Chapter 297: Two Consecutive Defeats

There's nothing quite like the news that the Cavaliers lost their game after a ten-game winning streak and are a serious contender for No. 1 in the East, the Miami Heat. (_bubble&)

This game can be said to be the strongest team the Cavaliers have encountered, although the Celtics are tough, but compared to the Heat, it is still one less intensity, why? Quite simply, although the Celtics have a complete lineup and have masters in every position, they are old and sick compared to the Heat.

Therefore, the major media that used to praise the Cavaliers immediately changed their positions, saying that the Cavaliers are not opponents when they meet a real strongman, or that the Cavaliers are a team that bullies the weak and fears the hard.

Well, they finally got the opportunity, especially the media who once played against the Cavaliers and were beaten by the Cavaliers, and they all made crazy sarcasm about the Cavaliers.

At this time, they also began to seriously study the lineup of the Cavaliers, Huang Xiang, a rookie of the yellow race who came to Asia, although his strength is strong, but his physical fitness is still much worse than that of blacks, plus he is just a rookie, relying on him too much, so the Cavaliers will definitely not be able to last a few games, so nearly half of the media began to criticize the management of the Cavaliers.

And the other players on the outside did not escape the attack of the media, a veteran who came back from Europe, the rest are a group of millennium second-in-class, and Carter, who was abandoned by several teams, no matter how tossed, he is also a bunch of rookies and veterans.

Inside? Not to mention, in addition to Howard, that is, Garnett, and Garnett at this time is no longer the Garnett of three years ago, although the data is still good, although it can still help the Cavaliers play a certain role at both ends of the interior offensive and defensive ends, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Garnett at this time is powerless, but more of a Williams's teacher.

Other insiders, O'Neal? How powerful can O'Neal, who is about to enter forty, do? No one wants to think about it.

The rest is Williams and Hollins. Williams, as this year's No. 4 rookie, did exactly what he was supposed to do, and he was tough, and he was one of the best interior players this year.

Averaging 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 0.6 blocks and 2.4 assists per game, Williams gave Cavaliers fans a good answer, of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon.

In the game against the Heat, when Garnett went off the court, Williams faced Bosh's offense, allowing Bosh to score 9 points and get 3 fouls from him.

It's fair to say that Williams is a little weak when he faces an All-Star caliber power forward.

And how much good can Hollins, the guy with the position behind O'Neal, bring to the Cavaliers?

Of course, these reports from the major media on the management of the Cavaliers are also clearly in their eyes, and they are also clear about the situation of the Cavaliers at this time, but they are not as pessimistic as the outside, what they see is only the problem of the veteran's substitution, and all they need is to find a more energetic substitute.

Iverson's injury is what they are most concerned about, but as long as anyone with a discerning eye knows, the Cavaliers' last game loss to the Heat is not the kind of statement of the outside media, although what they say is based on facts, but this lineup is still a headache for the other 29 teams.

The Cavaliers' next game is back-to-back away games against the Nuggets, and this team can be said to be weak now, so although it is back-to-back, the Cavaliers are not afraid.

With two back-to-backs in 12 games, the league's special care for the Cavaliers seems to be quite special.

There have been a total of 12 back-to-back games in 30 team games so far, of which the Cavaliers account for two, and I don't know if Stern deliberately reorganized the Cavaliers or if this year's schedule is such a little back.

It was already 9 a.m. when they arrived in Denver, and the Cavaliers got off the plane and went straight to the hotel to rest.

After a morning break, they were largely recuperated, and at 7:40 p.m., the Cavaliers arrived at Denver's home court, the Denver Pepsi Center.

"Huang Xiang, in today's game, you lead on the outside, Howard Garnett dominates the inside, okay, don't say much, remember your position and responsibilities, I lost the last game, I don't blame you, but in this game, I must give me a victory to get it back." After speaking, Scott applauded the generals and walked to the players' tunnel first.

Unlike usual, Huang Xiang was the first to walk into the field, and the defeat in the last game made him want to fight, and he wanted to win a victory to justify the team.

The Cavaliers who all entered the court will still warm up, and after the warm-up is over, today's game will begin.

The lineup is still the same as the previous game, Gibson, Huang Xiang, Jones, Garnett, Howard.

Nuggets point guard Jack, shooting guard Green, small forward Harrington, power forward Martin, center Anderson.

The lineups of the two sides do not look comparable, but the momentum of the Nuggets is not inferior to that of the Cavaliers, and the Nuggets bench titan JR Smith also looked at Huang Xiang with a warlike face, little guy, my brother will meet you in a while.

For JR, it is estimated that many people are no strangers, this guy is born crazy, he has a good performance in every game, and sometimes he is crazy to give many star-level guys a headache.

