Chapter 79, Section Three
The tragic Cleveland Cavaliers have finally completed their redemption. Due to various reasons, whether they are conflicts or interests, the Cavaliers' Big Three have become history, and only Love is still holding on.
Today's Cavaliers lack scoring points in the lineup and do not have a good scorer or passer. This makes it difficult for them to climb out of the quagmire in the Eastern Conference, which is relatively humble in strength.
The team's current starting point guard is an Australian, Dellavedova. As a backup guard for the championship Cavaliers, Dellavedova was one of the important substitutes beside the Little Emperor. After two years of wandering, Dellavedova was recalled by the Cavaliers. Now
It can also be considered as a disguised success.
The position of shooting guard is now held by Australian Exum. Exum, who had been with the Jazz before, was the fifth overall pick in the first round of 2014. However, in terms of his own strength, this fifth overall pick is a bit weak.
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The Cavaliers really don't have any starting small forward candidates. Their current lineup has too many people at the power forward and center positions. Larry Nance Jr. is currently at the forward position, but Larry Nance Jr.'s strength is only
Use the word mediocre to describe it. My father was also a Cavaliers player and was the dunk king. Larry Nance Jr. can be regarded as the son of his father. He is also in the Cavaliers and his dunks are equally powerful and full of critical attack aesthetics.
, once made a dunk with a flat basket, and almost won the best dunk of the year in 2016.
The power forward position is still Kevin Love. Kevin Love entered the NBA through the draft in 2008 and played for the Timberwolves and Cavaliers. He was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team in his rookie season and was selected as the Most Improved Player in the 2010-11 season.
Fast Player Award. In 2010, he won the World Championships in Turkey with the US team. In 2012, he won the London Olympics championship with the US team. In 2014, he was selected into the All-Star starting lineup. In 2016, he won the NBA championship with the Cavaliers.
Love is the only star player the Cavaliers can take advantage of. In fact, Love's greatest achievement is 53 consecutive double-doubles, ranking first in NBA history.
With the departure of James and Irving, Love has also fallen into injuries. Compared with the Timberwolves, Love's current strength has dropped a lot, from an All-Star player to a fringe All-Star player.
Center Tristan Thompson, many people may not know his name, but his nickname TT is definitely known to many people.
TT has great physical fitness, height and wingspan, and is very good at grabbing offensive rebounds. He is also one of the few centers in the NBA who is better at grabbing offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds.
TT, the fourth overall pick in the first round of 2011, performed quite well in the past few years in the NBA. Although his progress was slow, as one of the contributors to the Cavaliers' championship, he himself was also very strong until he met Kardashian. This and many NBA
A woman whose star has had scandals is simply a seductress. Remember Harden? His strength dropped drastically during his relationship with Kardashian. He was always listless on the court. The same goes for TT, but he is a true love.
, is now married.
The Spurs came to the Cavaliers' Rockets Mortgage Arena (previously called Quicken Loans Arena, renamed in 2019), and the fans were still very enthusiastic, even though the Cavaliers are currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Not much to say, the game started, the Spurs' regular starting lineup, Radar, DeRozan, Gay, Aldridge, Boltel.
DeRozan probably didn't expect that he would return to the starting position. The last game was really specially arranged by Popovich without prior notice. He was also well aware of DeRozan's temper. This forced DeRozan to
Thumbs up.
TT gave the Cavaliers the opportunity to score the first attack. When Dellavedova faced Radar, he almost didn’t dare to dribble. After all, Radar is so famous now. He is the Player of the Week and Player of the Month, and he is just a starter.
Just a substitute.
In fact, Dellavedova has gained experience in the past few years since he entered the league. After all, he has won a championship. Technology is on the one hand, and golf intelligence is on the other. He knows very well where the Cavaliers' advantage lies, and that is the inside line.
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Compared to the Spurs' weak inside line, the Cavaliers currently have three players on the field from small forward to center who are no less tall than Ade and Boltel.
So Dellavedova gave the ball to Kevin Love. Love used to be a player on the same level as Ade, but Love's strength has declined so much that he can only look forward to it and sigh.
Love's shot did not hit. TT played very actively from the beginning. He took the offensive rebound from Boltel and made a strong tip-in.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Radar chose to give the ball to DeRozan, who was a little conflicted, and missed the first attack.
The Cavaliers still played inside, Love and Nance Jr. covered each other, and Nance Jr. made a layup.
In the second round, the Spurs were still dominated by DeRozan. DeRozan, who lost confidence and was conflicted, was intercepted by Exum on the way to the layup.
Seeing this, many fans may think that the Spurs are still the same Spurs. When they are strong, they are strong and when they are weak, they are weak. They can win in overtime when they meet the Lakers, and they can get a 4-0 start when they meet the Cavaliers, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
However, the emergence of radar has already broken this routine. Exum dribbled forward, was counter-stealed by radar, and assisted Aldridge to hit a mid-range shot.
Radar glanced at DeRozan, brother, I gave you a chance, but you didn't take advantage of it. Next, I have to treat you fairly. Whether you can score or not depends on your own movement.
The Spurs launched a zone defense, and Dellavedova was caught on the radar. Dellavedova, who was not good at speed and technical skills, had nothing to do. The Cavaliers also had no choice. There was no one in the defender camp.
With their active defense, the Spurs successfully defended in two consecutive rounds. The Cavaliers' offense came to a standstill and the basketball could not move on the court. The Spurs seized the opportunity and hit a long shot on the radar. Boltel took the cake inside and successfully took off.
Then the game continued in this tone. In the first quarter, the Spurs led 25 to 17 by 8 points under the good command of Radar.
In the second and third quarters, the Spurs didn't give the Cavaliers any chance. Radar had a great touch today, no matter how he shot, he scored 5 points and 4 assists in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he scored 8 points and 3 assists, and in the third quarter, he scored 12 points and 5 assists.
The Spurs expanded their lead to 18 points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Radar did not play, and only DeRozan was left in the starting lineup to lead the team. This was when DeRozan was in trouble. In the first three minutes, the Spurs turned the score into
92 to 71, the game lost its suspense, and the Cavaliers surrendered and took the initiative to replace the substitute lineup.
All members of the Spurs performed well, six players scored in double figures, Radar had 25 points, 12 assists and 7 steals, Ade had 22 points and 7 rebounds, Boltl had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Rudy Gay had 15 points, and DeRozan had 16 points.
Patty Mills scored 12 points.
Chapter completed!