First in scoring

Chapter 489 487. The cannon comes before the cheek!
After the first game, both teams rested for a day.

At 27 p.m. on the 8th, the second game of the series between the Bobcats and the Heat began.

Over the past 48 hours, the media and fans' views on this series have been completely opposite to those of Zhang Yang, Hill and others.

In Game 1, Wade was only 1 point away from a 40+ triple-double, and the Heat lost by only 4 points. The media hyped that he could really lead the team to complete the black eight. Under the guidance of public opinion, his fans even shouted the slogan of creating the "strongest black eight in history."

When it came to the game, the situation of the Heat team... Wade was numb!
The salary of a role player who is 10 or years old and averages or points per game from a strong playoff team is often higher than that of a role player who is also or years old and averages just over points per game from a weak team, even if the former's shooting percentage, efficiency, and comprehensiveness seem to be worse than the latter.

For example, Duhon, who left the Bulls, was sought after by many teams, and finally the Knicks signed him with an annual contract of 650 million. Last summer, Willie Green, a player of the 76ers who tried the free market, asked for an annual salary of 500 million, but no one was interested. In the end, he had to return to the 76ers with a flattering face. His original 5-year 2000 million contract was also lost, and the 76ers only renewed his contract with 3 years and 1000 million.

If Du Hong had not been injured, with his playing style, it would not be a problem for him to get a long-term contract with a good annual salary after the current contract expires. Unfortunately, he averaged 11.1 points and 7.2 assists per game this season, and he fell at the end of the season, tore the ancillary ligament of his left knee, and underwent minimally invasive surgery... He is only 27 years old, the peak age of his career, which is a pity.

Willie Green will be 30 years old after the new contract ends, and he will most likely only get the minimum salary. His playing style is that of a sixth man in a weak team or a team on the edge of the playoffs. He knows a little bit about everything, but is not proficient in anything. It is foreseeable that his physical fitness will plummet once it declines. The 76ers originally gave him a 5-year contract with the idea of ​​"providing for his retirement" in the last 1-2 years, but he felt that "the parent team has given him 400 million, so if he goes to other teams, he must get or million?", and he has lost his "pension".

Although it is not absolute, players on strong teams tend to know better what they should do, what they can do, and what are unnecessary and should not be done; while players on weak teams mostly have no specific concept, just like most of the role players on the Heat tonight.

These players never thought that their performance in G1 was already the limit of this team!
Running around Wade to receive long shots, cut into the basket, follow up with counterattacks, let Wade use his scoring, passing, second attack and other abilities to the fullest... These are what they should have done, but tonight they were so self-righteous that they thought they had to do more and help Wade share the pressure. What role did they play...

Cheek: My dear teammates, if you can’t help, just forget it and don’t make things more complicated!
Chalmers and Beasley are not only role players who don't know it, but also have the characteristics of "lack of ability but eager to prove themselves". The debuffs are fully stacked.

I don't know if the two brothers had an agreement on this, but after the game started, they played one-on-one as soon as they got the ball, trying to help Wade reduce the pressure of holding the ball. However, Chalmers played against Felton, Beasley played against Zhang Yang...which dug a bigger hole for Wade!
Jamario Moon, Daequan Cook and others, originally, if they had a bad shooting opportunity when they cut in or received the ball on the wing, they would protect the ball and retreat to give it to Wade again, and the ball with a bad opportunity would be given to Wade to throw. But they didn't do that tonight. When they received the ball, even if there were people in front of them, they shot with great confidence, thinking that they had to make such a shot to give Wade more help, and then they missed the shot, which was also digging a hole.

Of course, the Heat also have role players with high IQs, such as James Jones, Haslem, and O'Neal Jr., but their influence on the game is limited. O'Neal Jr.'s IQ is slightly higher, but he is no longer the player he was before the Battle of Auburn Hills. He can receive mid-range shots, cut in and score 20 points like in the previous game, but asking him to help Wade turn the situation around is too much for him.

The score in the first quarter was 24 to 18, and the score in the second quarter was 35 to 18...

After the first half, when the halftime came, the Heat players who were thinking about "proving themselves" and "I want to give more help to the big brother" finally woke up, but it was too late.

The Bobcats lead the Heat by 59 points at halftime, 36 to 23!
In the second half, Carlisle did not let the three core players continue to play. Spoelstra also showed something different from the divine calculator. He did not let Wade, Haslem and O'Neal Jr. continue to play and raised the white flag at halftime.

