Jazz VS Heat Outlook: James should show the away weakness of Salt Lake City Heat and guard against collapse.
The Heat won the longest five-game winning streak this season at Bucks' home court. On February 9th, Beijing time, 65438+ Heat will visit Salt Lake City to challenge Jazz, which is the first of their three consecutive trips to the west.
This game is the second time the two sides have played each other this season. The last time was at the home of the Heat. The Jazz won the overtime with 22 points behind. James scored 20 points 14 assists 1 1 rebounds in that game. Unfortunately, millsap's excellent performance in the last quarter and overtime made James's triple double meaningless. And this game has also become the first big setback for the Heat at the beginning of the season.
The Heat have been in good shape recently. They have won five consecutive victories since they were defeated by the Mavericks away from home. In these five games, the Heat beat their opponents by an average of 17.2 points. Defense is also a key to their victory. In the past five games, they limited their opponents' scores to only 82.2 points, and their shooting percentage was only 37.7%. In the game against Bucks, they grabbed 13 more rebounds than their opponents, limiting their opponents' shooting percentage to only 36.4. "We understand that only by letting go can we win." Wade said.
James is ready for the game. In the past seven seasons, he scored 33 points at Jazz home. "I think the experiment at the beginning of the season can keep us calm enough and take every game seriously." James said this after defeating the Bucks.
One thing to worry about is that the Heat's away record this season is not very good, only 4 wins and 5 losses, and in the previous three away games in the West, there was no victory, losing to the Hornets, Grizzlies and Mavericks respectively.
Compared with the Heat, the Jazz has been in good shape recently. In the last five games, he has achieved a record of 4 wins 1 loss. The only loss was losing to the Mavericks at home, and their 7-game winning streak was ended. But in the past 17 games, they won 14 games. "Losing to Dallas was just a mistake. We're back on track. I hope we can move on. " Jazz star Deron Williams said. Against the Heat, Deron will be the winner. In all competitions this season, when Deron scored more than 20 points, the Jazz's record was 12 wins and 3 losses, while when he didn't reach 20 points, he was only 4 wins and 3 losses. In the last game with the Heat, Deron scored 2 1 point and 14 assists.
Both sides are expected to start.
Heat: Arroyo, Wade, James, Bosh, Ilgoskas
Jazz: Deron, Bell, kirilenko, millsap, Jefferson.