NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 171
The Cavaliers, who got off to a good start with ease, also overcame obstacles to win the next few games.

On October 10, the Cavaliers played away against the Toronto Raptors and won 28:101.

On October 10, they played against the Orlando Magic at home and won three consecutive victories at 29:99.

On November 11, they played against the Houston Rockets at home and won again at 1:128.

On November 11, the Cavaliers played against the Boston Celtics at home and won the game 3:131.

The start has won five consecutive victories, which is the best record for the Cavaliers at the beginning of the regular season in recent years!
Such a result made all the fans of the Cavaliers very excited. The Cavaliers under the new lineup really showed a strong combat effectiveness.

In these five winning games, James is undoubtedly the best one, averaging 25 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, as efficient and stable as ever.

Under James are Owen and Wang Feng.

The former averaged 5 points, 23.4 rebounds and 3 assists in 5.2 games.

The latter is 20.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 steals.

From the data point of view, the two are almost on par, and Irving is slightly better.

However, if you look at other aspects of the data, you can clearly distinguish the gap.

Irving's average number of shots per game is close to 17, tied with James and tied for first in the team, but his scoring is slightly lower than James' because his shooting percentage is only about 44%.

Although Wang Feng's average score is 2.6 points lower than Irving's, his average number of shots per game is only 12, which is even lower than Love's current average of 17 points per game!
That's right, in these 5 games, Wang Feng, who averaged 12 shots per game, can hit 8 goals, and his shooting percentage is as high as 66.7%, the highest in the team!
Not only that, Wang Feng can hit at least 4 three-pointers in every game, and the three-point shooting rate can be maintained at about 50%, which is completely comparable to Curry at his peak last year. The efficiency is amazing!
In the previous few games, many times the game fell into a stalemate, and the Cavaliers relied on Wang Feng's three-pointer to break the situation, thus establishing an advantage and winning the final victory.

Although the regular season has just started, Wang Feng has already proved to everyone with his own performance that the Cavaliers are absolutely worth the money to sign him.

The Cavaliers fans are happy, the management is happy, and James is also happy. It seems that everyone is happy.

However, this cannot be regarded as a reason why the Cavaliers can beat the Warriors, because on the other hand, the Golden State Warriors performed equally well after the start of the game. Except for losing one game against the San Antonio Spurs in the opening game, the following four games, The Warriors also won all easily, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss.

Moreover, although the Cavaliers have been winning, they are not without problems.

11月5日，骑士队客场以110:102战胜费城76人队，获得六连胜。

But three days later, the Cavaliers lost the game against the Atlanta Hawks on their home court, ending the winning streak.

In recent years, under the leadership of Popovich's disciple Mike Budenholzer, the Eagles have performed quite well. In the 14-15 season, they even won the first place in the Eastern Conference regular season with a record of 60 wins.

The lineup of the Eagles is relatively civilian, and there are no outstanding stars. Although players such as Paul Millsap and Al Horford have been selected as All-Stars, their rankings are significantly lower than those of the Cavaliers. There weren't even players averaging more than 20 points per game for several years.

However, civilian teams usually have an advantage, that is, the scoring points are scattered, so that any position on the field can score.

The Cavaliers lost this game on the bench.

Throughout the game, the Hawks scored a total of 42 points off the bench, accounting for nearly [-]% of the team's points.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers only scored 8 points from the bench, Channing Frye scored 5 points, and Richard Jefferson scored 3 points.

In this case, although James scored 27 points, Irving 21 points, Wang Feng 19 points, Love 15 points, and the four main players scored 90 points together, the 7 points of another starter JR. Smith and the 8 points of the substitute Even if the score is counted, it is only 97 points.

The Eagles scored 110 points and gave the Cavaliers their first defeat of the season.

A poor bench lineup is the biggest weakness of the Cavaliers, whose salary space holds the league's first place.

Not only that, during the game, the Cavaliers also exposed another problem, that is, the lack of ability to protect the frame.

Although Love is an excellent inside player, he is obviously not particularly suitable for the center position. At least since the beginning of the regular season, he has had a difficult time adapting to the center position.

对自火箭转投到老鹰队的霍华德，乐福被全程暴揍，霍华德虽然只得到12分，却抢下了足足19个篮板，包括7个前场的进攻篮板。

The trade of Tristan Thompson has weakened the Cavaliers' ability to protect rebounds a lot. With Love and James alone, they are at an absolute disadvantage in rebounding when facing most teams in the league.

Of course, all of the above are some small flaws. There has never been a truly perfect lineup in the league. Even during the invincible Bulls Dynasty, or the 74-win Warriors' two-peat championship period, there are also various weaknesses.

For the Cavaliers, compared to the problems they are facing at this time, the outside range and strong defense brought by Wang Feng's arrival to the Cavaliers are obviously more valuable!
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Throughout the second half of November, the Cavaliers have maintained a very high winning rate, winning 11 wins and 16 losses, with a winning rate as high as 3%. The record ranks second in the league, second only to the Warriors with 84 wins and 17 losses.

As most people guessed, the new season is a two-horse battle between the Warriors and the Cavaliers. Apart from them, even the Spurs are slightly inferior, not to mention other teams.

At this time, the entire league is extremely curious. Which of these two super teams is stronger?

Those who are optimistic about the Warriors still occupy more part. After all, the two regular season MVP partners of Curry and Durant look too fierce.

At the end of the game at the end of November, Curry and Durant both maintained an average of 11 points per game. The two coexisted almost perfectly, and there was no problem with the ball at all. This is also directly related to the fact that both of them can play without the ball. .

And Klay Thompson, who is best off the ball in the Warriors, has not been seriously affected by Durant's arrival. His average of 22.3 points per game is even slightly higher than last season.

Not to mention anything else, just judging from the scoring of the three outside players, the Warriors are obviously more dominant.

But without a real confrontation, no one knows what the outcome will be.

The first confrontation between these two teams in the new season was directly arranged by the league on December 12, which is the traditional NBA performance, the Christmas game.

The league who has mastered the traffic code knows that the two teams that have been dead in the finals for two consecutive years are definitely the focus of everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)