The third quarter was brutal... Jarrett Jack, Millsap, Hill, Perkins, together with teammates including Afflalo, Pietrus, Ibaka, Mike Miller and others, created a 20-point difference in a single quarter and prevented the Heat from scoring only single digits, 27 to 7 in a single quarter!

Carlisle didn't even let Perkins play in the final quarter, but still scored 25 to 13.

The rookies and role players of the Heat were all stunned, and Beasley even made a layup over the bridge.

Zhang Yang played very steadily in the first half, waiting for Wade to go berserk, but he kept waiting until he clocked out at halftime. He made 5 of 3 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block...

贾莱特-杰克25分6助攻、希尔15分5板2助攻、迈克-米勒24分、伊巴卡10分……山猫队以111比56屠杀热火队，狂胜55分！
When the final whistle sounded, the No. 3 players sitting on the bench of both teams couldn't help but swear when looking at the score.

Zhang San: Damn, the 58 cannon hasn’t arrived yet, but the 55 Wei has arrived first?

Cheeks: The sky is falling! The whole team scored 20 points in the first half? What kind of teammates are these?
...

Before the game between the Bobcats and the Heat, the Heat fans, under the guidance of the media, shouted "Black Eight" everywhere, saying that Wade was better than Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang could only score, while Wade could do everything...

Just two and a half hours later, Heat fans were silenced online.

55 points difference! The Heat team only scored 56 points, just over half of the Bobcats. The Heat fans were stunned.

Didn't the experts from the TV stations and newspapers say that they had a great chance of winning the first round? In the end, they lost by the third largest margin in history!
In the entire history of the playoffs, there have only been two games with a bigger score difference than this: in the 73 Western Conference Finals, the Warriors lost to the Lakers by 70 points, 126-56; and in the 56 Finals, the Hawks lost to the Lakers by 75 points, 133-58. There are no other games!

Did the media not know that the Heat had already played to their limit in the last game? Of course not. Many professionals share Hill's view, but if they analyze and report in a rigid manner, the popularity of this series will inevitably drop sharply.

Their hype not only caused a war of words between the fans of the two teams and increased the popularity of the topic, but also attracted many fans of other teams and passers-by to watch whether the Bobcats were really going to be eliminated in the black round. The audience share was 1 million more than G400, an increase of more than 30%.

But the media did not expect that the Bobcats players, stimulated by public opinion, would score 55 points, the third-highest score difference in history! If we only look at the modern basketball era, that is, after the unification of North American basketball in 1976, this is the largest score difference!
Even before tonight, there had never been a 50-point game in the modern basketball era. The previous high was the 1985-point Spurs loss to the Lakers, 88-135, in the first round of 47.

Why do we say that the Bobcats players are stimulated? Just look at the performance of Jarrett Jack and Mike Miller.

The Heat played very conservatively and steadily in the first half and did not score a lot of points. The Heat led by more than 20 points at halftime purely because their offensive rhythm collapsed.

But the role players of the Bobcats were obviously affected by the public opinion and wanted to beat the Heat! Jack and Miller, the three-point king, played the most excitedly. They are both regular season players. They can't withstand the pressure in the playoffs. In the past two years, they have been invisible since the second round. But they were asked to abuse the role players of the Heat in anger... The two brothers scored 30 points in the second half!
Carlisle tried hard to let the team go in the second half. He and Spoelstra were both new generation coaches with only a few years difference in age. They even studied together in the Department of Physical Education at USC for three months. Although they were not particularly familiar with each other, they had a friendship. However, they were unable to stop the great Jack and the three-point king from abusing their power.

The Bobcats had a high probability of winning Game 2, which was within the media's expectations, but with a 55-point difference, they were slapped in the face by Jack and the three-point king.

In response to this, the media reacted... and turned their guns around and praised the Bobcats!

Isn't it just a slap in the face? They are eager for it!
Which media has been slapped the most in the face in recent years? ESPN. Which media has the highest traffic? ESPN again!

After being confused, the Heat fans found a place to vent their emotions - the head coach.

Spoelstra didn't let Wade play in the second half, which led to their 55-point loss.

After two more rest days, on April 4, the Bobcats came to the American Airlines Arena in Miami to play the third game of the series against the Heat.

Although most of the Heat's role players are of average ability and are unaware of it, they also have their strengths - they are not afraid of the stage and dare to fight hard when facing a strong opponent with 70 wins and the first place in the league.

This advantage was also demonstrated tonight. Even though they lost by 55 points, they did not give up and still played hard tonight.

Spoelstra has been criticized badly these days, but from the "overall" perspective, he was right to surrender in the second half of G2. Wade's performance in the first half of G2 was actually worse than G1, and he was obviously tired. But tonight Wade played as efficiently as in G1.

