The Cavaliers, who got off to a good start easily, overcame obstacles and won the next few games.
On October 28, the Cavaliers faced the Toronto Rams away from home and won 101:94.
On October 29, they played against the Orlando Magic at home, winning three consecutive games 99:112.
On November 1st, they played against the Houston Rockets at home and won again 128:120.
On November 3, the Cavaliers played against the Boston Celtics at home and won the game 131:123.
Winning five consecutive victories at the start, this is the Cavaliers' best record at the start of the regular season in recent years!
Such results made all Cavaliers fans excited. The Cavaliers under the new lineup really showed strong combat effectiveness.
In these five winning games, James is undoubtedly the best one, averaging 25 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, as efficient and stable as ever.
Under James are Irving and Wang Feng.
The former averaged 23.4 points, 3 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 5 games.
The latter had 20.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 steals.
From a data point of view, the two are almost equal, with Irving slightly better.
However, if you look at other aspects of data, you can clearly distinguish the gap.
Irving's average number of shots per game is close to 17, which is the same as James and tied for first in the team. However, his scoring is slightly lower than James because his shooting rate is only about 44%.
Although Wang Feng averages 2.6 points lower than Irving, he only averages 12 shots per game, which is even lower than Love, who currently averages 17 points per game!
That's right, in these 5 games, Wang Feng, who averaged 12 shots per game, can hit 8 goals, with a shooting percentage of 66.7%, the highest in the team!
Not only that, Wang Feng can hit at least 4 three-pointers in every game, and his three-point shooting rate can be maintained at around 50%, which is completely comparable to Curry at his peak last year. The efficiency is amazing!
In the past few games, the game was often in a stalemate. The Cavaliers relied on Wang Feng's three-pointers to break the situation and establish an advantage to win the final victory.
Although the regular season has just begun, Wang Feng has already proved to everyone with his performance that it is absolutely worth the money for the Cavaliers to spend money to sign him.
Cavaliers fans are happy, the management is happy, James is also happy, everyone seems to be happy.
However, this cannot be regarded as a reason for the Cavaliers to defeat the Warriors, because on the other side, the Golden State Warriors performed equally well after the start of the game. In addition to losing one game against the San Antonio Spurs in the opening game, the following four games
The Warriors also won them all easily, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss.
Moreover, although the Cavaliers have been winning, they are not without problems.
On November 5, the Cavaliers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 110:102 in an away game, winning their sixth consecutive victory.
But three days later, facing the Atlanta Hawks at their home court, the Cavaliers lost the game and their winning streak ended.
In recent years, the Hawks, under the leadership of Popovich's disciple Mike Budenholzer, have performed quite well. In the 2014-15 season, they even ranked first in the Eastern Conference regular season with 60 wins.
The Hawks' lineup is relatively civilian, with no particularly outstanding stars. Although Paul Millsap, Al Horford and other players have all been selected to the All-Stars, their positions are obviously much lower than those of the Cavaliers.
There hasn't even been a player averaging more than 20 points per game in a few years.
However, civilian teams usually have one advantage, which is that the scoring points are dispersed, so that any position on the field can score.
The Cavaliers lost this game on the bench.
Throughout the game, the Eagles' bench scored a total of 42 points, accounting for nearly 40% of the team's points.
On the other hand, the Cavaliers only scored 8 points from the bench, with Channing Fletcher scoring 5 points and Richard Jefferson scoring 3 points.
In this case, although James scored 27 points, Irving 21 points, Wang Feng 19 points, and Love 15 points, the four main players scored 90 points together, but the 7 points of the other starter JR Smith and the 8 points of the substitute
Taking into account the points, it’s only 97 points.
The Eagles scored 110 points as a team, handing the Cavaliers their first defeat of the season.
A poor substitute lineup is the biggest weakness of the Cavaliers, which ranks first in the league in salary space.
Not only that, during the game, the Cavaliers also exposed another problem, which is the lack of frame protection ability.
Although Love is an excellent inside player, he is obviously not particularly suitable for the center position. At least in the first half of the regular season, he has had a hard time adapting to the center position.
For Howard, who switched to the Eagle team from the Rockets, Lefu was violent throughout the process. Although Howard scored 12 points, he grabbed 19 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds in the frontcourt.
Trading away Tristan Thompson has significantly weakened the Cavaliers' ability to protect rebounds. With Love and James alone, they are at an absolute disadvantage in rebounding against most teams in the league.
Of course, all the above are minor flaws. There has never been a truly perfect lineup in the league. Even during the invincible Bulls dynasty or the 74-win Warriors' two consecutive championships, there were still various weaknesses.
For the Cavaliers, compared to the problems they are facing at this time, the outside shooting range and strong defense that Wang Feng's arrival brings to the Cavaliers are obviously more valuable!
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Throughout the second half of November, the Cavaliers have maintained a very high winning rate, with a record of 16 wins and 3 losses, a winning rate of 84%, and the second highest record in the league, second only to the Warriors with 17 wins and 2 losses.
As most people have guessed, the new season will be a battle between the Warriors and the Cavaliers. Apart from them, even the Spurs are slightly behind, not to mention other teams.
At this time, the entire league is extremely curious, which of these two super teams is stronger?
There are still more people who are optimistic about the Warriors. After all, the partnership between Curry and Durant, the two regular season MVPs, looks really strong.
At the end of the game at the end of November, both Curry and Durant averaged 25 points per game. The two coexisted almost perfectly, and there was no problem with the ball. This is also directly related to the fact that both of them can play without the ball.
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The personal data of Clay Thompson, the Warriors' best off-ball player, has not been seriously affected by Durant's arrival. His average of 22.3 points per game is even slightly higher than last season.
If nothing else, just looking at the scoring of the three outside players, the Warriors obviously have the advantage.
But without a real duel, no one knows what the outcome will be.
The first matchup between these two teams in the new season was directly scheduled by the league for December 25th, which is the NBA's traditional performance, the Christmas Day Game.
The league, which has mastered the traffic code, knows that the two teams that have been locked in the finals for two consecutive years are definitely the focus of everyone's attention.