Since the Golden State Warriors swept the entire NBA league with five small lineups, the entire world basketball world has opened the era of small ball, and each NBA team is also building its own small lineup, but the Cleveland Cavaliers have done the opposite, creating five lineups, and have made great progress visible to the naked eye this season, after the end of the first twenty-eight regular season games, the Cavaliers have a record of 16 wins and 12 losses, ranking fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, and in this game, The Cavaliers encountered the Heat, which is regarded as a big favorite for the title, the latter is now plagued by injuries, Adebayo and Butler can not play inside and outside the two cores, so that their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, the Heat's two new signings Lowry and Tucker have played a very good personal performance, but in the internal confrontation, can not take any advantage of the knights who are like a forest, and in the outside confrontation, Lefu, who is known as the god of love by fans, became the Knights' miracle soldier, and the substitute hit 5 three-pointers. In the end, the Cavaliers also beat the Heat 105-94, and climbed to the fourth place in the standings!
The main reason why the Heat were able to go from being a team in the playoffs last season to becoming a favorite for many fans in the new season was the addition of two strong signings Lowry and Tucker in the offseason, the two of them not only took on a very heavy defensive task in this game, but also the best performers on the offensive end of the team, Lowry played 37.6 minutes, 4 of 8 three-pointers, contributed 22 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Tucker, on the other hand, relied on his own enthusiasm to fight with the Cavaliers who were taller and stronger than himself, and in the game, Tucker hit 9 of 15 shots, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, and one contributed 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, all three of which were the highest in the team, which is why fans said after the game that they could not ask Tucker to do more.
But the other teammates of the Heat did not provide enough help to the two new signings, except for Tucker and Lowry, all the other Heat players combined to hit only 4 of the 24 shots outside the three-point line, including Duncan Robinson, who was a ghost after signing a big contract, and there was no shooting feel in this game, only 6 points were scored on 1-of-7 shooting outside the three-point line, and Hiro was also poor, shooting 3-of-0 from three-point range after the bench debuted, and only got 12 points.
In contrast, the Cavaliers' champion Eros, a person to shoulder the team's second lineup scoring responsibility, this campaign Lefour only played 23.5 minutes, three-point shooting 8 5, contributed 23 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, under his leadership, the Cavaliers outside the three-pointers felt hot 36 shots 16, shooting 44.4%, which is also the key to their ability to win.
For the Heat, the offseason can sign lowry and Tucker two powerful players, the team can be said to have made a lot of money, but if you want to win the championship in the fiercely competitive NBA league, you need the efforts of every player, and Duncan Robinson, as the team's most relied on outside pitcher, must find his state before signing a big contract!