The Basketball Court Swordsman

Are the Cleveland Cavaliers really weak? of course not. During the regular season of the season, the Cavaliers met with the Pacers four times, and the two sides tied 2-2.

Not to mention last season, the Cavaliers reversed the miracle of 73 wins and the Warriors won the championship after 1-3.

The team that can meet the above two conditions is certainly not a weak team.

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

Last season, the Cavaliers were able to reverse the situation when they were 1-3 behind. They seized the opportunity of Draymond Green's suspension and Bogut's injury.

So, look at this question again now-are the Cleveland Cavaliers strong?

They are indeed very strong, but there is a clear gap between them and the Warriors and Pacers. They can indeed win, but the victory is achieved under favorable conditions, not by hard power.

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 of the competition itself, it is not as intense as it was at the beginning.

Kelly Irving made a hasty shot from beyond the three-point line, but he felt really bad today. Paul's tough defense made Owen's offensive feel completely gone. At this time, even if Paul no longer presses the defense, Owen can't find his head.

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

But as soon as James's voice fell, George made a jump shot in front of JR Smith. Faced with George's dry shot, Smith didn't respond, God knows what he is thinking at this time. Perhaps, he is already thinking where to spend the holiday.

Before entering the league, people said that George had so much shadow of McGrady. I have to admit that the dry shot just now is a bit like McGrady.

After George scored, the point difference on the court has come to 18 points. LeBron James walked to the bottom line to catch the ball blankly, then pushed forward unhurriedly.

At this time, the game has just hit the eighth minute of the third quarter. But it seems that the Cavaliers have no mood. Henson's plan was a big success, which is why the Pacers can take the lead.

His method of using George to torture the opposing guard line worked very well, and the Cavaliers guards couldn't stand George's ravages at all. George's dry goal on J.R. just now is the epitome of George's opponent the Cavaliers defender in this game.

It was a wise move to arouse George's fighting spirit before the game and use him as the core of the offensive strategy.

And Henson made Antetokounmpo resolutely help defending James, and it was also very successful. In the end, Tyronn Lue still had to let James play the fourth position and let him face Antetokounmpo.

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

In this way, the game became the current situation. On both ends of the offense and defense, the defending champion Cavaliers were beaten.

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

After all, this is an era with more offensive rounds and more three-point goals. It is completely different from the previous two-points and two-points era when a game was seventy or eighty points.

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

Finally, James is very tired. In order to fight against George and Antetokounmpo, Tyronn Lue barely allowed James to rest today. So far, 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 strength.

James hasn't attacked the frame for several rounds, but chose to pass the ball to solve the problem. So, although there is still plenty of time. But apart from time, the Cavaliers have no other conditions to reverse the game.

"This game... is easier than I thought." Next to Henson, Nate McMillan smiled and shook his head. Following Vogel for the past two years, the Cavaliers seemed to the Pacers an insurmountable peak.

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

"This is normal state, Nate. The Cleveland Cavaliers are far from perfect as people think. They are inefficient defensively and don't have many stable scoring points. In fact, after so many years, James' team is still the same as before. They rely on him too much. A team can rely on the head coach, but they must not rely too much on a player."

"Yes...A team can rely on a head coach. Almost all your strategies before the game have been 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, spreading his fingers confidently, "I think it might be up to 5 games, and we can go to the finals. Up."

No reporter could hear the conversation between Henson and McMillan. Otherwise, the reporters might say he was arrogant again. But combined with the results of this game, is Henson really arrogant?

No, he just told the truth. However, the truth is often very harsh.

While talking, the electronic buzzer sounded through the audience. At the end of the third quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers will enter the fourth quarter with a 20-point difference. The Pacers fans are all powerless, after all, there is no such thing as an unspeakable comparison, and it is really uninteresting.

The camera gave James a close-up, only to see this number 23 with hands on hips, head lowered and walked back to the bench.

After returning to the bench, James put a towel on his head and looked at Tyron Lue blankly. I don't know how much he heard what "Guide Lu" said. Of course, it is unknown how much the words of "Guide Lu" can play.

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

Everyone in the Cavaliers has their own concerns, and who has put all their attention on the game?

Sure enough, although Henson was replaced with a full bench early in the fourth quarter. But when it was frustrating, the Cavaliers seemed unable to stand up to the Pacers' bench.

Oladipo's impact made the Cavaliers' guard line continue to collapse, and Bogdanovic's precise three-pointers punished the Cavaliers' absent-minded defense. Brogdon and Siakam, two rookies, also played completely inconsistent with the draft. Stevens and Danny Green's fill-ups eventually allowed James to leave the field 2 minutes earlier.

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

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

Two years later, LeBron James lost again at the Bankers Life Arena. Since Henson's return, this place has immediately become his nightmare.

"LeBron, how do you evaluate the loss of this game?"

"Do you think the Cavaliers can regroup?"

"Can you return to Cleveland with a game victory?"

The reporters rushed up one by one and surrounded LeBron, who was dull-eyed. At this time, James didn't know how to answer the reporter, but a word suddenly flashed in his mind.

This sentence was said by Henson when he announced his return last summer. At that time, many reporters and players, including James, felt that Henson was just pretending to be habitual. But now that I think about it, Henson's words are not a joke.

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

The Cavaliers want to grab, but can they get it?