Beijing time on February 27, the NBA regular season continues, today the Cavaliers sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Wizards, the Wizards are back-to-back, they just experienced a double overtime defeat to the Spurs yesterday, so physical fitness will be their biggest problem today, the result is not unexpected, in the first three quarters of the Wizards still occupy the lead, the result of the fourth quarter of the total collapse, and finally the Cavaliers successfully reversed the Wizards 92-86.
Garland still did not play, but the three towers well withstood Kuzma's attack, Jarrett Allen shot 7 of 8, efficiently scored 18 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals, Mobley shot 6 of 14 from the field, with 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Markkanen shot 6 of 18, 6 of 3 points, 6 of 3 points, 23 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, Markkanen's state since his comeback is very good, and today the three towers cut 55 points and 31 rebounds very well.
However, Lefour, who played well at the beginning of the season, has not played well recently, and today Lefu has only 1 of 10 shots in the whole game and got 4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, because the Taitie coach only let him play 13 minutes and then went down, the same was true against the Pistons in the last game, playing 16 minutes and scoring 4 points on 5-of-5 shooting, only 4 games Lefu has scored less than 5 points in three games, Lefu has been holding a top salary contract, so playing is not a good thing for the future of the Cavaliers.
After saying that the Cavaliers focused on the Wizards, the star Porzingis they got on the trade deadline still has not returned, to be honest, the Wizards this deal is not wise, because the Wizards do not need to find the right star in the 4th position, they already have a very good 4th player, that is Kuzma, and Porzingis can not play the 5th position, his body is too thin, if this bad contract will fall into the hands of the Wizards.
However, their trade with the Lakers in the offseason is definitely earned in terms of future considerations, because they won a player who may be an All-Star in the future, today it can be said that Kuzma single-handedly challenged the Cavaliers' three towers, the whole team except Kuzma, no player scored more than 15 points, although the team lost, but Kuzma did not lose, today Kuzma shot 13 of 22, 8 of 11 three-pointers, 34 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
In the last game against the Spurs, Kuzma shot 13 of 27, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 36 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, kuzma scored 20+ in 4 games in the past 5 games, since the bill season reimbursement, Kuzma has taken 20+ is a common thing, after coming to the Wizards Kuzma got the ball in the rookie season, it turns out that Kuzma is the best with the ball in hand.
How can the lower limit for a player who averaged 16.1 points per game in his rookie season be low when he averaged 18.7 points per game in the second year of his career? But because of the arrival of Thick Brow and James, Kuzma sacrificed the ball and became a no-ball shooter, he was not good at no-ball, and the result was also a decline in his stats, from a young player with great potential to a good blue-collar worker.
However, the Lakers' playoff experience still gave him a lot of help, now Kuzma plays more calmly, and the defense has also improved significantly compared to the rookie period, if kuzma is expected to enter the All-Star in time, even now his performance is also star level, I don't know if looking at the current Westbrook, the Lakers will regret the original trading decision.
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