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Chapter 74 Tactics Against Zhang Chen

While the players were enjoying the All-Star weekend, Pat Riley was struggling.

The trade deadline is coming soon, and the teams with moves are making moves. For example, the rivals in the East, the Philadelphia 76ers, got the last titan of the Bulls dynasty from the completely rebuilt Bulls. With the addition of Toni Kukoc, their offensive power has been further strengthened.

Pat Riley is not thinking about what players can be brought in. Tim Hardaway is recovering from his injury and the problems on the back line will be resolved soon. What worries him is Zhang Chen's matter.

This season, because of Mashburn, Zhang Chen came to the 2nd position. Although the rebound data has dropped, the scoring and assists have increased. The 20+5+5 data proves his comprehensiveness. Such data is impeccable.

But to be honest, the team's current record is not very good, and the reason for this situation is probably that the characteristics of the team's three outside players are not completely compatible. It's just that this lineup also won the championship last year. Is he right? He is willing to change easily, so in the summer he just made a slight change in the rotation to make the team better in terms of details.

If he didn't win the championship last year, he can safely make bold changes. Now, he is still taking chances.

Lucky doesn't refer to other things, but refers to whether Qin Chao will stay or stay. The current total salary of the Heat team exceeds the salary cap, which means that they cannot offer Zhang Chen a maximum salary contract this summer.

Either Zhang Chen is willing to wait a little longer, or he needs to change his entire lineup in order to renew his contract, or trade him now to get the most value.

Pat Riley found that he always made mistakes on the issue of Zhang Chen. Last summer, he didn't have the heart to do something to clear the salary space, but this can't be completely blamed on him. Now the Heat's salary is all in the When playing players, there is no junk contract at all, and clearing the salary space means giving up the championship lineup.

If you do this, you will definitely be scolded for being stupid. After the championship, the players will be cleaned up. Who would dare to do this.

It can only be said that Zhang Chen's rise was an accident. The Heat have been building a lineup around Mourning in the past few years. How could they have thought of Zhang Chen's appearance, and without Zhang Chen, they would also be a strong team in the East.

But the speed of Zhang Chen's rise is really surprising. Pat Riley believes that as long as Zhang Chen and Mourning are left behind, the Heat can definitely create a dynasty. It's just that the previous operation did not expect this accident. Now it is very troublesome to remedy it. Other teams have been thinking of taking advantage of the fire.

The fax of the deal has already been received many times, but Zhang Chen is currently holding a rookie contract. If he wants to trade him, he needs to get a few players, which is equivalent to a big change. If he is not traded, Xia Tian may not get anything. The key is, even if It's a big change, and it can't be replaced with suitable players. Could it be that Zhang Chen and Mashburn are replaced by a player who has a similar role to them? It's a loss when you think about it. Now it's the middle of the season, basically it's a loss no matter what you do.

He is taking big risks for consecutive championships. If the Heat's record is not good this season, it will be a real loss, but even if it is someone else, he will take this risk. After all, he still believes that Mourning has a greater role .

Moreover, maybe using some off-court means and the promise of the No.1 team in the future, Zhang Chen might be able to keep Zhang Chen. Of course, he will not talk to Zhang Chen now, and now he can only play well in the second half of the season. The game, to hit the championship.

On February 2th, after the all-star weekend and Valentine's Day, the second half of the NBA game began.

Single youths like Zhang Chen are training on Valentine's Day. The players of their opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers, may not be as pitiful as him. All of them seem to be having a good time on Valentine's Day, and their legs are still weak now.

At 107:88, the Heat killed them cleanly.

After abusing the food, the Heat started their road trip again, and the first opponent was the Bulls.

The Bulls traded away Tony Kukoc and made Brand the only core. The No. 20 pick is ambitious. After all, he has 10+[-] data since he entered the NBA, and he is almost the same as Mourning now.

Facing the Heat, he was also extraordinarily excited, but he was very depressed during the All-Star rookie game.

At this stop, the Heat once again felt the lethality of the technology's comprehensive inside line. In the last quarter, Zhang Chen took the initiative to ask Ying to pinch the opponent, and only then helped the team reverse the score. At this time, it is really time to consider the ranking of the playoffs.

85:83, with Zhang Chen's quasi lore, the Heat won the game.

On the 19th, the Heat played back-to-back away games against the Nets. For this team, it was not without reason that the Heat failed last time. Their two cores, the dubious power forward Keith Van Horn, are P-J-Browns' defense is weak, and their point guard Stephon Marbury can blow Anthony Carter three blocks away.

