The two sides have arranged their respective starting lineups. The Lakers have Tang Qian + Randle + Ariza + Butler + Rondo. Yi Jianlian is not feeling very well in this game and has temporarily suspended the game. The opposite team has Irving + James + Love.
The Big Three lineup, plus J.R. Smith and Tristan Thompson as the starting five.
James helped his good brother Tristan Thompson win a super-large contract during the offseason, which also made the owner of the Cavaliers not very satisfied. What was originally a pure blue-collar job that could be won for around 10 million turned out to be too much.
Spending nearly double the money, this is really too much for James. However, the contract is about to explode, so James and his brothers are asking for such a price. In fact, it is still within the psychological price of the Cavaliers owner.
However, this also created a gap between him and James once again. You have to know that the owner of the Cavaliers has never been a generous person.
If he can spend less money, it is better to spend less money. He doesn’t like to be taken advantage of. In fact, few people may know that at the beginning, Tristan Thompson’s talks with the team broke down. It was not James who intervened.
, it is impossible to get such a big contract. That's why it is said that players like to follow James. However, this is not a good thing. James will soon pay the price for his "brother". Thompson's "high salary and low ability"
Contract" and immediately J.R. Smith's "high salary and low performance" contract. These two big contracts are equivalent to dragging down the Cavaliers' subsequent signings. Is this considered self-inflicted?
A set of data that no one pays much attention to shows that although they won the championship last season, the Cavaliers still suffered losses. This is amazing, because generally winning championships is about making money, so why did they lose money? Don’t tell me.
, the same is true in the original time and space. The Cavaliers directly lost more than 40 million US dollars after winning the championship. Because their total salary reached 115 million, ranking first in the NBA, this calculation means that there is a luxury tax of more than 54 million US dollars.
All together, it's 180 million. With an expenditure of 180 million US dollars, even if the Cavaliers win the championship, they will still lose money. This is really bad luck.
Do you think they lost money just this year? No, no, no, in fact, in the following year's Finals, the Cavaliers' total salary increased again, to a full US$130 million. This is equivalent to US$200 million plus luxury tax. This
All of a sudden, the loss this season is as high as 65 million U.S. dollars. Tell me, what is the Cavaliers owner thinking? Naturally, no one wants to watch the swept game. The tickets for the G3 Finals have not been sold 12 hours before the game is about to start.
!End! And the price is still reduced by 25%.
In the next few years, you still have to pay for it? Now the NBA's luxury tax is getting higher and higher. Although the salary cap will rise sharply in the future, at the same time, the luxury tax level is also rising rapidly. Therefore, a lineup that is too expensive is very likely to
There may be an embarrassing situation like this for the Cavaliers. They entered the finals and lost a lot of money! Even if they won the championship, they still had to lose a lot of money! I really think these bosses' money is on fire.
The disintegration of the Cavaliers was actually completely expected.
That's why so many things happened. No one wants to stay here and waste time, because the salary space is locked up and it will be difficult to strengthen in the next few years. Which star player is willing to pay for it with his career? James can
If you leave, others can leave too. No one is willing to take over the mess.
Well, for comparison, when the Cavaliers lost 65 million a season, his opponent made a whopping 130 million a season. There is a gap of 200 million inside and outside. Seeing this, the owner of the Cavaliers, Daniel Gilber,
It would be strange to be so angry that he would burst into rage. The NBA is a competitive league but it is also a business league. No owner would be "stupid" for such a long time.
Therefore, the contradictions of the Cavaliers have long been buried by James himself.
It's not sudden or accidental, the reason is inevitable.
Seeing that the only person competing for the ball with him was 208CM, Tang Qian found it a bit funny, so much so that he almost didn't win the ball, but it just ended well. The Lakers attacked, and this eye-catching battle finally started.
After James returned to the Cavaliers, it was really difficult to defeat him because his lineup was too strong. There were three star players with independent offensive capabilities. Two of them were basically difficult to defend on their own.
In contrast, the Lakers' star power has dimmed a lot. Only Tang Qian has made it to the All-Star roster.
However, the public is still more optimistic about the Lakers. Why is this? Just because...
Boom~~~
It's because of this Lakers No. 29 hanging on the rim.
