On March 18, the Cavaliers faced the Nets at home.

The Nets are also working hard for the playoffs, and Lopez is still healthy during this time, and the team's results are a little better.

But even if they can make the playoffs, the Nets will be an old wolf with broken teeth, and they can only scare people.

After trading Garnett for Thaddeus Young, the Nets are also considered one big and four small.

The Nets also played well in the first quarter, and Thaddeus Young played well.

But after the Cavaliers fine-tuned their defense, the Nets collapsed.

This time, the Cavaliers played real team basketball, the main players did not play for too long, and the team had eight players score in double figures.

David Blatter was extremely happy, even though he knew it wasn't the norm for knights.

On March 20, the Cavaliers face the Pacers at home, who have a somewhat similar style of play to them.

The Pacers, like the Nets, are fringe players in the playoffs, and it won't be easy for them to get that result without Paul George.

The Pacers have won against the Cavaliers before, although the roster is incomplete.

In this game, they also made up their minds to fight, and they came up to defend it strictly.

Truth be told, their defense is really good, and if it weren't for the ruthless character who can score in key moments, their record in the East would not even be difficult to even finish in the top eight.

Both Love and Owen were very well guarded, and several shots were iron-struck.

Owen is better, because he still has the ball in the position after not hitting, but Lefu basically has no chance to shoot, which is also the reason why Lefu is unhappy, and his ball possession in the Cavaliers is getting less and less.

The Pacers' main offensive means is still the interior, and Hibbert is as excited as he was in the last two seasons when he meets James' team.

Even the bench Scola played well, and the Cavaliers' interior defense was still a little lacking.

The other is the No. 1 position, Irving's problem is really helpless, he is too talented in offense, and the defense is ignored for a day or two, and it can't be adjusted in a season.

The Pacers' defense is definitely playoff-calibre, and the Cavaliers will be looking to get used to the high-intensity game ahead of time.

However, the main players can play a little less, and the quality of the substitutes can be seen more at high intensity.

It's just that the Cavaliers' bench players have more distinct characteristics, Smith is unstable, Tristan Thompson can grab rebounds but lacks single defense, Shampert can defend but the offense is too poor, and Dellavedova is desperate enough but the strength is average.

In the first half of the game, the Cavaliers' bench still didn't play as well as the Pacers.

However, relying on the performance of the main players, they are still 4 points ahead of the opponent, after all, it is impossible to beat a top team in the league only by relying on high-intensity defense.

But what they didn't expect was that there was another problem at the No. 1 position in the third quarter.

Irving shot less than 30% in the first half and shot the most, but at the beginning of the second half, he hit the iron and was blown up by George Hill, and the Pacers took the opportunity to overtake the score at once.

The rest of the team was also speechless, originally the team's record was good, James was already very satisfied with this little brother, but he didn't expect the playoffs to start soon, and Irving was a little bit of an old problem.

Head coach David Blatter is also a little unhappy, and Irving's style can be described as both love and hate.

The Cavaliers' solution is for Zhang Xiaotian to change defenses, George Hill is not an All-Star level scorer after all, and he should be able to get better if he has Zhang Xiaotian's limitations.

In fact, if it weren't for Irving's important role on the offensive end of the team, it is estimated that he would have been replaced, and a defensive guard like Shampert would still be available at any time.

There is a good side to the situation, and there are several teams that are desperate for the playoffs one after another, and the Cavaliers also regard them as training objects.

However, after Owen and Zhang Xiaotian went down, James equalized the score again with the substitute lineup.

When James is on the bench, the other players just have to wait to catch the ball and shoot, and this simple style of play can sometimes be efficient.

But it certainly can't be the main way to attack, because when it's not going well, you can't score at all, and if you don't score for a while in the playoffs, the team will be cool.

In the fourth quarter, Irving didn't have much of the ball, and it was basically James and Zhang Xiaotian who switched in.

At this time, you can feel that Hibbert's strength has dropped a lot, and James is not good at killing him in the defense.

In fact, the Pacers' team defense is really good, James and Zhang Xiaotian can't play too efficiently, but they themselves are too inferior on the offensive end.

Not to mention that without Paul George, even if Paul George is there, the Pacers' offense will not work.

The basketball concept is on offense, in the early years, only the Heat played offensive and defensive conversion, and now many teams have learned this hand, and the Pacers are obviously still playing in the old school.

As soon as the Cavaliers shrink their defense, there aren't many options available to them.

Although the Pacers hit a few three-pointers in the end, it was okay for the overall situation, and after strangling their interior line, the Cavaliers relied on James and Zhang Xiaotian to directly knock the opponent to death.

With only a dozen games left in the regular season, the Cavaliers are still second in the East, but no one dares to underestimate them.

There have been some changes in the east and west this season, and the rise of new forces is also exciting.

The Cavaliers' upcoming schedule is not so tiring, and it will also help them prepare for the playoffs.

The topic of the outside world has gradually changed to the playoffs.

Even if we talk about the regular season, we are also discussing how many teams that are working hard will be out, what will be the final ranking of the East and West, which team has the potential to become a dark horse, and which team is the most championship-like.

Some questions Zhang Xiaotian has been asked many times by reporters, and of course he is very confident.

Originally, he could only be regarded as an important supporting role when he came to the Cavaliers, but after almost a season of performance, he has become one of the protagonists of the team.

On March 22, the Cavaliers went to Milwaukee.

The Bucks are in a slightly better position than the teams they've faced before, but they are now in the playoffs and could meet the Cavaliers, and both sides will certainly take this clash seriously.

In addition to working on players, the Cavaliers are also trying to adjust the allocation of player playing time, but this will probably not be used at all in the playoffs.

When it comes to the playoffs, it's a win, and the main force or something is secondary.

No matter how reasonable the tactics are, they may not be as good as a few star balls by then.

So on the other hand, the adjustment is also to protect a few important players and not let them have any problems.

The Bucks traded for McCarvey in the second half of the season, and the 76 gave up on McCarvey as the core for a short time, and the Bucks wanted him to come over and make the back ball run more reasonably.

Unexpectedly, after coming over, Kidd was not very satisfied, he was playing the No. 1 position, and he thought McCarvey was a bit like him, but it turned out to be an illusion.