Ogian's division of champions collapsed, but he rose against the trend and quickly completed the reconstruction!
After James made a new decision to return to Cleveland, the Cavaliers instantly transformed from a playoff marginal team to a championship team, dominating the East for four years. In these four years, the Eagles and Raptors have fallen apart due to the strong dominance of Zhan Huang, which can be said to have been completely broken. But everything is compatible, the invincible Cavaliers are also in decline because of the encounter with the nemesis Warriors, and the Cavaliers, who struggled to reach the Finals in the 17-18 season, became the final song, which is also the last thing james can do after fulfilling his promise.
The successive departures of Owen and Zhan Huang have gradually led to the decline of this championship team, leaving only Le Fu alone to enjoy "one person drunk". At this point, the Cavaliers have gradually entered the stage of reconstruction, and need to re-find the core of the team and determine the core main lineup. In order to be able to realize the rebuilding plan as soon as possible, the Cavaliers selected guard Sexton with the eighth pick in the first round of the draft in the 2018 draft, guard Garland with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2019 draft, Mobley with the 2021 draft, and center Aaron through the trade with the Nets, rubio in operation, and then completed the core lineup.
The two core players are reimbursed, but why can they become the big dark horses in the East?
After three seasons of exploration and tempering, the Cavaliers rose with a big dark horse in the 21-22 season, and finally arrived at the autumn when they harvested the fruits exclusively. Despite the loss of two core guards, Sexton and Rubio, the Cavaliers were able to maintain good immediate combat power, ranking fourth in the East with a record of 27 wins and 18 losses, and now playing a five-game winning streak. Why is it that the Cavaliers can buck the trend when the core members of the outside line are reimbursed for the season?
First, the rapid growth of defender Garland has maintained the strength of the team's outside line. A team must have a core defender to control the players and organize and revitalize the team's attack in order to make the offensive tactics work well. Sexton, although a defender, is still biased towards offense, so the Cavaliers came to Rubio to make up for his lack of organizational ability. But now both are out due to injury, which gives the third-year Garland a chance to grow quickly, and his scoring and organizational skills are forced to release early, and he has done a good job of the task assigned by the manager, ranking sixth in the league with an average of 7.9 assists per game.
Second, the good and stable state of veteran Lefour has given the team a calm temperament. As the core meritorious player of the Cavaliers, Love only played 25 games last season, and was once considered to have been abandoned by the team's coaching staff, but now he has averaged 14 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 40.5%; such a stable scoring and rebounding, three-point performance, well dedicated its value to the team, providing space support and rebounding protection for the outside line of ball holding breakthroughs.
Third, the three-high lineup of Mobley, Markkanen and Allen has improved the team's defensive strength. Mobley was selected because Canning and Green were selected, and could only win the best big man; and Allen's growth was a bonus, and now he is one of the best basket guards in the league, and the inner pillar that the Nets are looking for is let go by himself; Markkanen is a surprise that he accidentally hit and bumped, which increases the height of the team; so Aaron of 211, Markkanen of 213 and Mobley have become a beautiful landscape of the Cavaliers, attracting the attention of many fans.
When the opponent's outside players blocked against Allen, they thought they would be easily passed and scored on the layup, but the Cavaliers still had a big man waiting in the box, so the benefit of the three highs was not only to protect the rebound, but also to improve the air defense ability in the box. So we can see that the Cavaliers played an interior defense similar to the Bucks, and when Da Luo was targeted by the opponent's "military training", there was still the last barrier of the alphabet brother waiting. This kind of play restraint has become a new way of playing in the league, and it only appears in the Cavaliers at the moment.
The Cavaliers' "three highs" style of play may become a new trend of restraining small balls
The Warriors' death five can become a new trend, because of the historical level of projection ability of the splash, as well as Green's organization and defense, so the small ball play quickly became the mainstream of the league. But when new things become popular, they can no longer be trendy, and over time they lose their dominance and are no longer magical. Therefore, the Cavaliers' "three highs" playing style has been given the opportunity to emerge sharply, and it may be a new trend to restrain the small ball play.
The new thing is like this, when it was first born, it was not recognized, and even abandoned by the public; but when we really understand it, people may have already reached the top and won the championship, after all, the former "Warrior Five Small" was once considered unable to win the championship, but in the end, the "Warrior Dynasty" created ruled the West for five years. And what will happen to the current Cavaliers' "three highs" play? We wait for the time to reveal the answer to everything!