"Alley-oop goal~Eastern hot~" the Cavaliers' home commentator reported somewhat reluctantly. This guy has been the Cavaliers' "number one public enemy" in recent years. Even last year's championship seemed to really be
It's not bad if you take advantage of him.
The entire Quicken Loans Arena booed, and this was all for the Lakers' No. 29.
People in Cleveland didn't have much goodwill towards him.
"Tang, you are really not popular." Rondo joked.
"Come on, how much better do you think you can be? It's enough for the home team to welcome me." Tang Qian patted Rondo on the back, which was so shocking that Rondo almost staggered: I said, can you please be gentle?
, you have no idea how strong you are. Damn it, King of Strength.
The nickname "Strong King" has recently become popular in the Lakers team. It is mainly due to Tang Qianqian's performance in the weight room. He can actually push more than 470 pounds??? At that time, everyone in the weight room was stunned.
Lakers players. Everyone used to only know that Tang Qian was very powerful, but who knew he would be as powerful as this? This is simply the best in history.
And this is obviously not the limit of the Oriental. He seems to be able to push a little further, 470~480 pounds. This is already a weight that few people in NBA history can push. Even if he weighs a lot, then
It's quite an exaggeration. But Tang Qian knows very well that with only 8 power crystal bricks, he is not at his strongest yet. He can still be stronger.
Although the greater the body weight, the greater the weight of the bench press, but 308 pounds is not something you can increase if you want. Not to mention maintaining athletic ability, it is even more whimsical. It seems that Schwarzenegger admires him so much
Chamberlain's strength is not unreasonable. This guy is a strength monster. He is invincible in the shot put and discus. Even the Olympic champion was killed by him. Europe and the United States respect strength. Schwarzenegger has repeatedly emphasized that it only proves that Chamberlain is really too powerful.
Awesome. He is indeed the first person in NBA history to introduce a systematic strength training system into the league. He has made a great contribution.
After that, no one mentioned this to Tang Qian anymore. Comparing it to the bench press was simply asking for abuse.
It's more like calling a peak Malone over.
Therefore, the terms "Dali Tang", "Dali Monster" and "Dali King" became popular among the Lakers.
No one was willing to just take a beating without fighting back. James began to control the team's offense and played a top arc surround tactic. James observed from the top arc while the others began to run down the line. James' vision and passing were really good, but,
He also has the same problem as Paul, that is... luck, luck, and passing. Most of the running time of a ball is in his hands. Of course, James is indeed strong enough, and he does this
He is more threatening than Paul, because his offensive ability and offensive ability are incomparable to James. James, among other things, is actually a historical-level scorer. Don't look at him and the kind of super top historical players.
There is no comparison between the big and small gods, but in the entire history of the NBA, he is still undoubtedly the first player in history.
To be honest, you have to look at James' data. He definitely has the qualifications and energy of a super scorer. Therefore, he can win the championship with his own system and dominate the Eastern Conference of the league, known as "James Badong". But Paul leads
With the same two All-Star teammates, they couldn't even make it to the Western Conference Finals. They were stopped in the second round every time. It's not that Paul is worse than James in terms of passing organization, but the worse is his offensive ability. That's why James can bring his own system.
he can not.
James saw the opportunity and passed the ball. The Cavaliers stepped up and cut inside to take a shot. Love has now completely become a third-in-command in the Cavaliers, and it is basically rare to see offense with the ball. But with this ball, they
You were facing the Los Angeles Lakers. How could it be so easy for you to get in? No. 29 jumped up and slapped him out. Although he didn't block it, Love messed up his rhythm in order to avoid the latter's block.
Undoubtedly blacksmithing.
Grab a rebound!
The Cavaliers' Thompson wanted to grab it, but was pushed and squeezed by someone in turn, and then instantly changed from a favorable position to a disadvantageous position. Thompson wanted to counterattack, but was unable to do anything. He seemed to be pressed in
He landed on the small wooden boat in the middle of the eye of the sea. No matter how much he jumped, he couldn't get out of the wind. The Dongfang 29 stuck him firmly behind him.
