In an NBA regular season game that ended earlier today, the Cleveland Cavaliers sat at home to face the New York Knicks, and the Cavaliers narrowly defeated the Knicks 95-93 to win their 29th game of the season. After this campaign, the Cavaliers' record reached 29 wins and 19 losses, ranking fifth in the East, just 0.5 wins away from the Milwaukee Bucks, who are fourth in the East.
The Cleveland Cavaliers this season are still eye-catching, and no one is optimistic about this team before the season has even begun. Since LeBron James left the Cavaliers to join the Lakers, the Cavaliers have fallen out of the championship race and joined the big family of the Fish Belly team. It is estimated that fans at that time would not have thought that after only four seasons, the team completed its reconstruction and became a strong team in the Eastern Division.
With 29 wins and 19 losses, the fifth place in the East, and unsurprisingly, the Cavaliers have booked a ticket to the playoffs in advance. This season's Cavaliers have a new look and have become the strongest team in the East. Through a few seasons of rotten rebuilding, the Cavaliers have accumulated some potential stocks, and their drafts and trades have been doing well in the past two years. Players like Garland and Mobley were drafted, as did Sexton, but he had a hard time coming back this season (injured), O'Corro's form slowly improved this season, and at the same time, through trades, such good players as Jarrett Allen and MarCanin, their road to reconstruction is clear.
The reason why the Cavaliers have a good record this season has a lot to do with a group of young people in the team. Garland, Allen and Mobley are all excellent, and Garland is likely to become an All-Star. Coupled with the serious attitude of the veterans, the Cavaliers have shed the ranks of the Fish Belly team and become the east's giants.
The current Cavaliers starting lineup is relatively rare in the league, in today's small-ball era, other teams are trying to hoard excellent defenders, and the Cavaliers are directly putting Aaron, Carl Manin, Mobley three players on the court, forming a three-high lineup, the outside line is with Garland, O'Corro and other players. Although the Cavaliers' three heights are tall, they do not lack the flexibility of their feet, and they also have a certain long-range shooting ability, which is not available in most of the league's interior lines at present. Today, the Cavaliers can achieve such a good record, relying on the good chemistry of the "three high lineups".
The Cavaliers have averaged 45.4 rebounds per game this season, the eleventh in the league, and their defensive efficiency of 105 is as high as the third in the league; limiting opponents' shooting rate in the penalty area is the lowest 58% in the league, and the "three-high lineup" has become a nightmare for many teams. Although the Cavaliers have successively received news of the season reimbursement of Sexton and Rubio, under Garland's organization, the Cavaliers' three-high lineup is still effective, and the dominance of the interior line is definitely one of the best in the league.
This season is James' fourth season since leaving the Cavaliers. Cavaliers fans can finally rest assured that their team is rebuilding very smoothly and is gradually getting back on track. They waited 4 years to finally get good players and are hopeful this season to see the team make a big splash in the playoffs.