When the NBA enters the third game day, it also means that all 30 teams will appear; the first game of the season between the Hawks and the Heat will burst out two big colds, the Hawks will spend the Lone Rangers, and the Heat will spend the defending champion Bucks!
Objectively speaking, because the Hawks and Heat are both home battles, they are also elite; on the contrary, the lone rangers after the change of coach have re-"learned" the way to play under Kidd, while the Bucks have missed the two cores of Holliday and Dalo, and role players such as Portis, Ojelet, Hood, and Di Vincenzo continue to be absent, so the Eagles and Heat's first big win of the season is not a special accident, but the way they win is very unexpected.
Last year, the Hawks left the impression that they could attack or not defend, while the Lone Rangers used to be a team with fierce offensive firepower. But in the first game of the season, the Eagles, who used to look less able to defend, defended the lone ranger who could attack to 87 points; Doncic was 6 of 17 in the whole game, with a plus-minus of -24 the lowest in the game, in addition to 5 turnovers.
Talking about the impressive defensive performance of the Eagles in the first game of the season, it can be said that it is a continuation after last year's coach change. Last year in Lloyd. Under Pierce, the Eagles' defensive efficiency is among the league's last; but by the time McMillan took over, the team's defensive efficiency had reached the midstream. In terms of personnel, Hunter's return has improved the Hawks' forward defensive level. Capela, Collins, Hunter, Gion and others created a no-fly zone for the Lone Rangers, and the sense of oppression they showed on the defensive end was a bit unexpected. And Terry. Young's performance was also not particularly ideal, with only 6 of 16 points and 5 turnovers; but he also had 14 assists, successfully stringing together the firepower of the entire team, and the Hawks scored in double figures with 6 players.
If the Hawks and the Lone Ranger are at stake, it's Doncic and Trey. Young's 18th head card battle is also related to the judgment of the Eagles and Lone Rangers in the 18-year draft, the two are exchanged; then the heat and bucks are a battle of grievances. In the 19-20 season, the Bucks were 4-1 off by the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals; in the final stage of last year's regular season, the Bucks took the initiative to pick the Heat on the Knicks and Heat, and responded with a sweep. It is also precisely because of being swept by the Bucks that fully reflects the gap in the lineup, coupled with Pat. Riley may retire at any time, this year the Heat have brought in Lowry, Tucker, Big Morris and other old guys obviously in order to let go of the championship before Riley retires, the first game of the season to play the defending champion, the Heat showed a strong concentration.
The Heat itself is a team with a good defensive system and the most able to use joint defense in the league; these old guys they got this year are also players who can defend, so in the face of the Bucks, who are seriously disorganized, they once again sacrifice anti-alphabet armor to defend the opponent to 95 points. But the Heat, which has always been not known for offense, scored 40 points in the first quarter, and scored more than 100 points in less than 3 quarters, and the 137 points in the whole game were still very unexpected.
So then again, why has the Heat, which has always been not particularly capable of attacking, showed excellent firepower in the first game of the season, and blew up the defending champion who just squashed the Nets? There are three reasons for this:
1. Hiro erupts to ensure bench firepower. Last season, the Heat and the Rockets and the Raptors negotiated deals with Harden and Lowry, all of which failed because they were unwilling to come out of Hiero. And Hiro's performance last season was really bad, so much so that the Heat's operation was once a laughing stock. But this year, since the preseason, Hiro has shown a very good state, and in the first three quarters of this game, Hiro has contributed 20+5+5, scoring 27 points in the whole game, ensuring the Heat's substitute firepower.
2. The Heat's offensive space improves. The reason why the Bucks were able to sweep the Heat last year seems to be that Butler and Adebayo were completely killed; but behind the death of these two people, it is also related to the Heat's extremely bad offensive space at that time. But this year, Hiro's state recovered, Tucker also played a role in opening up space in 3 of 3 outside the three-point line, and although Lowry was not efficient in this game, the other party did not dare to let go after all. The Heat's outside pulled the Bucks' defense out, and Butler and Adebayor had more singles opportunities; Butler and Adebayo, who were both 20 in the game, did not have a single outside shot.
3. The Bucks are absent from the lineup, and the Heat have the advantage of body size. The Bucks' real advantage over most teams in the league is their size; in the Suns' Finals, they used the simplest shooting tactics and absolute talent of the alphabet to win the opponent. And in the playoffs of the Heat and Bucks last season, Adebayo couldn't pull out to shoot, he couldn't beat Da luo; even if he got rid of Da Luo through the blocking, the letters were still waiting for him; even compared with Portis, Adebayo didn't have a body advantage! In the 19-20 season, Butler played the Bucks, constantly using the size advantage to name Bledsoe, George. Hill; but the two sides met again last season, and when the Bucks' shortest was replaced by holliday, who was extremely defensive, Butler couldn't beat anyone. But this big Lowe and Portis can't play, the Bucks can only go up 1 big and 4 small; Ojeley doesn't play, Tucker is gone again, and the Bucks let Middleton stand in the No. 4 position, this lineup seems too small. As long as you get rid of the letters by blocking and covering, Adebayor hitting others in the paint area is basically a hand-held turn! And in the backcourt Holliday doesn't play, Di Vincenzo doesn't play, Butler can happily go to the low post to name George. Hill and Aaron!
Of course, at the beginning of the season, Kidd tried to change the way the Lone Rangers used to play doncic in the past, the Bucks were so few people, and the big wins of the Hawks and Heat didn't say much. However, in the past, the Eagles who can attack and cannot defend the outside world, and the Heat, which can not be attacked, have won a big victory in the first game of the season in an unexpected way, which is also the embodiment of the competitiveness of the two teams.
Considering the guaranteed Knicks in defense, this year through the introduction of Fourniers, Walker to strengthen the offensive resources; 76ers even if Simmons does not play for the time being, Embiid can also lead the team to the bottom, and Simmons problems can be solved sooner or later, their record will not be bad; and the Bulls have been greatly enhanced by the introduction of ball brothers, DeRozan, Caruso hard power, coupled with the Bucks and Nets, these two super teams, as well as the heat, Eagles, double probe of the green army that makes the outside world look a little impressed, the competitiveness of the East this season has exceeded the past. On the other hand, the West is in a bad state of the Lakers and the Suns, there are hard injuries in the Utah Jazz lineup structure, the playoffs are easy to be targeted, the Warriors have to wait for the Buddha to return to show the strongest competitiveness, the entire West is full of great uncertainty in the background, the West is strong and the East is weak has become a thing of the past, and the East has opened a wild mode!