Falling behind at halftime again, Pat Riley had to adjust the lineup, let Zhang Chen play the first position like an All-Star, and limit Marbury.

It was the last time to decide the winner, Zhang Chen blocked Marbury's last shot, 94:91, and the Heat won four consecutive victories.

Facing the Charlotte Hornets on the 21st, the Heat played at the last moment and won the game 85:80.

With 5 consecutive victories and 3 consecutive away games, the Heat have aroused the topic again.

Some experts pointed out that the Heat have been able to win several times in the stalemate to the last moment of the game, and this season, regardless of whether the Heat win or lose, most of the games played very well in the fourth quarter.

We all know that Zhang Chen is a player with a big heart, and he has played at many critical moments, but this season, the entire Heat team seems to have become this type. How to deal with such a Heat team has become a topic.

Soon, everyone discovered that Zhang Chen played a very important role in this change.

Whether restricting Zhang Chen can restrict the Heat is a question worth studying for teams aspiring to the playoffs.

The Heat also lost a lot of games this season, but Zhang Chen's performance has always been stable. The teams that won the Heat all bypassed him, that is, they won by exploiting the Heat's relatively weak points.

However, this point is not easy to use in the playoffs. The playoffs are the stage for stars, and the team will not use so many rotations. Both Zhang Chen and Mourning will stay on the court for a long time, just like the In the season playoffs, Zhang Chen played nearly 44 minutes, almost 8 minutes more than the regular season.

If the teams in the East still have to consider Mourning, the strong teams in the West almost only need to consider Zhang Chen. The insiders in the West are much stronger. Whether it is the Lakers, Spurs, Jazz, or Trail Blazers, Mourning is not nervous.

However, the teams in the West will not meet the Heat until the finals, so the teams in the East are more enthusiastic about researching ways to deal with the Heat.

However, the Heat's next opponent, the Pistons, announced that they have a way to deal with Zhang Chen. The media have speculated whether it is to use Grant Hill to defend. You must know that Hill, who is slightly taller and faster than Zhang Chen, is really possible. Guard Zhang Chen, but what to do in the offense, you can't sacrifice the team's first scoring point in order to deal with the Heat's second scoring point.

For this reason, the Heat's away game against the Pistons has received a lot of attention.

However, at the beginning of the game, the spectators felt cheated.

The Pistons adopted a flanking tactic. They let go of Anthony Carter, who was inaccurate in outside shooting, and then Stackhouse and Xi took turns flanking Zhang Chen with Lynch-Hunter.

Going around, isn’t it the way the Spurs dealt with Zhang Chen in the finals? At that time, the Spurs did that, but Zhang Chen still made a three-pointer to death, and this year he also won the All-Star Three-pointer Championship, so it shouldn’t be It's right to be afraid.

But the actual situation has affected the Heat a lot, especially at the beginning, when Zhang Chen was flanked, and after two unsatisfactory strong attacks, they basically focused on passing the ball, but Anthony Carter had the most chance It is true that the shooting ability is not good, so the Heat were very passive from the beginning, and the score has been falling behind.

For this situation, the siege professionals have speculated that this is because the outside players of the Pistons are better than the outside players of the Spurs, especially Grant Hill. With his height and speed, Zhang Chen has no way to get Opportunities for calls from outside lines.

But not every team has such high and fast players, it should be said that there are almost none, but it also provides a direction for other teams. One player is very simple, anyway, it is flanking, why not.

Without the restraint of Zhang Chen's vitality on the outside, Mourning was also tired from playing inside.

The Heat were almost beaten by the Pistons for three quarters. Everyone thought they had found a way to deal with the Heat. Although an All-Star like the Pistons with two perimeters, one of them can attack Zhang Chen, and the other can deal with Mashburn. There are not many teams, but the Pacers, New York, Bucks and many other strong teams in the East have this capital.

Who let the Heat's shooter Leitner be reimbursed? You can feel relieved when you attack.

Unexpectedly, the Heat team suddenly changed in the fourth quarter. Zhang Chen was still caught in the pinch and did not rise, but the shooting percentage of others suddenly increased.

At this time, the Pistons were leading, even leading by double digits, but they resolutely insisted on the pincer attack. There was no problem in the first three quarters. Could it be that the rest of the Heat team could explode in the fourth quarter.

As a result, the rest of the Heat team really exploded. In the end, Mourning made a lore shot. The Heat 96:95, reversed 14 points in the fourth quarter and won the game.

There are different opinions on whether this tactic succeeded or failed. It must have succeeded against Zhang Chen, completely limiting his scoring, but the Pistons still lost.

(End of this chapter)