Chapter 90: February, //.

In the uneasy atmosphere of the entire Cavaliers, Zhang Kong and James reached a consensus.

Leave it alone and focus on the present.

In the last five games of February, the Cavaliers will first go to the Bucks and Timberwolves on the road, and then face the Grizzlies, Bulls, and Wizards at home.

At the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers' schedule was very difficult, with three games a week, back-to-back games against strong teams. But in the later stage, when it came to the sprint stage of the playoffs, the Cavaliers' schedule was relaxed, not to mention the double games a week, because almost all the strong teams were rotated before, and although there were some strong teams in the later games, most of them were against weak teams.

In this case, as long as the Cavaliers can grasp the opportunity, even if the early record is not good, they can rush to a good position in this final sprint stage, and this is also more conducive to the Cavaliers to save physical strength in the late regular season and prepare for the playoffs.

I have to say that the league officials are still very careful in the arrangement of the schedule, taking care of them secretly, and don't shoot guns.

All but one of the five opponents they faced in February were largely out of the playoffs, with one exception. The Bucks and Timberwolves are friends of the records of each playoff sprint team this season, one-blood, two-blood, three-blood, four-blood, and supergod.

In the face of the knights, the two warm little nurses still did not change their sè, and after a little struggle, they gave their warm lips. In the game against the Bucks, Yi Jianlian looked very lonely, and he was replaced after only 16 minutes in this game. The stats were only 0-of-1 shooting, 2-of-2 free throws, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 points. Now that he's starting to lose his place on the team, the head coach doesn't like him, his teammates are disgusted with his refusal to report to the team at the beginning of the season, he can't catch basketball on the court, he can't play well, and he's not the kind of superstar who can solve the game on his own.

His English is not good, and he is introverted, and he doesn't even dare to communicate with his teammates and coaches. So much so that in the bucks, he seems to have fallen into some kind of strange circle, no matter which direction he goes, he just falls deeper into the abyss.

The Timberwolves, who lost Garnett, still did not change their belly after spending most of the season, and the 'new wolf king' Al Jefferson completely lost his offensive direction in front of Zhang Kong.

In the two games, the Cavaliers ended the game with two big wins of 118-92, 110-81, 26 points and 29 points respectively, and the whole team, especially Zhang Kong and LeBron, showed a terrible state, as if they were going to declare war on the rumors of discord between the two that had been constantly emerging in the media. Forrest gump

First, James assisted Zhang Kong to relay a dunk in the air, and then Zhang Kong grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a long pass, James directly dunked, and Zhang Kong grabbed the frontcourt rebound and then directly distributed it to James on the outside to hit a three-point shot.

This kind of cooperation between the two has given a head-on blow to a media team that has been at odds with the two before, and it has relieved the originally worried Cavaliers fans.

Who said that the two core players of our team have contradictions, look at how tacit they cooperate on the field, if there is really a contradiction, how can there be such a tacit cooperation?

Reality is always the best weapon to shatter rumors, even if they may be the truth, and reality is nothing more than a disguise.

In the next three games, the Cavaliers suffered only slightly from the Hawks. Since trading for the White Devil Mike Bibby, the Eagles and the White Devil seem to have rejuvenated the second chūn at the same time. The White Devil, who flew from the west to the east, seemed to have come to life completely, and the White Devil, who was nearly thirty years old, seemed to have drunk the jīng of green chūn spring water, and there was an extremely good chemistry with the original system of the Eagles.

Because of Mike Bibby's performance, the Hawks have won six of nine games since February, moving up the rankings and advancing to the ranks of playoff teams.

In this game, Mike Bibby's play was still in the wind, not only did he continue to break through and score, but also put the Eagles' entire team's offense in an orderly manner. On the defensive end, Josh Smith has been very effective against James' close defense, and has been curbing James' play.

The game was scorching until the third quarter, when the winner was finally decided. In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Zhang Kong and LeBron James broke out one after another, first Zhang Kong grabbed offensive rebounds in a row on the offensive end to cause two 2+1, and then James hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, and then broke through the dunk to cause Joe Johnson's foul to play 2+1, a wave of 12:0 shockwaves opened the score in one fell swoop, allowing the Cavaliers to enter the fourth quarter with a 15-point advantage.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Hawks tried to launch a wave of counterattacks, but they were quickly disintegrated by the Cavaliers. For Woodson, now is the critical moment to sprint for a playoff spot, and since the Cavaliers are a tough nut to crack, they might as well give up, or reduce the physical exertion of the main players to prepare for the next games.

