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Wang Chong's hard attitude towards the Heat began in last season's playoffs, when James tripped Garnett, preventing the Bulls from competing against the Lakers in the final. Although Wang Chong did not speak too harshly in the past, after all, the Heat is Wade's team. For the sake of his former teammates, Wang Chong did not speak too harshly.

However, after such resentment, the two teams have become mortal enemies on the court. Even Wade's relationship with Wang Chong cannot be reversed. The two can only remain friends and brothers off the court, and kings on the court. There is no restraint at all.

In the 2012-13 season, the Heat was at its peak. Even the Spurs were at best on par with the Heat. Of course, for the next season, Leonard had grown a little and the overall teamwork of the team became more tacit, allowing the Spurs to elevate their strength to a higher level.

As a result, Wade's athletic status with the Heat further declined. With both sides fluctuating, they faced each other again in the final, and the outcome was clear.

Although the Heat could be considered the best team and the one with the highest chance of threatening the Bulls at this stage, Wang Chong still didn't believe they would lose to the Heat.

The Bulls' lineup could really be considered a blood suppressor against the Heat.

What the Heat fears the most is having a tall center with inside offensive skills. Against Gasol, Bosh can't defend him at all.

Additionally, the Heat's best defensive counterattack, the fast break between offense and defense, didn't work well against the Bulls.

First of all, at least Wang Chong's mobility is not worse than James'. As the current core of the Bulls' defense, as long as Wang Chong is not sidelined, the Heat's counterattack efficiency will be greatly reduced. After all, even for the Heat, not all counterattacks will be led by James.

Furthermore, the Heat's perimeter defense relies more on full-court high-pressure defense, using physical confrontation to pressure the opponent and force them to make mistakes, thus creating an opportunity to turn defense into offense.

Curry, the Bulls' main point guard, may seem like a weak point guard, but this is obviously a misunderstanding.

Curry's strength is definitely one of the strongest in the point guard position. After all, ultra-long-distance three-pointers require a lot of arm strength.

When he first entered the league, Curry as a rookie could already do 9 bench presses with 185 pounds. After joining the NBA, Curry underwent systematic training, and the muscle definition in his arms has significantly changed, making him noticeably stronger than when he first entered. He is now stronger than he was during his early years.

His weak defense is more reflected in poor defensive awareness and a slight lack of explosive power and speed. But against that type of strong defender, Curry rarely suffers in confrontations.

When the Heat increased the intensity against Curry, they found that Curry could handle it with ease, consistently dribbling through the mid-court without issue.

Even if the Heat assigned Wade to guard Curry personally and successfully suppressed him in the confrontation, the Bulls could still avoid making mistakes and steal the ball, handing it over to Wang Chong.

Although Wang Chong is a big man standing 2.11 meters tall, his dribbling skill rating is 92. He also has a veteran badge in dribbling to improve his skills, as well as techniques like Iverson's butterfly step and Odom's left-handed dribbling. Even when James defends him one-on-one, it's difficult to force errors from Wang Chong.

Without any dominant offense or defense, even the Heat, who had won 27 consecutive games, felt extremely uncomfortable when facing the Bulls for the third time this season.

When the game began and both teams officially faced off, as expected, it felt like a dog biting a hedgehog with no choice but to bite back.

At the start of the game, like in the last two matchups, the Bulls frequently passed the ball to Gasol, asking him to penetrate inside against the Heat first.

Even though they had faced each other many times, Bosh still couldn't handle Gasol. The latter took two steps inside with Bosh's back to him, then sank directly into the final step and spun halfway for a layup, relying on his weight and strength to push Bosh aside and score an easy layup.

In this situation, all the Heat players could do was watch helplessly. Even if they wanted to help, the four Bulls players were dragged outside, so they dared not leave their positions to help Bosh this season. Their three-point shooting is quite dangerous, and they can really kill their opponent with just three-pointers.

Curry has averaged 25 points per game so far, almost half of which come from three-pointers. His three-point shooting percentage is 44%, ranking third in the league, and his production far exceeds the first two, José Calderón and Kyle Korver. Wang Chong's three-point shooting rate hovers around 42%, with high production as well, averaging 3 three-pointers per game.

Additionally, the Bulls' starting shooting guard, Danny Green, also shoots 43% from three-point range, which surprised many. However, his three-point production is much lower than that of Wang Chong and Curry, averaging 4.2 shots per game, with 1.8 makes.

Although it's not much, he can average over 5 points per game relying on three-pointers. As a role player mainly known for defense, his most offensive role is to stand in the corner to stretch the defense with Wang Chong and Curry.

Among the Bulls' perimeter players, the only one who doesn't perform well in three-pointers is Jimmy Butler. Although Wang Chong had warned him early on and asked him to practice three-pointers, in the final analysis, Butler is not good at long-range shooting.

In the early days of his career, Butler was better at scoring off the ball. Later, as he gradually became famous, Butler played with a traditional retro style similar to shooting guards in the 1990s. His offense mainly focused on driving to the basket and mid-range shots. The three-point shooting characteristics of the modern small-ball era seem incompatible with him.

At the start of this season, the Heat didn't know Butler's details and didn't dare leave him open easily, but now that the schedule was nearing its end, every team in the league knew what kind of player he was.

When Bosh was defeated at will by Gasol in the paint time and again, the Heat finally decided to take a desperate risk. After Gasol received the pass in the paint, James stopped guarding Butler and ran directly toward Gasol.

Gasol has good offensive ability but is definitely not a standout player among interior players, especially when facing double teams, he has no way to handle the ball alone.

But the problem is that when double-teamed, he has another option: passing the ball.

