basketball player

Chapter 590 588: You can't grab
Are the Cleveland Cavaliers really weak?of course not.During the regular season this season, the Cavaliers met the Pacers four times, and the two sides tied 2-2.

Not to mention the miracle that the Cavaliers reversed the 1-win Warriors to win the championship last season when they fell behind 3 to 73.

A team that can meet the above two conditions is definitely not a weak team.

But are the Cleveland Cavaliers really strong?In fact, it is not the case.In the regular season this season, the Cavaliers won two games against the Pacers, one because of Korver's three-pointer convulsions, and one because of Love's extraordinary three-pointer.

Last season, the Cavaliers were able to reverse from a 1-3 deficit because they seized the opportunity of Draymond Green's suspension and Bogut's injury.

So, let's look at the question again -- are the Cleveland Cavaliers strong?

They are indeed very strong, but there is already a clear gap between them and the Warriors and Pacers.They were indeed able to win, but the victory was achieved under the conditions of the right time, place and people, rather than relying on hard power to win.

But in today's game, the Cavaliers were not so lucky.As a result, they were crushed by the Pacers with hard power.

At this time, the cheers on the court were not as intense as before.Because the competition itself is not as intense as it was at the beginning.

Kelly Irving made a hasty shot from beyond the three-point line, but his hand feeling was really bad today.Paul's tough defense made Irving's offensive sense completely disappear. Even if Paul no longer pressed the defense, Irving could no longer find his way back.

James returned to the defense quickly, and then clapped his hands, signaling that everyone cheer up, the game is not over yet.

But as soon as James finished speaking, George made a jumper in front of JR Smith.Facing George's dry shot, Smith didn't respond. God knows what he was thinking at this time.Perhaps, he was already thinking about where to spend his holidays.

Before entering the league, people said that George had some traces of McGrady.I have to admit that the pull-up shot just now was indeed a bit like McGrady.

After George scored, the point difference on the court has reached 18 points.LeBron James stomped to the baseline to catch the ball, then unhurriedly advanced.

At this time, the game had just reached the 8th minute of the third quarter.But it seems that the Cavaliers have no heart.Henson's plan was a big success, which is why the Pacers were able to take the lead.

His practice of using George to torment the opponent's back line is very effective, and the Cavaliers' guards can't stand George's ravages at all.Just now George's dry goal on JR's head is the epitome of George's opponent Cavaliers guard in this game.

It was indeed a wise move to arouse George's fighting spirit before the game and use him as the core of the offense to arrange tactics.

And Henson's practice of letting Antetokounmpo resolutely assist in defending and double-teaming James was also very successful.In the end, Tyronn Lue still had to let James play the fourth position and let him face off against Antetokounmpo.

Although letting James face Antetokounmpo is hitting the opponent's gun, at least it is better than being defended by two opponents.

In this way, the game became the current situation.Both offensive and defensive ends, the defending champion Cavaliers were hanged.

It stands to reason that in modern basketball, it is not impossible to reverse 18 points in more than one quarter.

After all, this is an era of more offensive possessions and more three-pointers.It is completely different from the previous era when two points were scored and seventy to eighty points were scored in a game.

But now, the game has almost entered garbage time.After all, the morale of the Cavaliers is very low now.Moreover, Kelly Irving, the second scoring point of the team other than James, is also very inefficient today.

In the end, James was very tired.In order to fight George and Antetokounmpo, Tyronn Lue barely let James rest today.So far in the game, James has only rested for 5 minutes.

In other words, in a 12-minute game, James played more than 10 minutes.Even a "superman" as strong as James will feel tired under the Pacers' defensive intensity.

James has not attacked the frame for several rounds, but chose to solve the problem with passing.So, although there is still plenty of time.But apart from time, the Cavaliers don't have any other conditions to reverse the game.

"This game... is easier than I thought." Beside Henson, Nate McMillan shook his head with a smile.With Vogel in the past two years, the Cavaliers seem to be an insurmountable peak for the Pacers.

But now, when the Pacers are stepping on this "peak" under their feet, McMillan discovered that the mountain is actually not that high.

"This is the normal state, Nate. The Cleveland Cavaliers are far from perfect as people think. They have low defensive efficiency and not many stable scoring points. In fact, after so many years, James' team is still the same as it was then. They rely too much on him. A team can rely on the head coach, but it must not rely too much on one player."

"Yes. A team can rely on a head coach. Almost all of your strategies before the game were successful in the game. Do you think we can solve the Cavaliers in a few games?"

"In the beginning, I thought it might take 6 games to solve the Cavaliers. But now." Henson smiled and spread his fingers confidently. "I think it may be 5 games at most, and we can go to the finals."

No reporter could hear the conversation between Henson and McMillan, otherwise the reporters would call him arrogant again.But combined with the results of this game, is Henson really arrogant?

No, he was just telling the truth.However, the truth is often harsh.

While speaking, the electronic buzzer sounded throughout the audience.At the end of the third quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers will enter the fourth quarter with a 20-point difference.The fans of the Pacers were all weak. After all, this kind of comparison without any suspense really couldn't arouse their interest.

The camera gave James a close-up, and I saw that No. 23 walked back to the bench with his hands on his hips and his head down.

After returning to the bench, James put a towel on his head and looked at Tyronn Lue blankly.I don't know how much he listened to the words of "Director Lu".Of course, it is unknown how much effect the words of "Director Lu" will have.

Kelly Irving was also absent-minded, thinking about the big things this summer.After today's game, Irving found himself getting tired of Cleveland and LeBron James.

Everyone in the Cavaliers has their own concerns, and who is putting all their attention on the game?
Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, although Henson put on the full bench early on.But when it was frustrating, the Cavaliers seemed to be unable to stand up to the Pacers' bench.

Oladipo's impact caused the Cavaliers' back line to continue to collapse, and Bogdanovic's precise three-pointers punished the Cavaliers' absent-minded defense time and time again.The two rookies Brogdon and Siakam also played performances that were completely inconsistent with the draft picks.Stevens and Danny Green made up the knife and finally let James end 2 minutes early.

This also means that the Cleveland Cavaliers gave up the game.

At the end of the game, James didn't even bother to look up at the live big screen.Anyway, the point difference must be more than 15 points.

After two years, LeBron James lost again at the Bankers Life Arena.Since Henson's return, it's been his nightmare again.

"LeBron, how do you rate this loss?"

"Do you think the Cavaliers can bounce back?"

"Can you come back to Cleveland with a win?"

The reporters rushed forward one by one, surrounded by LeBron with blank eyes.At this moment, James didn't know how to answer the reporter, but a sentence suddenly flashed through his mind.

This sentence was said when Henson just announced his return last summer.At that time, many reporters and players, including James, felt that Henson was just acting out of habit.But thinking about it now, what Henson said was not a joke.

"You can take what I don't want, but you can't grab what I want! My comeback this time is for the O'Brien Cup."

The Cavaliers want to grab it, but can they win it?
(End of this chapter)