首节山猫队24比23领先热火队1分，第二节韦德8投5中外加5中3的罚球单节拿到13分，率队以31比30追平比分，力压7投4中拿到10分的张杨一筹。

By the third quarter, the Bobcats' advantage became increasingly apparent, but Wade still held up the situation. Facing the Bobcats' defense-first siege style of play, he led the team to a score of 21 to 25, trailing by only 4 points.

But that was all. In the final quarter, Zhang Yang made consecutive long shots and counterattacks, making 7 of 5 shots, including a pull-up three-pointer and two chase-down three-pointers. Without any free throws, he scored 13 points in a single quarter. Under his leadership, the Bobcats' scoring rose against the trend, scoring 29 points in a single quarter!
而韦德这边，前三节拿到30分7助攻的他，末节打了9分钟4投1中只拿到3分1助攻，热火队得分也随之下滑到18分。

首节8分、第二节5分、第三节9分、末节13分，张杨全场24投12中，其中三分球8中5，加上7中6的罚球，拿到35分4板2助攻3抢断。

韦德全场25投13中，外加11中7的罚球，拿到33分8板8助攻1抢断3盖帽。

108 to 93, the Bobcats defeated the Heat, leading 3 to 0 and entering the match point!
After the game, the commentator reviewed the game and said that the only highlight of this series was the scoring of Zhang Yang and Wade... When the Heat played at home, there was another highlight or a funny point - half of the audience seats were empty halfway through the final quarter...

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In the past, there were two rest days in the first round, between G2 and G3, and between G4 and G5. Now it has been reduced to one, only when the home and away games are swapped for the first time. This season, there is an extra rest day after the regular season. The rest time for the team that starts the playoffs first has been increased from two days to three days, which is cut out from here.

However, in the first year of the new schedule, the Bobcats did not feel any changes.

On May 5nd, at 2:10 p.m., the Bobcats' first round ended.

Wade scored 38 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. It was the first time in the entire series that his score was higher than Zhang Yang's, but it was also the first time that his assists were lower than Zhang Yang's.

28分6板6助攻4抢断，张杨率领山猫队以97比89轻取热火队，大比分4比0晋级第二轮！
韦德4场比赛分别拿到39分、9分、33分、38分，场均29.7分7.5板6助攻1.5抢断2盖帽，把放弃的G2抛开，另外3场场均36.6分8.6板7.3助攻……当爹又当妈，得分、篮板、助攻、抢断、盖帽全都是队内第一，把个人能力展现到了极致，也把热火队阵容有多差暴露到了极致。

张杨表现也很好，4场比赛场均29.5分6板3助攻2.25抢断1盖帽，且在G2只投进了1个三分的情况下，场均命中4次三分！
也就是除开G2，他其他3场比赛场均投进5个三分！场均8.25次三分出手命中4球，命中率是惊人的48.48%！

In Game 4, when trailing 0-3, the Heat players were still fighting and played good defense, but facing Zhang Yang, their defense collapsed. As long as Zhang Yang pushed forward and counterattacked, the Heat players who retreated gathered around the top arc. In positional warfare, when Zhang Yang played without the ball and used a screen on the three-point line, the two players defending the pick-and-roll also rushed towards him... The three-point threat was unprecedented!
After the final whistle, Wade let out a long sigh. He lost this round of 'No. 3 Superstar Showdown' very thoroughly. He was unwilling to give up at the end of the first game, collapsed after G2, worked hard in G3, and fought desperately on the edge of the cliff in G4... He didn't win a single game.

However, after experiencing so many emotional changes in just 8 days, he was actually quite open-minded about being eliminated.

After the game, the media invited the two No. 3s to be interviewed together. Wade did not refuse. He took off his jersey and handed it to Zhang Yang, and sent his blessing: "Let this number be great, bad boy Jack."

Zhang Yang really didn't expect Wade to be so open-minded after the defeat. In his impression, Wade was not such a person. Perhaps it was because he had not yet been hit by reality and still had the passion of a young man?
He gladly accepted the blessing, took off his No. 3 jersey and handed it to Wade, saying, "Let's encourage each other and make it the greatest number in basketball history."

Just when Zhang San and Shai Bang's sympathy for each other resurfaced, the reporter asked an inopportune question: "Dwyane, before the start of Game 1, you said you were going to sweep the Bobcats, but you got swept..."

Wade's defense broke down immediately, and before the reporter could finish his question, he yelled, "What do you want me to say? That our team is definitely no match for this guy's team? F**k you..."

(End of this chapter)