Unexpected three consecutive wins, the Heat ranked first in the league in offense! Thanks to the Clippers trade, Powell wants to pursue a big contract

After the start of the new NBA season, many teams are hard to understand. For example, the Bulls and 76ers, both teams started the season with 4 consecutive victories and jointly lead the Eastern Conference. It's easy for the 76ers to win. Embiid dug holes and young teammates filled them. They staged big comebacks many times and tried every time. Under the leadership of Kiddy, the Bulls averaged 5 to 15 points per game and averaged 30.5 assists per game. After bidding farewell to LaVine, the team truly coalesced into a whole. There is also the Clippers in the Western Conference. In the first four games of the season, they lost miserably to the Jazz and Warriors and defeated the Suns and Trail Blazers. The entire team had a lot of fighting power, but they played in a mess and relied on Harden to barely maintain their fundamentals. Tyronn Lue asked Kawhi to play the fourth position even though he had many good cards. He didn't understand.

Including Paul on the bench, he has already entered a period of decline. He can control the field, but has no ability to break games, and his defense has also plummeted. If we continue to play in this way, there will definitely be problems within the Clippers. Harden worked so hard last season and never complained that he was tired. This season, he was already dissatisfied with the coaching staff's arrangements when playing against the Warriors. In the Eastern Conference, there is another team that is easily overlooked, and that is the Heat. The Heat lost to the Magic by 4 points in the opening game. According to US media predictions, the Heat will roughly be ranked 8-10 in the Eastern Conference in the new season, at the play-off level. But then the Heat exploded: against the Grizzlies, who are regulars in the Western Conference playoffs, 146-114; against the favorite Knicks, the Heat 115-107; facing the slutty Hornets, the Heat simply scored 144 points again!

This attack is too exaggerated! After the start of the regular season this season, the Heat ranked first in the league with an average of 131.5 points per game. The team's overall field goal percentage was 50.8% + 40.8%, and they averaged 16 three-pointers per game, all of which are among the top five in the league! In addition, the fast break average of 23.3 points per game is still the first in the league. This is definitely the strongest offensive level in the league! But the Heat's fundamentals, fans all understand, Rozier was taken away due to match-fixing; Hiero, the team's nominal offensive core, is still recovering from ankle surgery for a long time; team boss Adebayor is a second-line center with a perennial 18+10, has no shooting, and lacks sufficient independent offensive ability. So how do they do all this? Thanks in advance to the Clippers!

During the offseason, the Clippers and Jazz discussed the issue of swapping Powell and Collins, but no results came out for almost two weeks. The Heat quickly intervened after learning about it. As a third-party team, they took out Kyle Lee + Love and got Powell from the Clippers. The reason why the Jazz didn't want Powell was simple. They didn't want to expand their salary space, they just wanted to cut down on expenses and feel at ease. Under the leadership of Harden last season, Powell had the best season of his career, averaging 21.8 points and 41% three-point shooting percentage per game, and once entered the All-Star discussion. But the reality of the Clippers is that if Powell is not available and he starts, then Leonard can only play the fourth position. The Clippers are equivalent to giving Powell to the Heat for nothing. But he broke out in the Heat!

In the contract year, Powell held up half the sky for the Heat. In the first game against the Magic, Powell scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Although the team lost, the whole team spoke highly of Powell. In the battle against the Grizzlies, Powell scored 15 points and 6 rebounds. You can't blame him for scoring less, because the Grizzlies were beaten and surrendered early! Facing the Knicks, Powell broke out again, shooting 7 of 15 in 32 minutes and 12 of 12 free throws. He scored 29 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, ensuring the team's fundamentals. Then the Heat's bench was also driven. In the battle against the Hornets, Powell suffered a minor groin injury, but coach Spoelstra said that Powell wanted to play, but we need to be cautious. He is very important to us.

averaged 24 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game, and his three field goal percentages reached 47.7%+50%+91.3%! Under the leadership of Powell, the Heat have achieved the goal of seven players on the team averaging double figures per game, and even Adebayor has the momentum to continue to grow. This subtle change is subtle, but as Wiggins said in an interview: Powell has performed well since coming to the team. He is a special talent and shows his strength every night. Clippers team reporter Eisner Shari also lamented: I knew he would break out in the Heat. Not to mention anything else, the Heat's 28 points in their first game alone have surpassed stars and celebrities such as Butler, O'Neal, and Wade. Powell has his own strength, and after George left the team last season, he was trained next to Harden.

Looking back at the Clippers, Collins was originally intended to relieve Kawhi's pressure, but Tyronn Lue kept him on the bench. The team lacks the firepower of Powell, and Harden is indeed unable to support himself at times! Many times Xiaoka cannot be counted on, and Xiaoka’s own On-Off value is already -42.8! In the Heat, Powell's goal is to get the next big contract. Based on his performance, it will be no problem to get another contract with an average salary of 25 million. After the Heat and others gathered together, their ceiling was opened. In the past few years, their offense has been weak and they are at the bottom of the league. Thanks to the gift from the Clippers, the Heat really have a chance to challenge the Knicks and Cavaliers when the competition in the Eastern Conference is not fierce.