Chapter 326 Different opponents have the same rhythm
After all, the Cavaliers are a team that has only been formed for a few months, and the players are not very familiar with each other. Before, they only went through a few preseason games and daily training to get in lineups. They are far from comparable to the Wizards in terms of cooperation and tacit understanding.
Whether it was Irving or Love, they were both players who played ball offense before. When James returned to the Cavaliers and took over the ball for granted, the two had to start increasing the time for playing offense without the ball, which of course was not something they could adapt in a short period of time.
Especially Irving, Wang Xiao attaches great importance to this skilled Uncle Drew. After all, this is the most stable scoring point on the outside of the Cavaliers, so Klay Thompson followed closely to guard almost the whole time.
In this way, the situation on the field basically became a mode where James fought alone and fought against all the Wizards alone.
At this moment, James was confused and collapsed.
What exactly is going on? Why does it seem like I don’t have teammates when I fight with the Wizards?
This is indeed not a blame for James, but Wang Xiao can only be blamed for being too shameless.
There are currently three best defensive players in the Wizards alone, and as many as six players have been selected for the best defensive team, which is unprecedented.
Although James' teammates are all excellent, they are not at the top. Wade may be considered one at the peak of the Heat, but Irving, who has just played for two seasons, obviously cannot be considered, and Love and Howard who has passed his peak period cannot be considered either.
Surrounded by these defensive players, unless they are in excellent condition and feel hot, ordinary players will inevitably be seriously disturbed.
In the entire Cavaliers, only James can score stably in such a defensive lineup that can be called a purgatory level.
This can also show the horror of James from another corner. Wang Xiao could not imagine that under the siege of Leonard, George, Green, Jimmy Butler and others, this guy could still score stably as always, and his shooting percentage had not even fallen below 50%, and he was simply a monster.
However, even the monsters could only roar in grief and helplessness under the Wizards' net, and watch the team's score difference be widened bit by bit.
At the end of the first quarter, James scored 12 points on 4 of 6 shots, but except for him, the other Cavaliers started the performance was very bad.
Howard made 2 of 6 shots, Irving made 1 of 5 shots, and Love made 1 of 3 shots. The three of them added up to only contribute 10 points in the free throws. As for JR. Smith, who was regarded as a fixed-point turret on the outside, he didn't even make a single shot in the first quarter.
In the first quarter, the Cavaliers scored 22 points. If they were based on the ordinary team, although this score was not high, it was barely enough.
But this is a game against the Wizards. As the team with the fastest offensive rhythm and rotation speed in the entire league, the Wizards averaged around 115 points in the previous seasons, and averaged nearly 29 points per quarter.
The first quarter of this game was no exception. The Wizards scored a total of 30 points throughout the game.
30:22, the Wizards fell 8 points behind in the first quarter.
In the following second quarter, the situation did not improve at all. Irving, Howard, Love and others began to gradually adapt to the rhythm of the game and regained a little bit of the touch.
But the offensive rhythm of the Wizards will not stagnate because of this.
In the second quarter, the Wizards scored another 33 points, while the Cavaliers scored 27 points.
At the end of the half, the score difference not only failed to narrow, but further expanded to more than double digits.
Without any turmoil, the game fell into the rhythm that the Wizards were most accustomed to.
The substitute match also ended with the Wizards' unsurprising victory.
Although Jamison retired and Caron Butler's condition was greatly reduced due to injuries and age, the Wizards' substitute line has completely grown.
Isaiah Thomas, Jimmy Butler and Chandler Parsons teamed up to form the Wizards' substitute trident. When the three were on the court at the same time, the Wizards' offensive efficiency was even more terrifying than when the starting main player was on the court.
Of course, this does not mean that the strength of the three players has exceeded that of the Wizards' starting players, but that the Cavaliers' substitute strength is really different from the starting players.
The score difference is above 20 points after the trident's exertion.
The gentle smile on David Blatt's face was gone, replaced by a solemn and astonishing face.
Judging from the strength on paper, the Cavaliers have the power to fight against the Wizards, but the result is that there is no suspense at all. None of the four giants has shown their due strength except James.
The Wizards fans were already cheering happily.
Different opponents, the same three-quarter and one-wave rhythm, no matter who is standing in front of them, the result will not change!
The Heat in the Big Three era could not stop the Wizards, and the Cavaliers in the Big Four era were also not good. They were the strongest team in the league!
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In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers only resisted symbolically and replaced them with substitutes to indicate surrender.
In the end, at the end of the game, the score between the two sides was 124:99.
In the opening game of the regular season, the Wizards used a 25-point victory at home to tell the league that even the Big Four is not enough for them to play!
James scored 34 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game, with a quasi-triple double-digit data, with a luxurious performance, but his teammates once again became criticized targets.
Irving made 6 of 17 shots in the game, scoring 18 points and 4 assists with free throws.
Love made 6 of 12 shots, although he guaranteed a 50% shooting percentage, but he only had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
As for the team's second largest giant, Howard, who was highly anticipated, only handed over a data of 3 of 10 shots, 9 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Compared with Gobert, who is facing him, this data is pretty good, because Gobert only has 5 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in the whole game, and also received 5 fouls, which are basically what they got when fighting Howard.
But as the league's number one center, comparing it with a first-year rookie rookie? It's too shameful.
Although Gobert's data is not very good, the defensive ability he showed on the court made many people feel illuminated.
In Howard's physical confrontation, although Gobert was at a disadvantage, he had never feared the confrontation. He tried his best to interfere every time, which greatly reduced Howard's scoring efficiency in the inside.
Chapter completed!