Chapter 259: The Problem Remains
After playing with the Celtics, David Blatter couldn't sleep at all.
He was very envious of the perfection of the Celtics' tactical system, and he originally planned to build a youth army to realize his ideals.
Unfortunately, it backfired, and he fell into the troubles of happiness.
However, in the end, it was the knights who had rougher tactics who won, which is really a dream and reality.
But if the Cavaliers can win the championship, then everything doesn't matter, his heavy resume will add enough weight to it, and for the coach, the reputation is also a lot of money.
The Cavaliers are back-to-back this time back to face the visiting Hawks.
The Eagles are also a team that hasn't changed much in the summer, but their roster is actually good, last season was not enough to run in and a little up and down, after the summer of tinkering, they also intend to make a difference in the new season.
Like the Celtics, the Hawks are a team-based team.
Their head coach, Mike Budenholzer, worked as an assistant coach under Popovich with the goal of turning the Hawks into the Spurs of the East.
They started well or badly, after all, the Eastern Cavaliers, Bulls, Raptors, Wizards and other teams have held their back, but they have also shown a trace of strength to become a strong team in the East.
However, none of the Eagles' players are particularly good offensively or defensively.
They learned the Spurs style of play, but they didn't have the stars of the Spurs.
Of course, Horford, Millsap, Teague and others are enough to deal with average teams, except for teams in first gear like the Cavaliers.
At the beginning of the game, there were problems with their defense, first on James's side, and then on Zhang Xiaotian's side.
Eagles Carroll didn't play, defending James' Sapo Soflosa.
The Swiss is a defensive stalwart, level-headed and can keep up, and he might have done well if it weren't for James, but he was a little less powerful to defend James.
The Eagles' interior defense is good, but it's just good.
In addition, Korver is a defensive hole in the Hawks' No. 2 position, Zhang Xiaotian can play him, or he can block and dismantle James, and it is not difficult to tear up their defense.
And it is not so easy for the Hawks to play the Cavaliers purely as a team, compared to the Celtics' style of play, they are an NBA-style team, and the Cavaliers are easier to defend.
At least Zhang Xiaotian doesn't have to worry about Korver's footsteps, and James doesn't have any defensive pressure against Sapo Soflosa.
In the first quarter, the Cavaliers played, James and Lefu felt very good, and Zhang Xiaotian also contributed.
What's more, they also played well in rotation time.
Waiters and Joe Harris also had good hands, and the Eagles had the feeling of being beaten all at once.
They also adjusted the lineup in time and wanted to rely on substitutes to pull back the disadvantage.
It's just that when the knights are aggressive from the beginning, their hit rate is a bit unbearable.
Mike Budenhozer was extremely anxious on the pitch and he really wanted to get into the break quickly so that the players could take a break, and the coaching staff could sometimes figure it out.
It's just that when it really came to halftime, he was a little elated.
Trailing by almost 30 points at halftime, this game will be garbage time for the entire second half.
The team played so happily that the Cavaliers didn't let the main team play more in the second half.
After all, it's back-to-back, and it's better to let the main players rest more when it's safe.
The players who had been sitting on the bench were also given the opportunity to make an appearance, with thirteen players taking turns on the court, and the Cavaliers bench was in full swing.
The Eagles also let all the players play, but with a very different anger.
In the end, the Cavaliers beat their opponents by 33 points, which made the home fans happy.
In the next two days of training, the atmosphere inside the knights was much more relaxed, and a big victory was the standard for a strong team.
After Zhang Xiaotian finished training, he also had a cup of coffee with Eddie, who came over.
Eddie now has four NBA players in his hands, and he is also a big name in the agent circle.
However, in front of his biggest cash cow, Zhang Xiaotian, Eddie still knows his duty.
This time he came over, and it was indeed a batch of endorsements.
is not a big endorsement, with Zhang Xiaotian's current status, the big endorsement has been done in the summer.
It's just that if you change teams, there will always be some invitations from local companies, which are not very big, but they are also affordable and need to be carefully screened.
Zhang Xiaotian now has his own investment, and several other big endorsements are also on the other side of the ocean, this kind of trivial matter is basically completely handed over to Eddie, and he can finally nod his head.
"I'd better give you a special assistant." Eddie suggested.
Eddie had planned to give Zhang Xiaotian an assistant before, but when Yang Feiyu was there, Zhang Xiaotian was reluctant to have outsiders intervene in his life.
"Why, you think it's troublesome to fly around." He made a joke.
"How is it possible, I can just stay in Cleveland." Add said immediately.
Zhang Xiaotian patted him on the shoulder in fear, "You don't need a special assistant, just let your company send employees to be stationed, but there are suitable trainers and nutritionists to help me pay attention." ”
"Of course, I'll pay for that part of the money."
With the improvement of his status in the rivers and lakes, Zhang Xiaotian has also begun to strive for excellence in many things, and he has been influenced by James in this regard.
On November 17, the Cavaliers played the Nuggets again at home.
This time, the Nuggets are neat and menacing.
It stands to reason that the Cavaliers are two notches higher than the current Nuggets.
But I don't know if it was the big win in front of me that made the players a little slack, they didn't play well.
The starting point was James' mid-range shot, followed by defense, and Irving let Ty Lawson play too well.
In the first half, the two sides went back and forth and didn't have anything to show off, and the Cavaliers couldn't kill each other at once, and it seemed that everyone was used to it.
In the third quarter, the Cavaliers wanted to suppress the Nuggets in a wave, but they didn't expect the Nuggets to play well on the offensive end, withstood the pressure of the Cavaliers and led the score.
The Cavaliers bench was completely dumb in the first half, but in the second half, Vitesse showed a good hand, which is also a novelty.
Because Vallejo and Tristan Thompson were both in bad form this game, the Cavaliers played one big and four small.
As a result, there was another problem with the distribution of the ball, which allowed the Nuggets to seize the opportunity to play an offensive mini-climax.
The Nuggets are raining three-pointers, but the Cavaliers are all working alone.
Zhang Xiaotian is also a member of the singles, although he opened the skill and felt not bad, but for the first time, when the score difference was not very large, there was a feeling of powerlessness in his heart.
It can't all be blamed on Vitesse, the team's top scorer has a bad hand, and the coach puts him on the court in the hope of a miracle single.
The second defeat of the knights did not come too late.