Are the Cleveland Cavaliers really weak? Of course not. During the regular season this season, the Cavaliers and Pacers met four times, and the two sides were tied 2-2.

Not to mention last season, the Cavaliers reversed the miracle of 73 wins over the Warriors after falling behind 1-3 to win the championship.

The teams that can meet the above two conditions are certainly not weak teams.

But are the Cleveland Cavaliers really strong? Not really. In the regular season this season, the Cavaliers won two games against the Pacers, one because of Korver's three-point convulsion, and one because of Love's three-point shooting.

And last season, the Cavaliers were able to come back from a 3-1 deficit and caught Draymond. Green is suspended and Bogut is injured.

So, now let's look at the question again – are the Cleveland Cavaliers strong?

They are indeed strong, but there is already a clear gap between them and the Warriors and Pacers. They were indeed able to win, but the victory was achieved under the favorable conditions of the right time and place, not by hard power.

But in today's game, the Cavaliers were not so lucky. As a result, they were crushed by the Pacers with hard power.

At this time, the cheers on the court were not as fierce as they had just been. Because the competition itself is not as intense as it was at the beginning.

Kelly. Irving made a hasty shot from beyond the three-point line, but he had a terrible hand today. Paul's tough defense made Irving's offense feel completely gone, and even if Paul stopped pressing, Irving couldn't find the right thing to do.

James quickly returned to the defense, and then clapped his hands, signaling everyone to cheer up, the game is not over yet.

But as soon as James finished speaking, George was there. Smith made a pull-up jumper in front of him. Smith didn't react to George's pull-up shot, and God knows what he was thinking at the moment. Perhaps, he was already wondering where to spend his vacation.

Before entering the league, people said that George had a little bit of a Maddie shadow. I have to admit that the dry shot just now is indeed a little like Maddie.

After George's goal, the margin on the pitch had reached 18 points. LeBron. James walked to the baseline with a blank face to receive the ball, and then pushed forward unhurriedly.

At this point, the game had just reached the eighth minute of the third quarter. But it seems that the Cavaliers have no more energy. Henson's plan was a huge success, which is why the Pacers were able to take the lead.

His use of George to torture the opposing guard line worked very well, and the Cavaliers' guards couldn't stand George's ravage. Just George in. The head-drawn goal is the epitome of George's opponent Cavaliers guard in this game.

It was a smart move to stir up George's fighting spirit before the game and use him as the heart of the attack.

And Henson's approach of getting Antetokounmpo to resolutely help defend James was also very successful. By the end, Taryn. Lu still had to let James play the No. 4 position and put him in a head-to-head showdown with Antetokounmpo.

Although it is better to have James against Antetokounmpo than to hit the opponent's gun, it is at least better than being defended by two opponents.

And just like that, the game became what it is now. On both offensive and defensive ends, the defending champion Cavaliers were beaten.

It stands to reason that in modern basketball, it is not impossible to turn around 18 points in a quarter or more.

After all, this is an era of more offensive rounds and more three-point goals. It is completely different from the old era when two points and two points were chiseled, and a game was scored seventy or eighty points.

But now, the game has almost gone into garbage time. After all, the Cavaliers are now very demoralized. And, Kelly. Irving, the team's second-highest scorer other than James, was also very inefficient today.

In the end, James was very tired. In order to fight against George and Antetokounmpo, Taryn. Lue barely let James rest today. So far in the game, James has only had a total of 5 minutes of rest.

In other words, in a 12-minute game, James played more than 10 minutes. Even a "superman" as strong as James will feel tired under the defensive intensity of the Pacers.

James hasn't been able to attack the rim for several rounds, opting instead to use the pass to solve the problem. So, although there is still plenty of time. But aside from time, the Cavaliers no longer have any other conditions to turn the game around.

"This game...... It was easier than I thought. "Henson's side, Nate. McMillan smiled and shook his head. With Vogel by his side for the past two years, the Cavaliers are an insurmountable peak for the Pacers.

But now, when the Pacers are stepping on this "peak" under their feet, McMillan realizes that the mountain is actually not too high.

"That's normal, Nate. The Cleveland Cavaliers are nowhere near as perfect as one might think, with inefficient defense and a lack of consistent scoring points. In fact, after all these years, James' team is still the same as it was back then. They rely on him too much, a team can rely on the manager, but never too much on one player. ”

"yes...... A team can rely on a head coach. Almost all of your pre-match strategies were successful in the game. Do you think we can solve the Cavaliers in a few games? ”

"In the beginning, I thought it would take six games to tackle the Cavaliers. But now......" Henson smiled and spread his fingers confidently, "I think maybe five games at most, and we'll be able to go to the finals." ”

No reporter could hear the conversation between Henson and McMillan, otherwise the reporters would probably be talking about him again. But combined with the results of this game, is Henson really arrogant?

No, he's just telling the truth. It's just that the truth is often very harsh.

As he spoke, the electronic beep sounded throughout the audience. At the end of the third quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers will enter the fourth quarter with a 20-point deficit. The fans of the Pacers are weak one by one, after all, this kind of comparison without any suspense really does not arouse their interest.

The camera gave James a close-up, only to see the No. 23 walking back to the bench with his hands on his hips and his head down.

After returning to the bench, James put a towel on his head and looked at Taryn blankly. Lou. I don't know how much he listened to the words of "Instruction Lu". Of course, it is unknown how much the words of "Guiding Lu" will play a role.

Kelly. Owen is also absent-minded, thinking about the big things this summer. After today's game, Irving found himself starting to get a little tired of Cleveland and LeBron. James too.

Everyone on the Cavaliers has their own agendas, but who is focusing on the game?

Sure enough, in the fourth quarter of the game, although Henson changed to an all-bench lineup early. But when it was frustrating, the Cavaliers didn't seem to be able to even parry the Pacers' bench.

Oladipo's impact caused the Cavaliers' guard line to continue to crumble, and Bogdanovic's accurate three-pointers punished the Cavaliers' absent-minded defense again and again. Brogdon and Siakam, two rookies, also played a performance that was completely inconsistent with the draft pick. Stevens and Danny. Green's follow-up knife finally allowed James to go off the court 2 minutes early.

It also means that the Cleveland Cavaliers have given up on this game.

At the end of the game, James didn't even bother to look up at the big screen live. Anyway, the score difference must be more than 15 points.

After two years, LeBron. James lost again at the Bankers' Life Arena. Since Henson's return, it has become his nightmare again.

"LeBron, how do you rate the loss of this game?"

"Do you think the Cavaliers can get back together?"

"Can you go back to Cleveland with a win?"

One by one, reporters rushed up and surrounded the blank-eyed LeBron. At this time, James didn't know how to answer the reporter, but a sentence suddenly flashed through his mind.

This is what Henson said when he announced his return last summer. At the time, many reporters and players, including James, felt that Henson was just pretending to be a habitual force. But now that I think about it, Henson's words were no joke.

"You can take what I don't want, but you can't grab what I want! I'm coming back for the O'Brien Cup. ”

The Cavaliers want to grab it, but can they grab it?