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Chapter 64 Stand Up

The Seattle Supersonics are a team that began to explode at the beginning of the season. Last season, the team missed the playoffs. They changed their blood in the summer. Except for the outside and inside core Gary Payton and Vin Baker, they all changed their main lineup.

Brent Barry, Ruben Patterson, and Horace Grant all had a good chemical reaction with the team after they joined. Vernon Maxwell, who just joined the bench, can also score in double figures. With the rise of Rashad-Lewis, their offensive and defensive capabilities on the perimeter are extremely terrifying.

The Heat got into trouble at the beginning of this game. Gary Payton and Ruben Patterson's defenses were excellent, especially "The Glove". He almost even defended Leonard, who replaced Hardaway. Can't make a pass, but on the offensive end he can easily score.

After Leonard entered the main lineup, the firepower of the bench also had problems, and he was not the opponent of Maxwell and Lewis at all.

In the second half, Zhang Chen changed to play point guard to stabilize the situation, but the hole had already been dug. Even if he launched the momentum in the fourth quarter and chased the wind desperately, he could not prevent the team from losing.

At 88:92, the Heat suffered their first defeat on their Western Conference road trip.

The last game of the Western Conference road trip was the Golden State Warriors. Although Zhang Chen's fellow rookie Antawn Jamison broke out this season and averaged more than 20 points per game, their results were not good.

However, as the Warriors who can shoot three-pointers from five positions, the explosion was too terrifying. By the time the Heat reacted, they had almost been shot to death, and another chase failed. 97:102, this time the away game After all, the brigade still brought them their first losing streak of the season.

On December 12, the Heat, returning to their home court, ushered in a challenge from the Milwaukee Bucks.

This season, the Bucks have begun to rise. The healthy "Three Musketeers", Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson, and Sam Cassell, form an outside offensive firepower that is definitely the most powerful outside line in the league. Well, none of them could average 20 points per game last season, but three of them did it this season.

In this game, the Heat were catching up from the very beginning. Even if Zhang Chen worked hard, he could only keep an eye on one opponent. Fortunately, except for those three people, the Bucks would not score at all. It just collapsed.

In the fourth quarter, Zhang Chen continued to assist Mourning, pulling the score back a little bit.

It's a pity that at the last moment, the last shot of the Bucks was not Ray Allen, who was defended by Zhang Chen under absolute control. At 95:96, the Heat were decisively killed by Cassel's shot.

This game made Zhang Chen feel that what is meant by hanging up is also very powerless.

Two days later, the Heat suffered a disastrous home defeat. The Charlotte Hornets have a tendency to show their ambitions this season. They have a group of strong players. The main lineup is David Wesley, Eddie Jones, Anthony Mason Jr. , Derek Coleman, and Eldon Campbell are all guys in their prime, and there are young titans like Baron Davis, Ricky Davis, and Brad Miller on the bench.

In this game, Zhang Chen didn't have a chance to use his skills at all, because the fourth quarter was already garbage time, he didn't play at all, and the score was fixed at 89:106 after both sides were on the bench.

After losing four games in a row, such a dilemma appeared after injuring the main point guard, which also made the Heat unexpected.

The voice of bad-mouthing the Heat sounded again, and their record has changed from the previous number one in the Eastern Conference and even the league to the fourth in the Eastern Conference. It's very close.

What's more, the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars made Zhang Chen a little depressed.

Originally, Vince Carter and Grant Hill, two very popular guys, signed up for the forward position, which made him secretly happy a lot. Regardless of his team's good record, he often wins duels, but his popularity is He is not as tall as these guys, and it has something to do with his lack of gorgeous style of play, but most importantly, he became famous too late. Compared with others, he lacks a lot of NCAA and high school fans. In the American school league, he is more popular than the NBA. Still high.

In the guard position, even if it is not as good as Allen Iverson, it doesn't matter if it is ranked second. This was Zhang Chen's previous thought, but after seeing the results, he is even a little worse than Eddie Jones. This made him a little uneasy.

Teammate Mourning is better. In the East, there is no center who can threaten his starting position.

If he can't make the starting lineup, Zhang Chen is a little worried about whether he can make it to the All-Star team. Looking at the current situation of the team, it is not sure whether he can return to the No. [-] spot in the Eastern Conference before the All-Star team. I'm really not sure if he can be selected. Due to his personality, he doesn't have a wide social circle in the NBA, and he is not a traditional American. He has a bit of animosity with other strong teams in the East, and his favorability score has been greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the difference is not much. If we work harder, there should be hope.

