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"LeBron, why are you so strong this season?" Ruan Erniu said to James with a smile.

"If the Hawks have no interest in being number one in the league, the Cavaliers are happy to take over!" James responded.

Such a harmonious chat screen was almost impossible to see in the NBA arena in the 80s and 90s.

At that time, even if the players sympathized with each other, they had to respond with a hostile attitude.

And now, the two top five superstars in the league are chatting lightly before the big game, and the times are indeed different.

Before this game, the Hawks had won all 12 games this season and ranked first in the league, while the Cavaliers had 12 games and 9 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the East and third in the league.

In comparison, Ruan Erniu still feels that the Hawks are at least much stronger than the Cavaliers on the bright side.

While largely retaining the framework of last season's championship, this season the Hawks have brought in Ronald Murray, Chris Anderson, Steve Novak at a very low price, plus the traded Salmons and the selected Goran Dragic, and the Hawks have improved significantly in their overall roster.

But it is precisely because of this that Ruan Erniu admires James and Mike Brown more and more.

admires James because the Cavaliers ushered in a big explosion of the team this season on the basis of only one Mo Williams.

And admiring Mike Brown is certainly not because he is diligent in changing glasses, although this guy is commanding on the spot, and the scum is extreme, but his construction on the defensive end is indeed fruitful.

After all, having been an assistant coach with the Spurs and a protégé of Popovich, Mike Brown's abilities are actually seriously underrated, and he is by no means a puppet of James, although the media is willing to portray him as such.

Fortunately, Mike Woodson of the Hawks will not have such embarrassment, because Ruan Erniu is a latecomer, even if the Hawks win the championship under his leadership, but the foundation for winning the championship is indeed slowly built by Woodson over several seasons.

Also called Mike, also the head coach, the same defensive focus, and like to leave the offense to the superstars themselves, Woodson and Brown do have too many similarities.

According to the Celestial Empire, Mike Brown should call Mike Woodson an uncle, because Popovich has followed Larry Brown like Mike Woodson, and Mike Brown has been an assistant coach to Popovich.

This is the second time the two teams have met this season, and this time, the Hawks are the visitors.

The two starters were almost identical to the opening game of the season, except that on the Hawks' side, the Birdmen replaced the injured eclipse.

At the start of the match, Nguyen Er Niu easily defeated Ben Wallace in the jump ball session.

The ball was in the hands of the Eagles.

Embarrassment Sen hit an iron from the outside, and Ilgoskas withstood the Birdman and won the rebound.

Mo Williams dribbled across half court and sent the ball to Delonti West, who broke through with the ball and hit a step-back jumper from mid-range!

Then Ruan Erniu received a second pass from Embarrassment, and also hit a mid-range shot at a high post and scored two points.

However, neither Erniu nor Embarrassing Sen expected that this would be the only athletic battle score between the two of them in this section.

On the offensive end of the Hawks, Embarrassment held the ball in a high position, and a mid-range backward jumper missed!

Ruan Erniu forced Ben * Wallace to eat Ben * Wallace in a low position, Big Z resolutely wrapped up, and the people of the Celestial Dynasty forcibly shot, but he didn't hit!

Embarrassment Sen went straight to the basket and was blocked by Wallace!

Erniu's mid-range jumper, still missed!

Embarrassment missed a three-point shot!

Erniu broke through the basket and shot under the opponent's bag, but still missed!

Hell yes!

The first time the Hawks encountered such a situation, the twin stars were collectively dumb, and no one could put the ball in the basket.

This has never happened in the past.

Whether it is Ruan Erniu or Embarrassment, they are both human beings and not gods, and naturally there are times when they play abnormally, under normal circumstances, if one person does not play well, the other person will stand up to stabilize the situation. But tonight, luck was clearly not on the Eagles' side.

Ruan Erniu made 1 of 5 shots and 1 of 2 free throws in a single quarter, scoring 3 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

He made 0 of 5 shots in a single quarter, and only relied on free throws to score 2 points, 1 board and 1 assist.

On the contrary, Salmons had a good hand under James' defense, shooting 2 of 4 in a single quarter, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.

For the Cavaliers, Delonte West performed well, shooting 4-of-5 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range in the quarter, scoring 9 points and 2 assists.

In the nameless game of the competition, under the tight defense, James played quite averagely, shooting 1 of 4, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and only scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

At 16:24, the Hawks trailed the home team by 8 points in the first quarter, but Woodson didn't lose his temper because the Hawks did a pretty good job on the defensive end and they just lacked a bit of luck.

It can only be said that Delonte West scored a few fairy shots, and the Hawks had a poor touch on the offensive end.

In the second quarter of the game, the Hawks' hand finally ushered in a recovery.

However, only Ruan Erniu returned to normal, he shot 5 of 7 in a single quarter, scored 12 points, 8 rebounds, and finally saved a lot of points for the Hawks.

Embarrassed Sen's second-quarter performance was still terrible, shooting 0 of 3 in a single quarter, and 0 of 8 in the entire first half, without even scoring a little athletic battle.

Of course, James's side is not having a good time, Salmons' defense is also a god today, James shot 0 of 2 in the second quarter, and also did not score a point, only relying on 1 rebound and 1 assist, barely letting his data go to zero.

Xiao Mo also performed well in this quarter, shooting 3 of 6 and scoring 7 points, 1 board and 1 assist. Szebiak, who came off the bench, was on fire, scoring 6 points and 4 rebounds in just 2 minutes, and he was simply back in his prime.

At 25:21, the Hawks recovered four points in the second quarter, but they still trailed by four points at halftime, 41-45.

It's going to be a tough game.

Ruan Erniu has more and more respect for Mike Brown, this guy who is called a puppet is far from being as bad as everyone thinks, the Hawks are certainly missing a Josh Smith, but the Cavaliers' defense and the beginning of the season have changed dramatically.

Whether it is in the malleability of the defense or the tightness, it has reached the top level.

Even though James only scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, the current leader is still the Clevelands, which fully proves the strength of the defensive system that Brown has built.

Mike Woodson didn't say much in the locker room, the Hawks did enough on the defensive end to open up the situation on the offensive end, and Woodson didn't have anything to do.

The old-school coach who clings to the defense will not arrange any special tactics.

In their view, pinning their hopes on offense is itself a blasphemy against the idea of the primacy of defence.

In the third quarter, both teams continued to work on the defensive end.

For the Hawks, Nguyen Erniu scored 9 points in a single quarter, Dragic scored 6 points with two three-pointers, and the rest continued to feel cold and only scored bits and pieces.

For the Cavaliers, James recovered a little, scoring 8 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist, while West and Big Z contributed 7 and 6 points, respectively.

The Cavaliers took a narrow lead in the second quarter at 28:30.

In the final quarter of the game, James and Xiao Mo broke out together, and the two scored a total of 22 points, 3 assists, and 2 boards in a single quarter.

Ruan Erniu was not to be outdone, and fought to the last moment with his own strength, but it was useless after all.

At 105:110, the Hawks lost their first regular season game since the 08-09 season by five points.

Although Ruan Erniu still had a wonderful performance of 35 points, 24 rebounds and 6 assists in this game, his statistics were meaningless in the face of loss.