The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Whether the winner of the Western Conference Finals is the Spurs or the Trail Blazers is actually not important, because their strength is slightly lacking compared to the Wizards.

The Spurs are without defensive leader Leonard, and the Blazers' bench lineup is flawed, which is very different from last year's Mavericks' lineup.

Basically, as long as the Wizards can cross the Heat, they can win the finals!

This season, the positioning of the Heat's Big Three has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Last season's stop in the Eastern Conference Finals hit the Big Three more than another loss in the space-time finals. Therefore, after the start of the new season, Wade simply gave up the ball, allowing James to maximize his abilities, while himself Then he concentrated on being the second master.

As for Bosh, he more calmly accepted the job of the third firepower point plus the job of taking over the pot, sincerely and honestly.

The Big Three with such a clear division of labor already have a tacit understanding of the partnership of the Celtics' Big Three, and their power far exceeds the state of fighting each other last season.

At the same time that the Big Three became more difficult to deal with, Haslem returned from injury in the team, Mike Miller gradually recovered some of the best sixth man status of the year, and a very strong role player Sean Battier's joining has improved the strength of the Heat's bench lineup to a certain extent. Although it is not comparable to the Wizards' luxurious bench lineup, it has also reached the average level of the league.

With the Big Three, the Heat don't need the bench lineup to score as many points. As long as they don't lose too many points, it's the Heat's advantage when it's the Big Three's turn to play.

So if you want to deal with the current Heat, there are two things that must be done.

First, we must make good use of the advantages of the depth of the bench lineup, and widen the point difference when the bench is on the bench.

Second, do a good job of restricting James.

Wade's decentralization has inspired James in the strongest state. Without Curry, James will win the regular season MVP for the third time this season, and in the playoffs he averaged 30 points, 9.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists. Championship trophy and Finals MVP.

Wang Xiao is fully prepared.

On the bench, Jamison and Caron Butler lead Beverly, Parsons and others, and their firepower must exceed that of the Heat's bench.

As for restricting James, I believe Leonard and George will be able to satisfy Wang Xiao.

What's more, the Wizards' forward line is so luxurious. Under Leonard and George, there are Caron Butler, Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons and others gearing up. Exhausted!

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The outside media are generally more optimistic about the Heat for the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Although the Wizards eliminated the Heat's Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, although Curry won the regular season MVP, although the Wizards have a lot of talents.

But after all, the Heat have James + Wade's top partner in the league. People are always unwilling to believe that the top five players in these two leagues will not be able to beat a group of recruits whose average age is less than 25 years old.

The first battle between the two sides started on May 28 at the MCI Center Arena, home of the Wizards.

As the team with the best record in the league, the Wizards have home court advantage when they meet any team in the playoffs.

Before the game, Wang Xiao didn't do any special mobilization because he didn't want to put pressure on the players.

Although the Heat are the biggest enemy in this playoffs, for the Wizards, as long as the players are playing normally, the Heat are not opponents.

So Wang Xiao acted very relaxed, and even didn't care about it. What to pay attention to when playing against the Heat, and how to use a targeted style of play, he has taught the Wizards players many times during the regular season. , they know exactly what to do.

When deciding on the use of system tactical skills before the game, Wang Xiao chose the card position master after careful consideration.

The Wizards averaged 41.7 rebounds per game this season, ranking 20th in the league. Without Jordan, George took the position of power forward again, which made the Wizards' protection of rebounds plummet.

But the Heat didn't fare too well, averaging 40.3 rebounds per game and ranking fifth in the league.

Although Bosh averaged 20+10 per game in the Raptors, he was not a rebounder, and the team's starting center Joel Anthony averaged a poor 3.9 rebounds per game in the regular season.

Although the Wizards are not strong in rebounding, after all, there are two big men, McGee and Whiteside. After using the card position master skills, the two are enough to crush all the inside blue-collars of the Heat and occupy an absolute advantage in rebounding. .

The famous center Takenori Akagi once said that only by controlling the rebounds can he control the game. Against the Heat, this will also be a major advantage for the Wizards to win.

In the first game, the starting lineup of the Wizards is Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and JaVale McGee.

The Heat's starting lineup is Mario Chalmers, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Sean Battier and Chris Bosh.

Since entering the playoffs, the Heat have given up the traditional starting center and instead let Bosh serve as the starting center and let Battier top the power forward position.

There is no way around this. The Heat's center is really scumbag. Joel Anthony wants height but not height, and speed but not speed. Except for a little stronger strength to help block and protect rebounds, he is useless. I can't even eat cakes.

In contrast, Sean Battier's ability to protect rebounds is a bit worse than Joel Anthony's, but in other respects it can be said to be completely blown.

On the defensive end, Battier's single-defense and assist-defense abilities are all top-notch in the league. On the offensive end, Battier also has a good three-point shooting rate. He is currently the most stable three-pointer in the Heat team under Mike Miller. shooter.

Such a Heat lineup also has the shadow of small ball tactics.

The Wizards have played small-ball tactics in the league for three seasons. Their rapid offensive and defensive transitions and a large number of three-point shots have made the entire league gradually realize the advantages of this tactic. Many teams that lack strong centers have also begun to follow suit.

The Heat are certainly one of the most likeable teams to imitate.

At least purely from the perspective of the Heat's starting lineup, this team will definitely not run much slower than the Wizards, even faster, and more destructive. After all, the lethality of the impact of James and Wade Far from being comparable to Curry and others, Zhan Wei's connection is currently the fastest and most efficient defensive counterattack in the league.

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At the beginning of the game, McGee easily defeated Bosh with a jump ball and passed the basketball to Curry. The latter advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and then called for a pick-and-roll. Using McGee's pick-and-roll to form a dislocation, Bosh rushed into the basket and scored a layup. .