Butler was injured and the Heat advanced to the playoffs with their heads held high
Even if Butler, the core of the team, suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and was out for several weeks, even if the backcourt big man Rozier was exempted from the game due to a neck injury, the Heat still led the Bulls by the nose for most of the game, Herro stepped up to carry the ball and production, and the veteran Love was still the backbone of the interior, Hakes, Jovic, Martin, Highsmith, Deng Roe and others can provide firepower on the outside, and the Heat's strong roster reserves can once again stand the test, and the ability to adjust without a pattern has become the last straw that destroys the Bulls.
The Heat advanced into the playoffs with a 21-point win in a desperate situation, which was the second consecutive year that the Heat eliminated the Bulls in the second round of the play-offs, and what awaits the Heat is also their old enemies in the East, the Celtics - this is the fourth time the two teams have met in the playoffs in the past five years, and the previous three meetings have all been in the Eastern Conference finals, with the Heat winning 2 times and the Green Army winning 1 time. The big war is imminent, and the Green Army has a good opportunity for revenge, and Butler can't count on it, but as Herro said, the biggest way out for the Heat team is that there is no way out, because the team can always burst out with stronger combat effectiveness and cohesion when there is no way out. The barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and the Heat can let go of their hands and feet to challenge the Green Army!
No. 1 in the league, No. 2 in the league, the Heat's first-round opponent is not simple
This season, the Green Army rebuilt the roster system and introduced Boshen and Holiday to assist the double tanhua, and the effect was immediate! The Green Army achieved a 64-18 record in the regular season, and they are the only team in the league to score 60+ wins this season, far ahead of all teams; in contrast, the Green Army won 14 more games than the Knicks, who are second in the East, and the Green Army won 7 more games than the Thunder, who are in the first place in the West! In the process, Tatum + Brown + Boshen + White +Holiday showed the league's top offensive and defensive standards, everyone can organize, everyone can finish, everyone can defend, the Green Army has changed from a three-point wave shooting team to a spatial projection team with defensive attributes, and if you don't win the championship, you will fail!
According to statistics from the NBA's official website, the Green Army ranks among the best in the league in many offensive and defensive statistics this season. Among them, offensive efficiency (122.2), three-point shooting (16.5), true shooting percentage (60.9%), blocks (6.6), plus/minus (+11.3) all ranked first in the league, and defensive efficiency (110.6) and rebounds (46.3) ranked second in the league. With enough size advantage, enough defensive resources, and strong enough space endpoints, the Green Army is a modern team that is extremely aggressive on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, with enough cards to deal with any opponent and a high margin for error! I don't deny that the Green Army will collapse and roll over from time to time, but it's hard to imagine that they will collapse 4 times in a series, and the Heat's first-round opponents are not easy, so it's not easy to get through.
The Heat have a backwater, and the key to whether they can be black-eight depends on Spo
As far as the Heat team is concerned, they completed the Black Eight Miracle in a row a year ago, relying on the output of Butler Jordan's possession; In my opinion, everything in the playoffs is in place, and only by playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses can they have the last laugh. Compared with the powerful Green Army, the talent of the Heat team in every position may be at a disadvantage, and the Heat team has a back-to-back battle, and whether the key to the Black Eight depends on Spo, to see if he can strategize and win thousands of miles away. Spo is recognized as the No. 1 coach in the active league, and he can beat Mazzulla in terms of ability and adaptability! The Heat lineup seems to be civilian, but it has two major advantages: first, there are more people who can play, and there are more people who can shine on the court, and there are always unknown strange soldiers who come forward; second, the Heat are more fierce and can bite, which will undoubtedly create great trouble for the Green Army, which has a relatively elegant style of play! If the Heat can inject more energy and blood into the game, strive for a protracted battle with the Green Army, and drag it out more and more to the detriment of the Green Army, then it will be a chance for the Heat! Fans and friends, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.