However, Huang Xiang didn't care who was in the opposite position, at this time he didn't have the slightest distraction in his heart, only one thought, to defeat the opponent and win the game.

The game started, and this time Howard didn't know if he didn't have a good rest in the last game or faced Anderson's light enemy, the basketball was actually slapped out by Anderson and caught by Jack.

After receiving the ball, Jack quickly rushed across the half court with the ball, and in the face of Gibson's defense, he suddenly pulled out his hand, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket, and the Nuggets scored the game in 9 seconds after 3:0.

Gibson didn't have any idea about the opponent's three-point shot, spread his hands and signaled that he had nothing to do, and rushed across the half.

"Give it to me!" Huang Xiang stretched out his hand to Gibson to ask for the ball, and Gibson did not hesitate and handed the basketball to Huang Xiang, after all, a leader with a shooting percentage of more than 60% still believes in him.

Huang Xiang picked up a three-point shot after receiving the ball, since the opponent hit a three-point shot, then Huang Xiang is not polite, you must know that his three points are also one of Huang Xiang's tricks.

But

"Bumped" the basketball and smashed it heavily on the basket, and the rebound was taken into Martin's arms and handed to Jack, who took the ball across the half court and assisted Harrington for a layup.

5:0, although it was just the beginning, but Huang Xiang, who had not experienced many failures, would not allow such a thing to happen.

Huang Xiang reached out to ask for the ball again, but because he was caught by the opponent, he had to hand the basketball to Garnett, who assisted Howard for a dunk, and the Cavaliers finally turned their zero egg score into Arabic numbers.

The game slowly entered the **, but there was gradually less Huang Xiang's matter, as Huang Xiang missed 3 goals in a row again, Scott also frowned, and gestured at the field, changing to an inside tactic.

Then the Cavaliers changed their tactics, with Howard and Garnett making frequent shots on the inside, alternating with the Nuggets to increase the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers 19:22 Nuggets, a mere three-point behind, the Cavaliers still don't pay attention.

But what worries the Cavaliers is not the continuation of the game, but Huang Xiang's state, Huang Xiang shot 0 of 6 in the first quarter, and only scored two points by free throws, this is the first time that Huang Xiang's state has worried the Cavaliers.

Huang Xiang did not play at the beginning of the second quarter, but the Nuggets accelerated the pace of Huang Xiang on the court alone, and JR Smith came up after the second quarter to make Williams foul, and at the same time the basketball also hit, hit the free throw, and scored a 2+1.

JR Smith's performance did not end, as the Cavaliers' offensive failure rebound was won by the Cavaliers, JR Smith rushed through the half and hit a key three-pointer, with this goal, the Nuggets extended the advantage of the game to 8 points, the Cavaliers saw the crisis, Huang Xiang felt even more uncomfortable, but Scott still has no generals to send, Iverson is injured, Carter's organizational ability is too poor, Huang Xiang is not in good shape, Gibson Sessions is too young and has little experience, who will go up to put out the fire?

In the end, Huang Xiang was put on the court, this time Huang Xiang's state had a rebounding performance, 9 shots in the second quarter, hit 4 shots, a very good performance, but the Cavaliers' score still did not come back, the Nuggets who fought at home today will seize the Cavaliers' last game defeat and back-to-back disadvantage, and collectively frenzy, the team's shooting rate in the first half was as high as 49.3%, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 51%.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers' back-to-back backs were shown, because in the last high-intensity confrontation game with the Heat, Garnett first showed that in addition to physical exhaustion, he failed to score three consecutive shots, and then Huang Xiang also showed that he was almost in the same state as in the first quarter, and he also failed to score in a row.

Scott had a head ten big at this time, and there was no way to replace Howard to save the game, but it was not good, although the Cavaliers had rebounded in scoring, but the Nuggets were more full of impact, and the Cavaliers trailed the Nuggets by a full 15 points at the end of the third quarter.

Huang Xiang didn't play at all in the fourth quarter, shooting 7 of 24 in the first three quarters, and the shooting rate of more than 30 percent made Scott feel insecure.

However, this is not to say that the Cavaliers gave up the game, Howard is still on the court, and the players in other positions are also crazy to cut points, although the Nuggets have declined in the fourth quarter compared to the first three quarters, but the Cavaliers without Huang Xiang and Iverson seem to have more than half of the engine, paralyzed.

In the end, the Nuggets upset the Cavaliers 97-86, giving the Cavaliers a two-game losing streak and ending their own three-game losing streak.

The Cavaliers are once again in the hands of their opponents, but they are not strong, but the Nuggets who have been reduced to a fish belly team, and I don't know how other opponents and the media will deal with the Cavaliers after they find out.