In fact, the eastern part is better, and the competition in the western part is fiercer. Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, and Gary Payton are very close in the guard position, and the forward position is even more intense. Vin Garnett, Chris Webber, and Karl Malone are all very popular, and they are all power forwards, which is quite strange, but no one in the West should be able to compete with O'Neal for the center position.

In fact, during his trip to the other side of the ocean in the summer, he secretly canvassed votes. Could it be that the voting channels in China are not convenient now, should the guys from Dream Investment Company go to the major forums there to create momentum?

But before he had the cheek to go to the company to release the task, he was approached by someone. The Chinese sports media, which has always maintained a good relationship, called him and said that they would definitely give him a good publicity and let the fans and friends give him a good impression. He votes.

Then there was also a message from Nike, intending to create some momentum for him. Although he has only signed for two years, the balloon stars Vince Carter, Allen Iverson and Grant Hill in the East are not theirs now. If you sign a star player, if you don't support Zhang Chen, there is no one to support him.

Since this is the case, Zhang Chen felt that there should be nothing to worry about, and that it would be more realistic to focus on the game, after all, it was already a four-game losing streak.

Facing the performance of the Heat, Pat Riley will certainly not be happy. In fact, it also has something to do with him. The team does not have offensive guards, and there are few who can organize well.

In this case, Pat Riley decided to start Leonard decisively. This guy is just a pitcher and can't do the job of organization. The team has maintained its offensive power.

So, after Hardaway was injured, he got a lot of opportunities, and Anthony Carter, who performed well, got the chance to start. You know, his guy is just a non-draft player, and he started in such a short time after entering the NBA.

And Tim James and Rodney Buford, who also performed well in the summer league and were selected by the Heat, were not so lucky, especially Tim James, a rookie in the first round, basically No chance.

Sometimes people have to talk about luck. Last season, Zhang Chen was selected because of Mashburn's injury and started in the starting lineup. This season, Anthony Carter also got the chance to start because of the injury of the team's main player.

Of course, in the NBA, you have to be prepared at all times. If you have the opportunity, you must be able to play immediately. Maybe you can soar into the sky, and if you don’t do well, you can get a good job. But if the opportunity comes and you don’t grasp it, then think about it again It is slim on your head, missed opportunities, and players who have faded out of the NBA since then are countless.

Let's not talk about whether Anthony Carter can seize the opportunity. If the Heat can't seize the opportunity to win, the whole team may be in trouble.

On the 21st, they challenged the Dallas Mavericks in an away game, and all the players of the Heat team were full of energy.

However, the outside world is not optimistic about the losing streak of the Heat. Although the record of the Mavericks this season is mediocre, due to the rise of Nowitzki, they are composed of Mike Finley, Dirk Nowitzki and Cedric Ceballos. The formed attack line is also extremely vigorous.

The media predicted that if this game is not won, there may be an ugly losing streak when they encounter the Utah Jazz and Milwaukee Bucks later.

It is well known that the Heat are not good at teams with strong shooting ability.

Exactly, this group of opponents have excellent shooting ability, especially a big man with excellent shooting like Nowitzki, which is very troublesome. Fortunately, his physical fitness is not particularly good, but even so, the Heat's defense is also very good. difficulty.

Anthony Carter's starting performance was quite satisfactory. He always gave the ball to Zhang Chen at the first time in the offense. He was very desperate in the defense. This is because he had a lot of opportunities before, but his shooting was much worse than Leonard. , but he doesn't need too many shots in the main lineup.

Maybe the Heat were unlucky during this period. Nowitzki made six three-pointers in the halftime. PJ Brown couldn't do anything about it. Zhang Chen couldn't help because he had to stare at Mike Finley. , trailing by 10 points at halftime, the Heat seem to be really going on the losing streak.

In the second half, Pat Riley had to change the lineup, let Mashburn top the power forward position to defend Nowitzki, and put Bowen on to play a small lineup.

In the third quarter, it stopped the trend of the score continuing to widen, but it didn't get closer either.

This kind of situation makes the players of the Heat a little frustrated. Sports morale is very important. If it continues, this game will be very dangerous.

Moreover, Anthony Carter has fouled five times because of his hard work.

Even if Zhang Chen activates the skill of awe-inspiring momentum, it doesn't mean that other people will be able to become aura-like in no time.

"Coach, leave the game to me. I will definitely let the team win." At critical moments, someone must stand up, and Zhang Chen felt that it was time for him to stand up. (It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow up~click/Chinese website official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately Pay attention to qdread WeChat official account!)

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