Surrounded by Bosh and James in succession, Gasol lifted the ball above his head to protect it. At the same time, he looked around and immediately made a pass, throwing the ball straight to the basket.

Butler, who had run directly into the paint from the outside, received Gasol's pass, was fouled, jumped high, and finished the offense with a powerful dunk.

Gasol's ability to organize and support is not worse than his older brother Pau Gasol, who once served as an important central figure in the Lakers' triangle offense. His career average of 3.4 assists per game is slightly better than Pau's. Gasol's peak season was definitely the 2016-17 season. During the regular season, he averaged 19.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.

Rebounding has always been Gasol's weakness. He has never averaged double-digit rebounds in his career. By the time he retired, he was averaging only 7.4 rebounds per game, which was on par with players like James Durant.

There's nothing that can be done about it. Gasol is a heavy center with slow steps and almost no rebounding. This, combined with a slightly poor sense of timing for rebounds, has led to Gasol's weak rebounding, but the Bulls don't need great rebounding ability. Wang Chong can fully compensate for his shortcomings in this area.

Although Wang Chong's rebounding ability is not very high, even after some training and strengthening, it only reaches a skill value of 85. Wang Chong has all the height, arm length, speed, explosion, and jumping ability needed to grab rebounds, even ranking among the top in the league.

This is also the main reason Wang Chong switched to the power forward position this season and moved closer to the basket, averaging double-digit rebounds per game, grabbing 11 rebounds per game.

Of course, even if Wang Chong and Gasol join forces, when they meet a team with Howard, like the Lakers, the rebounding will still be a disadvantage. But when the opponent is the Miami Heat, and especially with Wang Chong, even Xiao Gasol is very dominant in the paint. With his physical advantage, he can grab multiple offensive rebounds.

After the game, Heat fans only had one feeling: their team seemed to have leaks everywhere, with various problems arising one after another. This sharply contrasted with the opposing Bulls team, which seemed solid.

But you must know, the Heat had previously won 27 consecutive games, and their combat effectiveness was obvious to everyone. Why did they get discouraged as soon as they faced the Bulls?

Heat fans were very disappointed. In this game, the Heat ultimately lost to the Bulls 97-105. The winning streak abruptly ended at 27 games.

This loss is not a light blow for the Heat. Ending the winning streak is secondary. The key issue is that so far this season, the two teams have faced each other three times, and the Heat have not won even once, even with a 27-game winning streak. Despite their fierce momentum, the Bulls still suppressed them during the game, and they couldn't hold their heads high.

Almost everyone can see that the main reason for this situation is the Heat's weak interior line.

Gasol scored 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists in this game, once again defeating Bosh, one of the Big Three.

Although in terms of status, Bosh is obviously much better than Gasol, who has just emerged, Gasol can still manipulate Bosh in various ways during the game. In the final analysis, the position that would be more suitable for Chris Bosh is probably a power forward. His main offensive method is to attack facing the basket. When defending, he can only defend lighter interior players like Garnett, and even defending players like Wang Chong and Durant is easier than defending Gasol.

To leave no suspense, Bosh once again became the scapegoat for the team's losses, accused of deceiving his teammates and slowing down the team.

The problem now is that there is still a regular-season matchup in April. If the Heat still can't beat the Bulls, what will they do in the playoffs? Could it be that the Heat's Big Three really have no hope of winning the championship, and Wang Chong will forcibly dissolve them?

The Bulls, who easily halted the Heat's winning streak, will continue with their regular-season schedule.

On March 30, they defeated the Dallas Mavericks 110-98 in an away game, and on March 31, they defeated the Detroit Pistons 125-94 at home.

The March schedule ended, and only 10 games remained in April. The opponents are the Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat.

Among them, the Magic, Wizards, and Raptors have two games against the Bulls, so there are exactly 10 games left.

To be honest, the quality of these opponents is not very good. The Heat, Knicks, and Nets are playoff teams, while the rest are bad teams out of the playoffs and even at the bottom of the league.

As usual, the Bulls will rest their players when facing weak teams. As the end of the regular season approaches, Wang Chong becomes more and more cautious, fearing that negligence could cause accidental injuries to the players. As much as possible, as long as the Bulls stay healthy, they will be the strongest team in the league.

With multiple rotations, the Bulls finally achieved a record of 8 wins and 2 losses in the last 10 games. The two losses were to the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors.

In the fourth regular-season game against the Miami Heat away on April 14, the Bulls won the game as usual.

The Heat fans who watched the entire game at home felt a deep sense of despair.

It's not that the score of this game was too lopsided. On the contrary, the Heat started very well at home, completely suppressing the Bulls, who were a bit out of sync, leading by 7 points in the first quarter and expanding to a 15-point lead at halftime.

With a 15-point advantage, Heat fans at home breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after a season, the Heat could finally avenge their humiliation at home and get a win.

But the slap came quickly.

In the third quarter, the situation suddenly changed. The Bulls' defensive intensity suddenly increased, and the Heat's offense suffered consecutive defeats. At the same time, Wang Chong and Curry took turns shooting from the outside. In just 3 minutes, the Heat's 15-point lead was gone, and by the end of the third quarter, the Bulls had a 1-point lead.

The 16-point swing in a single quarter directly caused the Heat's mentality to explode.

Although the Heat's offensive wing regained its firepower after timely adjustments in the last quarter, they still couldn't solve the Bulls' offense. When Wang Chong scored 7 consecutive points in the last 5 minutes, the Heat lost the opportunity to make a comeback.

With a final score of 105-108, the Heat lost to the Bulls by 3 points and lost the game, completing the Bulls' sweep of the Heat in the regular season.

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