Chapter 286: Fatigue
After winning, there is no need for the main players to fight for 40 minutes in each game, and the coach and players are relatively satisfied.
David Blatter is next ready to try a ten-man rotation or get more players involved.
He communicated with James, and when he won, the master and apprentice had a good conversation.
Some teams are particularly fierce this season, such as the Warriors and Hawks, whose winning rates are exaggerated, and the Cavaliers and Clippers, which are considered second-tier winning rates, have seven or eight.
In fact, in a normal season, the win rate of the second pot can already be ranked one or two in the east and west.
The alliance gives people the feeling that the strength and weakness are more distinct.
The Clippers are actually ambitious, they also have excellent players, reasonable configuration, but they are just one line away from the strongest teams.
Even their fans can't figure out where the gap is.
In fact, it is very simple, it is the attack power of an All-Star level player, especially the attack power at critical moments.
As a team that has gone through a mess and been questioned, the Clippers will definitely want to take the Cavaliers.
As a key figure on the defensive end, Jordan Jr. must control fouls and prevent the Cavaliers from brazenly slashing tactics, and Rivers has also made full preparations.
Because of the opportunity, Rivers Jr. also quickly adapted to the team, if he won a few more games, Doug Rivers didn't care about being ridiculed for protecting calves, and Rivers Jr. certainly didn't care about being a blacksmith.
The Clippers intend to win this game by attacking, and they are also a strong team with offense, and using Jordan Jr. is just one of the guarantees.
As for defense, Zhang Xiaotian and James really can't do anything, but the others they hope to try their best to limit, especially Paul against Irving.
In fact, at the beginning of the game, Paul was limited to Irving, but Paul himself was not very ideal on the offensive end, and the Cavaliers' ability to limit the outside line was getting stronger and stronger.
The key is that they expected James and Zhang Xiaotian to be difficult to defend, but they didn't expect Lefu to also play a hand.
Although he was depressed for a while, with the team's victory, Lefu still adjusted his state.
He came to the Cavaliers to win basketball, and now the team has given him that confidence, which is even better than James' talk.
While Crawford played well during the rotation, Smith was not far behind, and the result was that the Cavaliers quickly took a double-digit lead.
The Clippers guarded the Cavaliers from attacking the basket, but they didn't expect them to open up the situation from outside the three-point line first.
By the time they reacted, most of them were already behind.
In the second half, they adjusted and put a lot of defensive effort on the perimeter, only for the Cavaliers to break through and make fouls to extend the lead.
The Clippers used the wrong strategy from beginning to end, and Rivers was not so bad, but the Cavaliers happened to restrain the Clippers a little, and the so-called famous coach miscalculated the form.
By the end of the quarter, it was already pure garbage time, and both sides let the substitutes come up and have fun.
In the end, the score of the Clippers' loss was not so ugly, that is, the players outside the rotation of the Cavaliers were really old, weak, sick and disabled, and had little combat effectiveness.
swept the Clippers and won 12 in a row, and Cavaliers fans were sulking some time ago, and they were too high.
However, against the Pacers back-to-back, the Cavaliers were in trouble.
The Pacers without Paul George are no match for the Cavaliers, but they have shown the Cavaliers their tenacity with their overall defense.
The Cavaliers had trouble on the inside at the start of the game, mainly with David West's offense.
The Pacers' twin towers, Hibbert's strength in his playing year has a downward trend, but David West is old and strong.
Love's defense is a bit of a fog, and a player like David West with a mid-range shot makes him feel bad.
On the offensive end, Love was also a bit sluggish, and was fouled by George Hill in the offense.
Although the previous win was easy, the form of the back-to-back players was affected.
The Pacers took their chances, working very the defensive end to hold on to the score.
Solomon Hill, who started in place of Paul George, is a qualified meat shield, and with the Pacers both players on the interior who can help defend, their defense can still be said to be among the best in the league.
Zhang Xiaotian's hand feeling today is also average, which causes the team to play very tired.
In fact, he didn't have much performance in the first three quarters not long ago, but over this time, fans have become accustomed to his near-All-Star level performance, and now he can't bully the opposing player, it seems that something is wrong.
At half-time, the team was also talking about attack.
Defensively, the Cavaliers adjusted well in the second quarter.
After all, David West is no longer in his prime, and he can't turn the sky if he deliberately targets it.
But on offense, there is no way for the time being, and almost all of the Cavaliers are out of accuracy outside the three-point line.
It is normal for players to fluctuate in form, and how to win in such a situation has always been a problem for each team, and generally speaking, they can only adjust after losing.
As far as this ball is concerned, it can only reduce outside shots and strive to create damage on the inside.
It's a pity that the opponent is the Pacers, and even if Hibbert's strength has dropped a little, the height is still there.
After the Pacers perfected their defense in the second half, the Cavaliers struggled on the offensive end.
Fortunately, the Pacers are a team with strong defense and weak offense, they defend the Cavaliers very depressed, and their own offense has not improved, and everyone feels like they are fighting for attrition.
It's just that the knights are back-to-back and tired, and they are really at a disadvantage in this regard.
Could it be that the Cavaliers' winning streak is coming to an end, although there are some regrets, but the fans can still accept it.
Even if there are a few players, they won't be too desperate, and it's time for the Cavaliers to take a break, and it's more important for them to stay healthy than a regular season game.
Zhang Xiaotian did not relax, although he did not feel very good now, he was waiting.
From the beginning of playing, whether it is a game or a wild ball, he is always aiming to win.
If you fall behind, you will find a way to catch up, if you can't prevent it, you will find a way to prevent it, if you have problems on the offensive end, you will try different methods, and if you can't do it, you will grit your teeth and persevere.
Sometimes there is a breath of air between victory and defeat, and if you hold on, you win, and if you don't, you lose.
If you are used to giving up, even if your strength is good, you will only be a loser in the alliance.
At this time, the Cavaliers' players were just a little tired, not that there was a big problem with the score.
"Hey, man, let's hurry up and win this game, I want to go home early and rest, I won't be able to sleep if I lose casually."
Zhang Xiaotian clapped his palms and shouted loudly at his teammates.
He doesn't do this often, but he also has a certain status in the team, and seeing Zhang Xiaotian's fighting spirit, others have also changed mentally. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned