The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 265 James Truce

The Knicks actually have someone on the offensive end, but when it comes to critical moments, they still don't know who to play.

There's a big difference between strong teams and weak teams in the third quarter, but an even bigger difference is the crunch time.

Some teams have no determination to win, and they will collapse when a problem in just one round will ruin the game.

This is the case for the Knicks this season, including their leader Anthony.

When James made a strong shot, Anthony's offense was gorgeous.

Back and forth, the Cavaliers overtook, and the Knicks' advantage in the first three quarters disappeared.

Fisher was so angry that he thought he was of a good standard, although the outside world thought he was Phil Jackson's puppet.

Spoelstra was once considered Pat Riley's puppet, but he proved himself, Fisher thought he could, but he didn't.

After the timeout, the Knicks' offense still missed, but Zhang Xiaotian took the opportunity to hit the Cavaliers.

Stoudemire can't hit, Love can still feel the offensive end, but the defense is doing well.

When James hit again, the Knicks could only take the risk of changing guards to the outside line.

Fisher's old problem of frequent substitutions changed again, and the result was that they didn't get up on offense, but they were directly broken on the defensive end.

In 32 seconds, after Anthony missed again, the Knicks gave up their resistance.

You will get used to things like losing, and the Knicks have changed a little numb.

94:87, the Cavaliers won five consecutive victories.

A five-game winning streak is nothing to a team that is aiming for a championship, but for the Cavaliers, a winning streak is pleasing, because a championship-level team doesn't just talk about it, it's played out.

When they win more victories and consolidate their No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference, doubts will become a minority.

Back-to-back away games are not easy, especially the Raptors, whose opponents once killed them.

After winning the Knicks, the Cavaliers could not be happier in the future and flew to Toronto.

However, DeRozan is missing this time, and the opponent's first firepower is not there. If the Cavaliers still can't figure it out, even back-to-backs can't be justified.

Sure enough, the Cavaliers had an advantage in the first quarter, and never gave the opponent a chance after that.

Without any defense, and against Vasquez, the floor runner, Zhang Xiaotian scored 25 points and 5 rebounds, which made the fans who voted for him feel that it was a good deal.

Six consecutive victories, James said after the game, this is just the normal level of the Cavaliers, as the running-in gets better and better, the team will get stronger and stronger.

Zhang Xiaotian agreed, emphasizing once again that the goal of the Cavaliers is the championship, which is completely different from those teams that don't want to make progress.

Many teams were also recruited while lying down, and they all stood up and despised Zhang Xiaotian.

Zhang Xiaotian enjoys becoming a topical figure in the league. With his current status in the arena, he may not be nominated as an All-Star coach. The only way to maintain the popularity is to let the fans put him in the starting position.

Back-to-back and then back-to-back, on December 12, the Cavaliers played away against the Nets.

Tuhao.com saved some money this season. After all, they found that such a pile of money was meaningless, but even if they didn't start with more than [-] million yuan, they spent more money than the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers are also a member of the luxury tax, but in terms of their lineup, it is much more cost-effective.

There is already a gap in the strength of the two teams, and with the fact that Lopez and Joe Johnson, the pillars of the Nets inside and outside, cannot play, the Cavaliers are taking their opponents lightly.

Zhang Xiaotian scored another 22 points, which is simply overwhelming.

To be honest, the schedule is also coordinated. Tomorrow, we will play the Raptors without DeRozan, or we will go back to play at home.

Vasquez failed to defend Zhang Xiaotian last time, but this time he was replaced by Landry Fields.

Zhang Xiaotianzhao, who was in good form, scored another 25 points without missing a beat. He gave the impression that he had improved his offense to a higher level.

With Irving on the left and teammates like James on the right, Zhang Xiaotian is just right when he meets an opponent who is not that strong.

There is still a long time before the All-Star, but the performance must be early.

Paul George can't play this season. The team reported him the position of striker, but it's not polite.

The team has also won eight consecutive victories, and the external doubts are getting smaller and smaller.

With the core of the three original teams, plus Zhang Xiaotian, a player with high cost performance, the Cavaliers are simply cheating.

This also made them quickly become the public enemies of the league. Players who want to win the championship must go through this step.

The Cavaliers' schedule in December is not very good, and then they will go to the West to play back-to-back away games.

And the first opponent is the Thunder with Durant's comeback and a neat lineup.

The Thunder's current record is not good. That's because Durant has been absent before and Westbrook has missed a lot of games, not because of their lack of strength.

With Shuang Shao as a big killer, Thunder Xia Tian is just tinkering.

With the growth of young players, their current lineup has both inside and outside, and there are also ruthless players on the bench. If the team can stay healthy, it will already be one of the contenders for the championship.

Compared with last season, the Thunder's starting lineup has two more young players, Steven Adams and Andre Robertson, who play hard, and there are almost no weaknesses on the defensive end.

In this case, it will be a great test for the knight whose breakthrough is one of the main methods.

The point is that James will not play because of his back discomfort.

James couldn't hold back after consecutive back-to-backs, and the Cavaliers naturally didn't dare to ignore it.

David Blatt had no choice but to use the main tactics, and it is estimated that he will have to restrain himself.

James truce, Zhang Xiaotian naturally moved to the third position, and the team let Matthew Dellavedova, who had played soy sauce before, start and Irving formed a double guard.

The team's role players are like this. You don't know when the opportunity will appear. You have to be ready at any time, otherwise the opportunity will be given to others after you perform poorly.

After the game started, Irving and Westbrook began to fight each other.

In James' absence, Irving is also free and easy, but the feeling is still different from last season. Although he is a little reluctant, after so many games, his style of play is still affected by James.

The Thunder team's personal defensive ability is good. After a few good games, Zhang Xiaotian still honestly defends Durant this time.

Defending Durant is difficult and difficult, and easy to say, because this buddy is tall and long, and it is difficult to block his shooting line if he is determined to make a shot.

Just keep pestering him, making him uncomfortable, forcing him to make mistakes when he's not paying attention.

Anyway, he can shoot, so the difficulty of the defender is similar on the surface.

Both Irving and Love played well at the beginning, and Zhang Xiaotian was also relieved. He can also play at this time, but the success rate will be greatly reduced. It is great to be able to focus on defense first.

(End of this chapter)