Seeing that the Hawks chose to give up, Mike Brown was not easy to kill, and immediately replaced the five main players, only to let Stephen Jackson take a group of substitute players who have been unable to play all year round on the court to play and brush up the data.

After playing the Hawks, February after the All-Star season officially ended. After the league's selection, James was elected the Eastern Conference Player of the Month with an average of 35 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game during this period. As for the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, Zhang has not had anyone else elected since he entered the league. And his stats are convincing, averaging 19.8 points, 18.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.1 blocks per game. If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Kong's playing time in the first four games was limited by Mike Brown, his stats would have been better, and he could even compete with LeBron James for Player of the Month.

Now James is bent on scoring the top scorer and the regular season MVP. Since February, his points per game average has risen to 28.5 points, ranking second, behind Kobe Bryant's 30.1 points and 1.6 points in first place, and LeBron has plenty of time to surpass Kobe Bryant in points per game and compete for the first scoring title of his career.

And Kobe Bryant's points per game average may not be able to rise significantly. When Pau Gasol entered the Lakers, Kobe Bryant began to consciously reduce his shots, although because of the arrival of Pau Gasol, his shots were no longer as difficult as before, so that the shooting rate had improved somewhat, but after all, he lost a lot of shots.

Kobe Bryant may have minded in his heart, but under Phil Jackson's persuasion, he could sacrifice something else for the sake of victory, for the championship.

At the beginning of March, the Cavaliers' opponents were still relaxed, on March 1, the Cavaliers hosted the 'post-Jordan era is scum' Bulls, on March 3 they challenged the 'people stupid money and more speed' Knicks, and on March 6, they went to Minnesota again to fight against the 'warm little nurse' Timberwolves, and after a four-day rest, they played against the 'I Love Auburn Hills Palace' Pacers again on March 9.

Then on March 11, he faced the Trail Blazers at home, and on March 13, he faced the Nets, who were completely rotten and had no bottom line to regroup.

This kind of schedule makes it difficult for the Cavaliers to not laugh. Except for one trailblazer that was a little more difficult, the rest was just too easy.

Perhaps relaxation is too much, though. The Cavaliers didn't lose to the Trail Blazers in the rest of the game, and Brandon Roy was mediocre under the combined defense of James and Stephen Jackson. But he unexpectedly lost to the New Jersey Nets who sent Kidd away and started to completely mess up.

Although this loss interrupted the Cavaliers' winning streak, it did not interfere with their confidence in winning.

Then he beat the Pistons by 20 points, and beat the 76ers by 25 points, which made the media call the Cleveland Cavaliers champion.

And James, seeing that the scoring champion is in sight, even James is a little excited no matter how mature he is, and he has obviously increased his personal shots in the game against the Bobcats. In the end, James made 16 of 35 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers, and 11 of 16 free throws, scoring 50 points, but the shooting percentage hit a record low, only less than 45 percent, after all, Elvis Presley's defense is not to be put on the sidelines.

With this 50-point performance in a single game, James' average points per game on the personal scoring average list rose to 31.5 points per game, and finally surpassed Kobe Bryant in one fell swoop and stood at the top of the mountain.

And in the West, the Lakers are the team that is getting the most attention right now. After getting All-Star power forward Pau Gasol, it was no surprise that the Lakers began to catch up with the teams in front of them.

Pau Gasol is simply a basketball player born to attack the triangle. The quasi-double-double data of 18.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and four assists per game and Kobe Bryant have pushed the Lakers all the way forward, and they have now sprinted to the sixth place in the regular season, officially stabilizing their playoff qualifications, and they still have plenty of time to sprint forward, and the rankings of teams such as Spurs, Hornets, Mavericks, and Jazz are beginning to become unstable.

If in the West, through the big trade after the All-Star break, the Lakers are the representative of the resurrection, then the Suns are the representative of chaos. Not surprisingly, the big shark, who is accustomed to positional warfare, simply can't adapt to the Suns' run-and-gun tactics, and although he brings the Suns much-needed rebounding and low-post offensive ability, it also slows down the Suns' overall offensive and defensive speed. The Suns are up and down at the moment, but it doesn't look likely that they'll be out of the playoffs.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, continued to refresh their own wins.

Source: Forrest Gump