On December 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Rockets lost 89-124 to the Cavaliers, losing 35. Cavaliers main interior Mobly was absent due to a hip injury. In the case of the uneven personnel of the Knights, I did not expect that the rocket waited for a one-sided situation. Rockets coach Silas retired from the field in the first quarter due to a dehydration outburst, and guard Augustine was ousted from the field after suffering two technical fouls in the third quarter. For the Rockets, this game is really a defeat.
The Cavaliers quickly built up a 24-10 offensive surge in the first quarter, and they managed to stretch the margin to 19 points in a single quarter of 35-16. The game can be said to have become suspenseless since the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers continued their fiery offensive and defensive state, and they further widened the point difference to more than 30 points, and once again led the opponent 34-22 in the single quarter. At half-time, the two sides were 38-69 and the Cavaliers had an absolute lead.
By the second half, the Cavaliers continued to extend their lead, with the two teams peaking at 44 points and the game prematurely going into garbage time. Although the Rockets once found the rhythm of the offense and narrowed the point difference to about 30 points, they were unable to further recover the point difference. In the end, the Cavaliers received a big victory at home.
The Cavaliers are arguably the biggest dark horse of the season, and the team that still hovered at the end of the league last season has now become the top 4 team in the East. To know that before the start of the game, they openly want to put up a strange lineup of "two small and three big", which has caused a mockery in the media, thinking that they are going to mess up to the end this year. Unexpectedly, such a lineup played a good effect, and the Cavaliers started the season with a 7-4 start, completely punching the face of the media questioning them.
After 11 games, the team's main player Sexton announced the season reimbursement due to injury, and the current interior allen also missed several games due to injury. The Cavaliers at that time were indeed affected, and at one point they suffered a wave of 5 consecutive losses, and the team seemed to be beaten back to its original form again. But after ending the losing streak, the players seemed to have opened up the second vein of Ren Dou, showing excellent chemistry on the field, and the cooperation was becoming more and more tacit. In the last 11 games, the Cavaliers have won 9 games. With their five-game winning streak today, their winning percentage has exceeded 60%, perfectly interpreting the team's dark horse nature.
The most valuable thing about the Cavaliers is that he has a group of young players who can play the third most defensive efficiency in the league. In addition, the Cavaliers' assist rate, turnover rate and turnovers are at the top of the league, which is where they stand this season. Keep in mind that they started with the league's second most difficult schedule, with intensive away games and a lot of back-to-back games. But they survived and achieved good results.
In the fourth season of leaving James, the Cavaliers finally found a way to rebuild and get back on track. As the players get better, garland and Allen are expected to hit their first all-Star trip of their careers, and Mobley is also expected to compete for the rookie of the year. The Cavaliers currently have only a 0.5-win gap with the No. 3 Bucks, and only a three-win gap with the Top Nets. In the future, the Cavaliers are even expected to hit the top 3 in the East and achieve a black to the end.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)