After tackling the hard bones of the Trail Blazers, the Wizards encountered in the next few games, and the more difficult ones were the Clippers, Grizzlies, and Bulls.

All the Wizards played and did not carelessly underestimate the enemy, they all won the game steadily.

And when the time entered mid-January, the Wizards met the Cleveland Cavaliers again.

This time the Wizards played away, and after more than two months of running-in, the Cavaliers have already felt a bit better. They are currently second only to the Wizards, ranking second in the East and second in the league.

The four giants of James + Howard + Irving + Love are not given in vain. Even if only one person stands up in each game, it is enough to win most of the games.

However, the Wizards are obviously not included in that much of that.

In this game, the Cavaliers fans were still looking forward to the Cavaliers defeating the Wizards, but the final result disappointed the Cavaliers fans.

In the first three quarters of this game, the two teams were still hard to solve. Even the Wizards' most sharp and terrifying substitute lineup was carried over by the Cavaliers. However, when the fourth quarter reached the middle and end, the Cavaliers still couldn't hold on.

While facing defensive players such as Leonard and Green at the same time, James consumed too much physical fitness, his scoring efficiency plummeted, and he missed several shots and layups.

At this critical moment, Love and Howard did not have the ability to take the ball offense to score for the team.

The only offensive ability Irving has always been in a state of being strictly guarded by Thompson, and can only try his best to rely on his breakthrough ability to score for the team.

Irving in the 13-14 season is not the one who will be the one who will hit Curry in the next 15-16 season. He has a slight lack of personal ability and stability.

Seizing this opportunity, the Wizards quickly scored a 6:0 wave, widening the gap a little, and then locked the gap steadily until the end of the game.

The final score of the two teams was 114:110, with a score difference of only 4 points, which is one of the few games in which the Wizards have extremely close scores this season.

But no matter what, losing is losing. No matter what the process is, it is an indisputable fact that the Cavaliers, who have the Big Four, have lost to the Wizards twice this season. This result is completely inconsistent with the original intention of the Cavaliers to form the Big Four.

After the game, several players of the Cavaliers were put on the stage of criticism, and the first to be the league's No. 1 center Dwight Howard.

As an existence that could be replaced by James alone, Howard was highly expected no matter where he was. People hoped that he could show the terrifying dominance of the traditional center.

But since leaving Magic, Howard has lost the terrifying dominance of both offense and defense at that time.

Until now this season, Howard averaged 18 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. Although the data is pretty good, it is just pretty good. His average blocks have dropped to 1.8 times, and his intimidation in the inside is much worse than before.

Is a center with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 1.8 blocks really qualified to be called the league's number one center?

In the two games against the Wizards, Howard seemed a little struggling when facing first-year rookie Rudy Gobert, with an average of 16 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in both games.

It's really unreasonable that even a first-grade rookie can't handle it.

However, the strength and level shown by Gobert in the past two months of starting with the Wizards is extremely surprising. This big man from Europe has strong defense and coordination skills. Although the average number of 7.5 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game is not gorgeous, but when he is on the court, the Wizards' defense is even much stronger than when he was Whiteside last season.

Wang Xiao once again proved how vicious his vision was. Such a European inside player who is not favored by most team scouts has become a very outstanding defensive player in his hands.

...

Howard was brought out to take the blame for the Cavaliers, but he was not the only one who took the blame.

There is a kind love name in another time and space - Kevin Love of Guofu's also unable to escape.

Howard performed poorly in the inside, and Love was not much better. 14 points and 7 rebounds were the answer he gave in this game.

As a player with 26 points and 12.5 rebounds last season, Love's average data per game fell to 16 points and 8 rebounds per game this season, and naturally became the one who was blamed after every time the Wizards lost.

Anyone who knows a little about penalty kicks knows that Love is really innocent. As an All-Star, after coming to the Cavaliers, he became the fourth leader. He had to touch the ball before he could get into basketball after James, Irving and Howard touched the ball. The most common thing he did on the court was to stand outside the three-point line and wait for the ball to catch and shoot.

After all, James and Irving are both breakthrough players and need to have enough space in the interior to break through with the ball. Howard, as a traditional center, can only play in the interior. What can Love do? He is also desperate!

Therefore, Love's induces it and leads to the third person who takes the blame, Cavaliers head coach David Blatt.

The Cavaliers' relatively single tactical system and the fact that the players were unable to use the fullest, this famous European coach has been questioned in just two months. If the Cavaliers' record is not currently good, his coaching position would be in danger.

In fact, the Wizards don’t have many tactics, only some pick-and-roll cooperation and no-ball screening tactics.

The world's martial arts are invincible and fast, but not broken. The speed advantage of small ball tactics will make most tactics have no chance or have no time to use. Most of the time, they rely on players to judge on their own on the court.

On both offense and defense, the Wizards players are better than the Cavaliers, so they can win, which is that simple.

...

After defeating the Cavaliers, the Wizards unknowingly won another ten consecutive victories.

However, this time the Wizards' winning streak did not last long and was immediately over.

But even so, when the entire January ended, the Wizards' record still reached a terrifying 41 wins and 4 losses!

Many people were shocked to find that the regular season schedule was half over, and the Wizards actually lost only 4 games. According to this trend, at the end of this season, the Wizards are likely to break the Bulls' record of 72 wins!
Chapter completed!