Wang Xiao didn't know if there was a butterfly effect or a coincidence in this world, but it seemed that there was a providence in the dark.

Curry's unexpected injury and the reversal of the situation on the court made the Wizards players a little anxious, and some players who were already more temperamental moved a lot.

Soon, Drummond. Green got into an argument with Howard under the basket for grabbing a rebound, and the chattering Green received a technical foul.

Cole's face on the sidelines darkened.

A technical foul doesn't send Green off the court, but it's the sixteenth technical foul Green has accumulated, and according to league rules, Green will be automatically suspended for one game in the next game.

This is obviously worse news.

Curry's injury status has not yet been confirmed, but Green first confirmed that he will not be able to play in the next game.

Although Green can only play off the bench with the Wizards and his stats are not outstanding, his tough style is what the team desperately needs.

A lot of the time, the Wizards used to put Green off the bench to assist Leonard in defending James, freeing up Leonard to focus more on offense.

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Green's suspension is a matter for the next game, and if the Wizards can win this game, then the overall score will become 3:0, and there will be a lot of time left for the Wizards to adjust.

But if this game can't be won, then the score will be 2:1, and if Curry and Green can't play in the next game, it may also affect the team's performance, if you continue to lose, the total score will become 2:2, back to the same running line.

Kerr is well aware of the crucial nature of this game, but the decline of the Wizards players on the court has been completely unstoppable.

In the end, the Cavaliers defended their home court and won a game at Cleveland to make the overall score 2-1.

After the game, people are more concerned about Curry's injury and whether he can play in the next game than the outcome of this game.

During the time while waiting for Curry's inspection report, the Wizards were the most tormented.

However, when the results of the examination were announced, everyone's hearts sank again.

Curry sprained his ankle and was initially determined to recuperate for about two weeks.

In other words, he will miss the rest of the Eastern Conference finals, and if the Wizards can make it past the Cavaliers to advance to the Finals, then Curry will be able to catch up.

But...... Without Curry, facing the Cavaliers' Big Four, do the Wizards still have an advantage at all?

The Fourth War gave this answer.

When Curry and Green were absent, the Wizards' offensive tactics were obviously affected, without Curry to attract defense from the outside, both George and Leonard encountered stubborn resistance when attacking the basket.

Although Howard has lost the explosiveness of his youth, he still maintains a good competitive state due to the fact that the butterfly effect did not go to the rocket, and his defensive ability under the basket is still the top in the league.

While the offense went wrong, the defense was also leaky.

Without Green's assistance, Leonard's pressure on James to defend himself doubled.

The Wizards' offense was stymied, while the Cavaliers blossomed more, and the dominance of the home court and the initiative on the court allowed them to play more freely and relaxed.

The Wizards were on the underdog after the first start of the entire series, being single-handedly suppressed by the Cavaliers.

Of course, even so, the Cavaliers failed to defeat the Wizards directly.

Even without Curry and Green, the Wizards still have the most luxurious roster in the league, Leonard, George, Thompson and Butler on the bench, any of these people have excellent individual ability, and there is also a Gobert with outstanding defensive ability on the inside.

So even if the Cavaliers occupy the initiative on the court, head coach Tyronn Lue is still pacing anxiously on the long side.

This is completely different from what he imagined, the Cavaliers should have a bigger advantage, and the current situation always gives him the feeling that the Wizards will suddenly explode at any time and knock the Cavaliers to the ground, which makes him very uneasy.

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At halftime, the score was 61-54, and the difference was only seven points.

As the game progressed into the second half, the Wizards finally revealed their flaws.

The absence of the two big players has dwarfed the Wizards' luxurious rotation lineup, and in order to ensure that the score gap is not widened, Kerr has to let several main players play on the court all the time, which has caused a physical crisis for the Wizards' main team.

Leonard, in particular, is responsible for the tough job of marking James on the defensive end, but he is also needed on the offensive end.

As a result, by the third quarter of the game, his offensive efficiency had already begun to plummet, and the number of shots and turnovers had increased significantly.

In the face of this situation, the Cavaliers finally seized the opportunity and widened the score gap to more than double digits in one fell swoop.

Kerr called a timeout and replaced Leonard for a rest, but it was also a palliative treat.

In the end, the Wizards lost Game 2 on the road, and the series was tied at 2-2, and the two sides will then return to Washington for the crucial fifth game, the Battle of Kings Mountain.

This game has good news for the Wizards, Drummond who is suspended. Green will be back on the court, and with his assistance, at least he won't be so passive in limiting James.

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Although he is now coaching the Bucks, the Wizards still give Wang Xiao great respect, and even he can sit in the coach's seat to watch the game, and Curry, who is unable to play due to injury, is sitting next to him.

"Coach, do you think we can win this game?"

Curry looked at Wang Xiao and asked.

Faced with this question, Wang Xiao could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Curry wasn't the first person to ask him that question, but he couldn't really answer it.

Originally, the matchup between these two teams should be without suspense, and the strength of the Wizards' roster is far from comparable to that of the Cavaliers, even if the Warriors who get Durant in another world are difficult to match.

But Curry's injury made everything unpredictable.

Although the Wizards without Curry are still one of the best teams in the league, their opponent is the Cavaliers Big Four led by James after all.

If there is any team in the entire league that can theoretically compete with the Wizards, it must be the Cavaliers.

Before the start of this game, Kerr, the current head coach of the Wizards, also had a phone call with Wang Xiao to ask Wang Xiao how to deal with the Cavaliers.

Although Kerr is older than Wang Xiao and has also worked as a professional player and assistant coach, he has rich experience, but he admires Wang Xiao's achievements in the Wizards team very much.

Regarding Cole's question, Wang Xiao can only give one suggestion.

Try to cut James off from other players.

To put it simply, this is Jordan's Law.

Jordan's rule was a strategy of the Pistons against the Bulls back then: using various methods to defend Jordan to the death, doing everything they could, and when they couldn't prevent Jordan, they let Jordan go and defend the other four players, even if Jordan scored more points, the other four scored very low and the Bulls still lost.

Although the Cavaliers have a first-class point guard Irving, on the court, the team's only brain is still James, and the whole team revolves around James to play.

As long as they can get James, then the Cavaliers are no threat.