NBA: The beginning is a championship

Although the Cavaliers easily defeated the Philadelphia 76ers by a huge margin of 116-88 and 28 points, the victory in this game did not seem to have anything to do with Kyrie Irving.

Irving was unusually sluggish throughout the game, scoring just 12 points in 17 minutes.

Although his comeback performance is okay in terms of playing time and points, looking at his shots and shooting percentage makes people worry about his form.

After scoring 12 points on 5-of-18 shooting in 17 minutes, Irving’s first performance in the rematch made him a target of media attacks.

In order to gain attention, a large number of media have taken many sensational news headlines.

These media outlets have described Irving as a lying win player favored by lady luck, first lying down to win a championship trophy, and then lying down this season without a game to lie down for a 25-game winning streak.

“From the current point of view, Kyrie’s role in this Cavaliers is not so significant, they don’t even need Carey’s existence at all, they are almost invincible in this league!”

“The current Cavaliers have played the perfect chemistry, they don’t look like they need Carey anymore, in fact, when Kyrie comes on with them, you will find that their offense does not have the same fluidity as before! Carey’s debut ruined their team’s chemistry! ”

“Carey is like a dispensable invisible man on this team”

A large number of news reports attacking Irving filled various online media, and under this crazy fishing boat, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers’ locker room began to subtle.

Although everyone went to comfort the center of the storm, Kyrie Irving, and even promised to give him basketball in the next game and let him play a stat-explosive game to prove himself, everyone could tell that Kyrie Irving was not happy.

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On the evening of December 23, US time, at the Cleveland Quick-Loan Arena, the Cavaliers ushered in their last consecutive home game. They will face the New York Knicks here.

There is no change in the starting lineup of either side in this game, and it is still the same as the previous lineup.

At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers side frantically passed the ball to Irving, as they said in the locker room before the game.

But Irving in this game, in the same state as when Kevin Love first returned to the court, missed several consecutive shots after the opening.

It can even be said that Irving in this game is even stronger than the last, and by the end of the first quarter, Irving had completed 8 shots, but only hit one shot.

This also directly contributed to the first quarter, when the Cavaliers were already trailing by 12 points.

And when the second quarter began, Coach Blatter replaced Irving with Mo Williams, who hit two consecutive three-pointers as soon as he came on.

In just 5 minutes, the bench on the court, led by Lynch, had narrowed the gap of 12 points to three points.

But with Kyrie Irving’s reappearance in the second half of the second quarter, he still did not regain his game form, and successively missed shots on the offensive end.

Seizing the opportunity, the Knicks quickly pushed the defensive counterattack to pull the score apart again.

Although the Cavaliers rallied again in the second half and eventually took the New York Knicks to the horse, Irving’s performance this game was more sluggish than the previous one.

He played 19 minutes in the game, shooting 12 from the field, 0 of 6 from three-pointers, and only scored 5 points!

The most important thing is that his efficiency value is minus 13! He is the only player on the Cavaliers who has a negative efficiency value.

Such an outcome is clearly not what the Cavaliers wanted, nor was it what Irving wanted.

Not surprisingly, this game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks is not over, and all kinds of voices criticizing Irving have appeared in the major media.

“I think the Cavaliers should put Kyrie on the bench, and judging by the results of the game so far, Kyry’s presence clearly undermines the rapport and chemistry between the other starters on the Cavaliers! His presence not only did not make the team better, but worse! ”

“The Cavaliers were able to win in the two games they came back from Kyrie not because they were stronger, but because they played against weak teams in both games. The Cavaliers will then travel to Golden State to challenge the Warriors, facing such a top team in the league, if Blatter’s coach does not make lineup changes and still puts Kyrie in the starting lineup, I don’t think they can win this game! ”

The big-mouthed Buckley first questioned Irving on a commentary show, and he has always been so unspoken, never giving anyone face.

After the game, although the end of the game meant that the Cavaliers had a 26-game winning streak, continuing to set a new record since the start of the game, the Cavaliers’ locker room did not have the joyful atmosphere of the past.

Kyrie Irving, in particular, was in a very low state, and he didn’t say a word since the end of the game, sitting alone in a chair, not knowing what he was thinking.

Soon, after everyone had rinsed, Lebron James motioned to everyone, let everyone leave first, and talk to Irving alone.

No one knows what the two of them chatted about in the locker room, but during the second day’s team practice, Irving once again resumed his dizzying dribbling and various flowing passes.

His performance in the team’s training matches can only be described as a big kill. This also made him smile that he had lost for a long time.

On the night of the training game, the Cavaliers had boarded the plane to Auckland.

As a professional basketball player, they don’t get a break on Christmas, a day of national celebration, but a wonderful Christmas game for fans.

In addition to the Finals and All-Stars, fans may be most looking forward to the annual Christmas War, and in this special holiday, the NBA league often arranges some extremely interesting matchups.

This year’s Christmas game is no exception, the NBA officially arranged a total of 5 games on this day, in addition to the Cavaliers and Warriors, two old enemies of last season, there is also the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, the only two teams in the NBA league located in the same city to match.

There was also a strong conversation between Andon Sun, the San Antonio Spurs and the Mosaic team in the Southwest Division.

The five games of the day, 10 teams, except for the Lakers and Pelicans, the remaining eight teams are the top teams in the league.

On this day, they will attract the attention of all fans, and the match between the Cavaliers and the Warriors is a well-deserved battle of the century!