In the arena.
The Heat were training intensely.
Patrick Riley accepted Zhou Yan's suggestion.
He decided to create a Heat with a completely different style.
This team would integrate the characteristics of the three giants of the previous life.
It would also absorb some of the essence of the warriors led by the Water Flower brothers.
Mastery through comprehension!
On the offensive side, play fast.
Zhou Yan was the absolute ball point.
Or the whole team would split up and let him play solo.
Or Zhou Yan would attract the pincer attack, and his teammates would run crazily to catch the ball and shoot.
The most important feature was the large number of three-pointers.
This was definitely an anomaly in the current Alliance.
In this era, most teams focused their attacks on the three-point line.
Twenty or thirty three-pointers per game was quite a lot.
However, according to Patreilly's estimation, the number of people who had been killed was not enough.
He planned to let the team throw 40 three-pointers every game.
He couldn't rule out the possibility of occasionally throwing 50!
The premise was to let the whole team crazily improve their three-pointer.
At the same time, they also had to strengthen the conversion attack after getting the rebound.
On the defensive side, they used an unlimited defense strategy.
Whether it was in terms of offensive or defensive tactics.
It was an epoch-making revolution.
Of course, Patrick Riley would let the team slowly change their playstyle.
He wouldn't switch to this mode in an instant.
That way, the team would find it difficult to adapt and might collapse.
Besides...
This tactic had not been polished by actual combat, so it was unknown whether it was good or bad.
Patrick Riley didn't dare to take the risk.
After the team had a six-game winning streak.
Zhou Yan also won two Player of the Week awards.
It was still very difficult to be the best player of the week in this era.
This was because there was no division between the east and the west.
This meant that only one player with the best performance in the entire league could win the Best Player of the Week award every week!
Zhou Yan had won six matches in two weeks.
Moreover, he had gotten an average of 46.7 points in six games. It was simply heaven-defying!
There was no doubt that he had won the Best of the week award consecutively.
The next match.
The Heat played against the Phoenix Suns, which ranked third in the Western Conference.
The Suns currently had a 5 - 2 record, which was pretty good.
But this team lacked top stars.
They were not among the hot favorites for the championship.
The playoffs, especially the finals.
What were they fighting for?
It was all about the quality of a superstar!
The higher the level of a superstar, the more people there were.
The higher the chance of winning the championship!
There were no superstars.
No matter how well they played in the regular season.
Once the playoffs came, they were immediately defeated.
The Suns 'star players were still Rex Chapman and Antonio McDyess.
They couldn't be considered star players, but these two players had the highest scores, both with an average of 15 points per game.
On this team, there were currently seven players with double-digit average scores!
[High EQ: All citizens are soldiers.]
Low EQ: Without superstars, they are all trash.
The team's leading point guard, Jason Kidd, was still very young and was only in his fourth season.
Even though he had already shown his superstar potential in organizing offense and defense.
But it was difficult to lead the team further.
As for the team's other point guard, Steve Nash.
Currently, he was only a substitute and had very little possession of the ball.
Furthermore, as a second-year rookie, he was even more capable. There was no need to count on him.
In the end, the Heat beat the Suns at home with a score of 119:93!
Zhou Yan punched out in three quarters and scored 16 out of 27 shots. He got 44 points, 5 assists, and 5 blocked shots!
Zhou Yan had yet to display his passing skills.
Previously, Zhou Yan had obtained 150% of the passing skill of a peak Magician.
His attainments in organizing attacks.
He was even more powerful than his brother, the former Sea King.
In the following matches.
Zhou Yan would reveal his top secret weapon.
It was useless against a team like the Suns.
In the next game, the Heat played against the Atlanta Hawks, who were currently ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference.
Actually, this summer.
The Atlanta Hawks had also fiercely pursued Zhou Yan.
However, the chips offered were far from comparable to the Heat.
They really wanted Zhou Yan.
However, it wasn't to the point of exaggerating to the extent of losing two first-round picks.
No one was crazier than Patrick Riley!
Now that he saw Zhou Yan's performance, he was simply bursting with envy.
This f * cking god-level performance!
It wouldn't be a loss even if he gave away all the first and second rounds of signing!
Of course.
Even if there was such a chance, Old Eagle wouldn't play a poker game.
Zhou Yan's contract would expire next summer.
It was very likely that they would only be able to use Zhou Yan for a year.
This was too risky.
Unless Zhou Yan was willing to sign the contract in advance.
Otherwise, no team would dare to play poker for him.
At worst, they would wait for the free market to open next year before starting the battle for Zhou Yan!
The Hawks were a good team, a playoffs team.
But there was nothing good to say.
The star player of the team was Steve Smith.
This guy didn't have many highlights. He was just an ordinary All-Star.
In his previous life, he had been selected for the " Dream Team Two " and had scored seven three-pointers in a single quarter.
The Hawks 'defensive core was none other than Dikembe Mutombo, the African big shot who had been educated by Jordan's closed eyes penalty shot!
Mutombo didn't have much offensive ability.
But their defense was really strong.
He was very tall, with long arms, big hands, and full of strength.
He was second only to Olajuwon as a blocking master.
Of course, there might be one more, second only to Zhou Yan and Olajuwon.
No one knew Mutumbo's true age.
When he first entered the NBA.
Even when the Alliance officials went to his birthplace, the Republic of Kongo, they couldn't find out his true age.
Because Africa was too backward at that time.
Many families did not even bother to keep track of their children's identities.
His age was calculated based on Uncle Mu cutting trees when he was young.
This was the way he calculated his age in his hometown in Africa.
Every year on his birthday, he would chop a tree.
When he entered the Alliance in 1991.
Mutombo said that he was 25 years old after 25 slashes!
However, there was a huge doubt about this.
Because Mutumbo was too damn old.
Many people thought that he was over 30 years old.
The Alliance had no choice but to listen to him.
This match was extremely intense, which was rare.
The entire Hawks team exploded!
There were many factors that could determine the outcome of a basketball match.
Absolute strength was the most important.
However, if a team with slightly weaker strength had a hot hand, they could shoot however they wanted. It was also common for a weak team to win against a strong team.
This was the so-called upset!
However, relying on Zhou Yan's three-point kill at the critical moment, he was able to kill the opponent.
The Heat still won the game with a score of 117:115.
Zhou Yan scored 43 points, 7 rebounded, 5 assists, and 4 blocked shots!
Morning had 18 points, Hardaway had 17.
Bowen only got 12 points.
However, he only made six shots, all of which were three-pointers.
This was definitely a very good signal!
Even a rough guy like Big Ben could score a three-pointer.
In his previous life.
That was unimaginable!
In fact, every player had great potential.
When they encountered teams with different playstyles, they would focus on different skills.
On a team like the Raptors, who had a tough defense, there was no need for Big Ben to shoot three-pointers.
He just had to defend with all his might.
But for a team like the Heat, which was a whirlwind.
Even if 30% was not a conventional weapon.
Big Ben also needed to have the ability to shoot three-pointers.
This way, on the offensive end, Big Ben could even pull out and clear the space under the basket, giving Zhou Yan an easier chance to break through.
Mutumbo had an astonishing 16 boards and eight blocked shots.
However, he also suffered five blocked shots.
Zhou Yan, Big Ben, and Mo Ning took turns to treat him to hotpot.
After obtaining this victory.
The Heat's winning streak was unstoppable.
Until December 4th, the Heat had a 17-game winning streak!
Kill the gods!
Seeing Buddha, destroying Buddha!
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