The Lakers protected the low defensive rebound and handed it over to Rondo, who played steadily. Rondo dribbled the ball past half court and waited for everyone to be in position, and then began to slowly put pressure on the opponent's top arc. The Cavaliers also knew that the Lakers
The team's play style is very slow, so try to be patient and defend. As for direct high-intensity pressure on defense? Sorry, this Cavaliers team does not have this ability, and their starting point guard Irving cannot shoulder this responsibility. Irving's scoring end
Of course, there is nothing to say. The passing organization is acceptable, but the defense is average. If you want to use defensive pressure to interfere with the steal of Rondo, it is nothing more than a daydream. And Rondo is not an offensive No. 1 position like Curry.
, the team doesn’t need him to do this, and it will be even more difficult to break down from the defensive end.
In fact, the others are all about the same. It can be said that none of them are particularly good at defense.
Including LeBron James in the regular season. He often starts paddling for fun, and even "directs traffic" and "watches the show with arms crossed" are not uncommon. After returning to the Cavaliers, his physical fitness and defense have suffered the biggest decline.
In order to avoid excessive regular season consumption, he also needs to do this. The team and management also agreed to this request.
For the Cavaliers this season, the biggest task is not the regular season, but the playoffs and even the finals. So in the regular season, if James wants to swim or defend to save effort, that's no problem, that doesn't matter.
As long as James doesn't do this after the playoffs start and uses his full power.
This resulted in the Cavaliers' defense basically not doing well and not getting much better.
It can be seen from the staffing, and this trend continues to get worse. The next season will be even worse, and the next season will fall directly to the 1463rd place in NBA history in real defensive efficiency, which is... NBA history
In terms of real defensive efficiency, it ranks last. For a team like this, if you want to rely on defense to win, aren't you kidding?
The Cavaliers themselves have never thought of it this way.
They just rely on offense to win. Just defend and not get beaten.
Besides, this is the standard of defense in the regular season. If you don’t have a strong defensive system as a backing, it will be difficult for you to play any tricks. The Cavaliers are just regular positional and man-to-man defense. There is nothing novel and very little.
Big question. Rondo called a pick-and-roll and then scored. This goal fully demonstrated the Cavaliers' defensive level. No one came to follow or help defend for a while? Rondo himself was a little confused, wasn't it too easy?
On the contrary, I didn't invest in it.
However, as soon as the rebound bounced up, the Lakers' No. 29 forcibly pushed it in a second time.
The Lakers scored again 4-0.
The Cavaliers also asked for a pick-and-roll, but the effect was average, because their inside height and body were not big, and the defenders on the Lakers were very good, so Ariza squeezed past the defender in one breath and directly missed it.
The defense switched to James' side. When James saw this, he scanned his field of vision and found that there were not many opportunities and no one came out from a better position, so he simply did not slow down and chose to finish it by himself.
Now that James is here, Ariza seems a bit weak. He wants to defend James, but it really seems a bit inadequate. Either his defensive skills are not good, or the opponent is too strong. Let alone him, which outside line in the league can
Who can defend James against one another? Do you think they are all the Spurs, with Leonard's DPOY-level perimeter defense?
So as soon as James twisted his body and stretched his muscles slightly, Ariza could no longer hold his defensive position and was helplessly pushed away from the defense line. James burst in, kicked off his feet, and ejected from the ground. It was really
It's hard to tell that with such a big body, such a big weight, and such a thick upper body, he can be so explosive and powerful. No wonder some people say that in terms of pure physical talent of outside players, Jordan may not be as good as LeBron.
James is indeed super powerful.
Ariza was easily defeated and could only watch James break through his defense and take off to attack the basket.
James' finishing ability at the basket is very strong, and he is the undisputed number one on the outside. No one can compare with him. Many inside players are overwhelmed by him. Fred McGraw, the on-site commentator at Quicken Loans Arena
When De was about to shout the name "LeBron James", suddenly a big black shadow fell from the sky, blocked James in front of him, and then slapped James's layup away with a slap from the front.
Oh~~~Many Cavaliers fans at the scene seemed to be stirred up some bad memories when they saw this, and some even lamented directly.
It was covered again.
LeBron James was blocked again.
Will the previous blocking drama be repeated tonight?
People at Staples Center wanted to see it, but people at Quicken Loans Arena didn't want to see it at all.
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