On November 3, 2015, the 76ers continued to sit at home against the Cavaliers.

Last season, James returned to the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers traded for Love, formed a triumvirate with James and Irving, and the Cavaliers made it all the way to the Finals.

Although in the Finals, due to the absence of Love and Irving due to injuries, the Cavaliers finally lost to the Warriors.

But this season, Love and Irving returned from injury, and the Cavaliers signed J.R. Smith and Tristan Thompson to re-contract Richard Jefferson and Mo Williams.

Compared to last season, the Cavaliers' roster this season is more complete and stronger.

The Cavaliers have won three straight games in the first three games of the new season, and the team's boss James has been very strong.

The Cavaliers who played away did not get tired because they came from afar, and the little emperor James completely blew up the 76ers in the first quarter.

Thompson received two individual fouls early when he was marking James and had to sit down in frustration after six minutes of the first quarter.

Grant's presence didn't play a role, even a little bit of limiting James.

Zhang Zifeng watched James rampage on the court and led the Cavaliers to smash the 76ers' interior to pieces.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers had a huge 22-point lead, and James alone contributed 13 points, eight assists, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals.

And Zhang Zifeng's 9 points and 4 assists contributed in the first half are completely incomparable with James.

When Zhang Zifeng walked off the court, he looked at James's muscular figure and was very envious, if Lao Tzu had his physical fitness. , Lao Tzu is confident to lead 76 to the Eastern Conference semifinals this season.

Still, it's good to think about it.

At halftime, seeing the team's performance like this, Coach Brown was also very depressed and helpless.

But Coach Brown didn't blame anyone, and the team's performance was normal in his eyes.

The squad for the new season is very bad and very unreasonable.

The regular lineup can't be attacked and defended.

The small lineup that was helpless in the last game did not have the support of an excellent tactical system like the Warriors.

And if you want to play a small lineup, in addition to being a good point guard, the most important thing is to have a big forward in the lineup who can run, shoot, and four or five.

Just like when the Suns had Stoudemire, the little bully, and the Warriors had Green.

Who is in the current 76ers power forward?

Rijon Holmes! Jakar Sampson!

As far as their ability is concerned, forget it. It simply can't support the small-ball tactics.

With the current lineup of the 76ers, when they feel good in one or two games, they can shoot to the death of the opponent.

But when you really meet a strong team, it will show its original form.

Brown patted Zhang Zifeng's shoulders and shouted: "Don't care, everyone, we are not as good as each other, this is a fact." James is the first person in the league, and the Cavaliers are also a team with the ability to win championships. We're a team struggling for a playoff spot. I don't ask you to win, it's unrealistic and unrealistic. I just have to ask you to do your best in this game, and the fans don't blame you! ”

The 76ers, who were completely relaxed, started the second half with an excellent performance, and continued to attack, once narrowing the gap to only 15 points.

Zhang Zifeng even broke through the opponent and made a layup when James ran over to help defend.

James, who has been rolling in the league for more than ten years, certainly doesn't care about a layup. A smile appeared on his ugly face, and he said, "Good job." I'm optimistic about you, come on! ”

"Thank you, I will!" Zhang Zifeng also responded with a smile.

This layup brought confidence to Zhang Zifeng, no longer afraid of being blocked by the opponent, and successfully shot in front of James twice in a row, which made Zhang Zifeng extremely excited.

But when James got serious, the game was over.

At the end of the game, 112:91, the 76ers had to swallow the first loss of the new season.

Zhang Zifeng played 30 minutes and got 18 points and 7 assists in the whole game, which is undoubtedly heaven and earth compared with the first two games.

Some reporters can't wait to attribute this state to Zhang Zifeng's true strength.

On the other hand, LeBron of the Cavaliers scored 22 points, 11 assists, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks, and his career total of 25,001 points became the first player in history to score 25,000 points before the age of 31.

Speaking to reporters after the game, James said, "I'm looking forward to the next meeting with Zhang Zifeng, he is a very potential player, and he may be one of the top superstars in the league in the future." ”

Despite the unanimous criticism of Zhang's performance in the media, Zhang Zifeng didn't care.

After being defeated by the Cavaliers, the 76ers rushed to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks to defeat Abdul-Jabbar. The Bucks, with Parker and Greg Monroe as the core lineup, gave the visiting 76ers a thrashing at home.

Before the game, Zhang Zifeng and Parker hugged each other and then talked a few words. But in the game, Parker showed no mercy, chipped in 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists to lead the Bucks to a 91-87 victory over the 76ers.

The 76ers ushered in a two-game losing streak, and Zhang Zifeng, who had a mediocre performance in the last game, was even more sluggish in this game.

He shot 6-of-17 from the field and hit only 3 of 10 shots from beyond the three-point line, scoring a career-low 15 points and 6 assists, completely lost in the icy Milwaukee.

On November 7, 2015, the 76ers took on the Cavaliers on the road.

The Cleveland Cavaliers extended their winning streak. LeBron had 31 points, 14 assists and four rebounds, Jefferson had 17 points and Mo Jr. had 16 points and eight assists as they led the team to a small surge in the third quarter with a 108-90 home win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers are on a five-game winning streak and the 76ers are on a three-game losing streak.

The 76ers' Noll had a great performance with 18 points, 12 rebounds and five steals, while Zhang Zifeng only had 13 points and four assists.

The three-game losing streak knocked the 76ers back to square one.

The media who questioned Zhang Zifeng before now saw that Zhang Zifeng's performance was worse and worse every game, and immediately stood up to criticize Zhang Zifeng.

The New York Times – Parallel Imports? Zhang Zifeng》

Zhang Zifeng's crazy performance at the beginning of the season surprised everyone, and many people praised the 76ers for making an extremely correct choice.

But after just two straight wins, the 76ers suffered a three-game losing streak. In these three games, Zhang Zifeng's performance is also worse than one game.

This is the physical determination of the yellow Asian race, who lack lasting explosiveness. Just like Jeremy Lin, who once created Lin's madness, they can only play well in a few games, but more often than not, only mediocre statistics, and the sixth man on the bench is the right place for them.

Now it seems that the 76ers made the wrong choice at the beginning, and Zhang Zifeng is not worthy of using the precious third pick to choose him!

New York Post – "The Reality of a Losing Streak"

This season's 76ers once thought that the Chinese Zhang Zifeng was the core of the team. But it turns out that Zhang Zifeng obviously does not have such strength. He couldn't help the struggling 76ers re-emerge.

Maybe he can be a good helper next to Embiid, but he can't be a good team leader.

……

With a terrible three-game losing streak, the 76ers welcome the Orlando Magic, who are about to face the Magic led by D'Angelo Russell.

On November 7, 2015, the Magic flew to Philadelphia. At the airport, a reporter went to interview Russell, "D'Angelo, you are about to challenge the 76ers tomorrow night, do you have any thoughts on Zhang Zifeng, a rookie like you who joined the NBA this year?" ”

D'Angelo Russell said unceremoniously, "I'm looking forward to playing him tomorrow and I'm going to blow him up in the game and prove I'm better than him with a win." I'm going to prove to Philadelphia that he chose that Chinese in the first place and it was a very stupid decision! “

D'Angelo Russell's tone was very arrogant, and it could be seen that he was still haunted by losing to Zhang Zifeng in the draft.

On November 8, 2015, Brown showed Zhang Zifeng the newspaper of the day, "Jack, that big-mouthed Bassell of the Magic team said he would blow you up in the game." Any thoughts? ”

Zhang Zifeng picked up the newspaper and read the contents, raised his head to look at Coach Brown and said, "Mr. Brown, I want to keep an eye on that bastard in the game!" ”