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With another two victories in Denver and Cleveland, the Lakers and their team came to the beach city in the eastern United States-Miami!

When it comes to Los Angeles, the first thing people think of is stars, beaches, sunshine, and Hollywood.

And Miami, which is located on the east coast, is also a holy place full of sunny beaches, vacation and leisure! This place faces Los Angeles across the air, and is located on both sides of the coast of the United States. It can be said that it is the two richest areas in this unique piece of land in the Americas.

Miami is located in Florida and is the second largest city in Florida. Here has the warmest and humid tropical climate in the United States. It is worth mentioning that Miami is the warmest city in the continental United States in winter, with an average temperature of 19.5°C in January and 28.3°C in July. Such a climate is simply a gift from God.

Miami used to be called "God's waiting room." To this day, if you ask people who haven't been to Miami what they think of the city, they'll tell you a vague city of retirement apartments and swimming pools. Because of its warm climate, it is one of the favorite cities for retirees in the United States, so it is nicknamed the waiting room for God's call. Today Miami is a paradise for the elderly as well as fashion designers, bikini models and Cuban immigrants. This city, which once had the highest murder rate in the United States, attracts more than 11 million tourists every year.

And in such a picturesque city, the NBA team, the Miami Heat, was established in 1988. In the first 7 seasons, although the Heat had a super scorer like Glen Rice and a first-line small forward in the league, the regular season record never exceeded 50 wins, and only two seasons entered the playoffs during the period. Pat Riley left the New York Knicks last season, that is, the 95-96 season, and joined the Heat with a high profile, vowing to build the Heat into the next championship team and become the "Lakers" of the East Coast.

As soon as the high-spirited magic operator entered the team, he traded the team's top star Glen Rice to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the tough guy Amozo Mourning. Then in the middle of the season, Tim Hardaway was traded again for draft picks and some role players.

At this time, Hardaway played 52 games in the Warriors, but only 18 games were starts. Rick Adelman actually prefers to start with BJ Armstrong instead of Tim Hardaway!

This undoubtedly angered Tim Hardaway. He decisively forced a trade, and was finally sold to the Miami Heat by the team at a low price.

And this season, Pat Riley once again used an almost robbery deal, using a draft pick and two role players to get Jamal Mashburn!

Except for Mourning, the transaction costs of the other two giants of the Heat are very small! It can be called a robbery. Pat Riley forcibly completed these transactions by relying on his connections in the league for many years, and formed the first generation of the "Big Three" in the Heat in one fell swoop. The team's tactics and star style of play are almost replicas of SHOWTIME back then. The Big Three correspond to Magician, Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Although Hardaway, Mashburn, and Mourning are not as good as the Big Three during the Lakers SHOWTIME period, the combined effect has become a favorite team for the championship even if it is not a historical dynasty team!

At least in the East, the current Heat are worthy of no one except the Bulls! Their record and recent performance are very good. Under the premise that the Big Three remain healthy, the Heat are the biggest obstacle for the Eastern Bulls. This is a team with almost no weaknesses, from outside to inside, from offense to defense, it is difficult for you to find a point to beat them.

On the road to the championship, every team is more or less flawed, because in the 7-match 4-win playoffs, the flawed team will definitely be targeted, and every team that wins the championship It cannot be said that there are no defects and loopholes, but they must be very few.

The flaw of the Bulls is that they do not have the ability to score autonomously inside. The flaw of Houston lies in their age. The flaw of the Lakers lies in their experience. The flaw of the Jazz lies in Stockton's scoring ability.

Every team, every champion in history is not completely flawless, but they tend to be the least flawed team in the same period. If they have such obvious inside defects like the current Lakers, they will have no chance of winning the championship at all.

And the Heat, like the current championship teams, have not many obvious shortcomings. What this Heat lacks is a real superstar. Tim Hardaway can't do this role, and Mourning can't do it. Mashburn couldn't do it. If Grant Hill can replace Mashburn, then this team will immediately take off and become a dynasty-level team.

And the current Heat, even so. In any season, it is enough to have the strength and opportunity to compete for the championship. Although this probability may not be high, or may not exceed single digits, it is still a team with the strength to compete for the championship.

As for the current Lakers, if the internal defects are not resolved, they are always very easy to be targeted. Before O'Neal returns, there may be no way to solve this problem.

"The inside line of the Lakers is a group of soft guys. I will teach this group of recruits what confrontation is." Amozo Mourning gestured his biceps at the press conference. And Pat Riley on the side also nodded in relief. In this game against the Lakers, Mourning is the absolute strength of the Heat.

"After Mashburn was traded, I am very satisfied with the team's performance." Pat Riley also encouraged his players. After the establishment of the "Big Three", the team's running-in speed is much faster than he imagined Faster, the SHOWTIME system has been preliminarily established, and what is needed now is more tempering.

Pat Riley is confident that even if the team lacks a real superstar, as long as the players can play the essence of SHOWTIME and implement their will in place, then the current Heat will not be afraid of any team!

Why not hibernate and rebuild, and get a few super rookies in the era of geniuses in recent years? That's because Pat Riley always has the confidence of a champion coach! He believes he can beat anyone! This is a man who aspires to be the best coach in history. Pat Riley, a fortune teller, does not agree that superstars decide everything. In his opinion, basketball is always a sport of five people.

It's not that one person is strong enough to defy the sky. If the magician let go of him, he can still average 30 points per game. But that really can't win the championship. In Riley's eyes, only five players can play the role he wants at the same time. Only such a team can be called the strongest!