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833: The most perfect team

James felt that he must have won the curse of losing the opening game.

In 2010, the first regular season game after the Heat's Big Three was formed, ended with a loss.

At that time, the league was speculating about the showdown between the two old and new teams of the Big Three. Therefore, the battle between the Heat and the Celtics became the highlight of the opening match at that time. The final outcome ended with the "Creen Shirts" winning 8 points.

Now, four years later, James faced his first game after returning to Cleveland, and he also lost.

However, this time James lost even worse than 4 years ago...

"The Cavaliers definitely didn't think of such a result, they would never think of everything they went through tonight."

Looking at the Grizzlies who had already sent a substitute to play, Hubby Brown on the commentary stage couldn't help but shake her head.

Fans spent nearly $800 to enter the game, and espn invested almost all resources into this game, not to watch garbage time.

In people's expectations, this game should be extremely intense, and both sides should fight until the last second. If the Cavaliers can beat the Grizzlies, it would be even more perfect.

However, nothing that the fans fan fantasized about happened. There was no fierce confrontation, no soul-stirring pursuit, and there was no suspense in the game. At the end of the half-game, the end seemed to be destined.

At this time, there were only 3 minutes left before the end of the game. The brand new Cleveland Cavaliers were still 22 points behind the Grizzlies.

The Cavaliers have become the focus of fans around the world this summer, and have won James and Love one after another, making this small city team the protagonist of the basketball world.

But today, they played a game that was not consistent with the level of attention.

The Cavaliers have indeed changed. They have three superstars, they have the treatment of live broadcasts across the United States, and they have the eyes of the whole world.

But the Cavaliers seemed to have not changed because they still couldn't win the game.

At this time, the scene shot swept to LeBron James. Sitting on the bench, he looked dull and had no energy at all. This "trip to go home" was really disappointing for James.

He made 5 of 15 shots in the game, including only 1 of 5 three-pointers and only scored 17 points. In addition, there were as many as 6 personal mistakes! James' performance today cannot be described as excellent.

Many media say that James performed very well today, but in fact the word "average" is considered to be very considerate to James.

If Link cuts this data, the media will definitely use "a piece of shit" to describe Link's performance.

James was completely suppressed by Link on both offense and defense today, and it seemed that his successive losses on the defensive end also affected James' performance on the offensive end. In short, James definitely did not fulfill the responsibilities that a leader should fulfill today.

After James, the camera gave Kevin Love next to him a close-up of his face.

Love was disappointed and supported his chin with his hands, his eyes were dull. Today, the white power forward scored 19 points and 14 rebounds, and scored a double-double as always.

But Love's hit rate of only 42% makes his double-double less valuable. As an inside line, even if it's an inside line with a style of play, the hit rate is less than 45%, which is unacceptable.

The Cavaliers played the best today, but the youngest Irving. He scored 22 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in the game, with a shooting percentage of 53.3%. He is more like a giant than James and Love.

However, Irving was always hard to beat four hands with one punch, and his outstanding performance did not cause any trouble. The Grizzlies firmly controlled the situation and rhythm in the second half. Even if Irving's form rebounded, it was too late.

The first battle between the three giants of the Knights was unexpectedly embarrassed.

In sharp contrast to the Cavaliers, the Grizzlies' bench.

On the bench, the Grizzlies players were talking and laughing. Although the game had entered garbage time, as long as teammates scored goals on the court, everyone on the bench would stand up and cheer.

It is not difficult to see that the Grizzlies' locker room atmosphere is still very good this year, and the players get along very well.

In fact, this can be seen from the performance on the court. Today, the Grizzlies players have demonstrated their strong ability to hold the ball. Everyone has an offensive opportunity, and everyone does not compete or compete.

Whether it is Link, Butler, Harris, Conley, or Iguodala and Carter on the bench, everyone has the opportunity to take the ball to attack.

Under normal circumstances, the Grizzlies' offensive points are too much. On the Cavaliers, only James and Irving have two ball-holding points, and people are worried about the distribution of ball rights.

But the magic of the Grizzlies is that even with so many ball holding points, there is no obstacle to the distribution of ball rights.

Because everyone on the Grizzlies can seamlessly switch between ball-holding and off-ball offense!

Harris can eat Love alone with the ball, but he can also transform himself into a space-type fourth position.

Jimmy Butler can score singles with the ball, but he can also be a 3D player silently.

Even Link is willing to give up the ball at any time and help his teammates open up space.

So, the Grizzlies scored very evenly today.

Link got off work after only three quarters, so today he only scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Butler scored 21 points, and he achieved a performance that was no worse than the preseason.

Harris scored 18 points, and he always had a low presence and made Love lose face.

Conley scored 13 points and 8 assists, and he proved that he was a veritable All-Star player;

From personal performance to team performance, the Grizzlies are one level higher than the Cavaliers.

James's new Big Three is still far from the championship.

In the end, the score between the two teams was frozen at 122-97. The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Memphis by 25 points!

The fans in the Federal Express Arena were happy, but this result was undoubtedly unacceptable to many fans outside Memphis.

Although the fans were upset by James' job-changing again, the Cleveland Cavaliers are indeed the biggest hope to stop the Grizzlies from winning three consecutive championships this year.

However, in the first game of the new season's opening match, their hope was thrown to the ground by the Grizzlies, and they did not forget to step on them.

Their hope was shattered before it even began.

After the game, David Blatt was caught by reporters before he could react. When he came to his senses, he found that the rest of the Cavaliers were walking towards the player channel at the moment the game ended.

Well, today, David Blatt has to take the blame, and even if he doesn't take it, he has to take it.

The water in NBA is so deep.

"I lost 25 points in the official match of the NBA when I first coached. Coach Blatt, how do you evaluate this loss?" The reporter was also ruthless. Although Blatt succeeded in Europe, he was a rookie who could be bullied in the NBA.

"..." Blatt was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect that the NBA reporter would sprinkle salt on his wounds so directly.

Although Blatt didn't say a word for a long time, the reporters still had no intention of leaving. It seemed that if he didn't say anything, he would definitely not be able to escape.

So, Blatt, who was thoroughly educated, slowly approached the microphone, "The intensity of the NBA is very different from that of Europe. The Memphis Grizzlies are very strong. They perfectly solved the problem of ball rights allocation and shooting allocation with many ball points. I think they are the most perfect team in the NBA at this stage."

Blatt praised the Grizzlies. He thought he could pass the test smoothly by praising his opponent. But the rookie coach still thought the NBA too gentle.

"So, do you admit that the Memphis Grizzlies are much stronger than the Cleveland Cavaliers? Isn't your mission to lead the Cavaliers to the championship? Do you already think the goal is not achieved?"

Blatt's face was pale. Sure enough, the so-called sportsmanship and gentlemanly demeanor were just the capital used by winners to show off!

In the NBA, where strength is paramount, the loser is not even qualified to show his sportsmanship and gentlemanly demeanor.

The Memphis Grizzlies did teach David Blatt a lesson.

Finally, Blatt turned around and "escape" in a very embarrassing manner, leaving without answering the reporter's questions.

He really hopes there is a team that can surpass the Grizzlies now because he doesn't want to play the finals in this daunting place in half a year. Well, if he can hold on until the finals are not fired.

But Blatt quickly sighed. He said that the Grizzlies were the most perfect team at this stage, not to praise them.

Now it is almost impossible to find a team that is better than the Grizzlies...

The first step of the "Long March" began, and Blatt felt that he could no longer walk.
Chapter completed!
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