On October 17th, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and today the Pistons sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Cavaliers, before this game, the Pistons defeated the Bucks and the Suns in the preseason, it seems that their competitiveness in the new season is stronger than in previous years, and the Cavaliers as a playoff team last season, they also retained the core lineup, I thought the Cavaliers could easily beat the opponent, but the result was very disappointing, then let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Garland broke through to help the Cavaliers take the lead, Cunningham and Harris responded with 5 points, Mobley hit a three-pointer, and then the Cavaliers' offense came to a standstill, Cunningham teamed up with Duren to play a wave of 7-0 offensive climax, Mitchell and Allen combined to cut 5 points in response, Cunningham and Ivey led the team to play an offensive climax, and the Pistons directly established a double-digit lead, but at the end of the quarter, Mobley and Garland led the team to counterattack, and the team overtook 6 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Beasley and Holland hit three points to help the Pistons catch up with the difference, Mobley and LeVert hit free throws in response, Von Taizio scored 4 points in a row, Okoro and Allen combined to cut 5 points in response, Sussur broke through and killed, Mitchell and LeVert combined to cut 5 points in response, Von Taizio hit another three points, the two sides played very close in this quarter, although the Pistons did not go to Cunningham and other cores, but relying on the play of the second team, they also played back and forth with the Cavaliers, and only fell behind by 1 point at halftime.
Yibian replayed Von Tezio hit a three-pointer to help the Pistons overtake the opponent, Garland and Mitchell combined for 5 points in response, Paul Reed scored 4 points in a row, Jerome responded with three points, Von Tezio hit another three points, and then the Cavaliers' offense came to a standstill, but fortunately, the Pistons' state was not very good, and the Cavaliers fell behind by 6 points at the end of the third quarter. Saul scored four straight points in the final quarter to help the Cavaliers chase down to just two points, and Stevens and Seabern combined for four points in response, after which the Pistons extended their lead to a 92-108 loss.
The piston substitute is firing at full power
The starting game of the Pistons played the first 8 minutes of the first quarter, and then never played, probably also want to rest the core, after all, they played very well in the face of the Cavaliers, and they have been suppressing the opponent when the starters are on the court, Cunning got 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 2 of 3 shots in this game, and in the face of Garland's defense, Cunningham played very easily. Ivey made 1-of-1 shooting, scored 2 points and 2 assists, and he is about to cash in on his talent in the new season.
In addition, Harris had 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 2-of-3 shooting, and Duren had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-3 shooting, both of which were very efficient. And the team's bench did not disappoint the starters, Holland shot 3 of 6 from the field, got 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, to say that the best play on the bench, then it was Fontezio, he shot 6 of 11 from the field, 5 of 10 three-pointers got 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and one person resisted the firepower of Mitchell and Allen.
Although the Pistons are unlikely to chase a good position in the new season, they have a chance to play a better record than in the past few years, and now it is estimated that this team will go all out to win in the new season, and it is time for them to cash in on their talent, and now there are 4 players in the top five picks in the team, and now with the help of veterans such as Toha and Hardaway Jr., the team's experience and execution will also improve, and the Pistons are still worth looking forward to in the new season.
The Cavaliers' core lineup is too poor
In fact, we can see the problem of the Cavaliers from this game, their lineup is too deformed, this is what I said before, after the start of the offseason, the Cavaliers clamored to change the lineup, but because Mitchell chose to renew his contract for 150 million to stay in the team, the Cavaliers gave up the idea of changing the lineup, because Mitchell likes Allen, they renewed Allen's contract with 3 years and 91 million, and Mobley also got a 5-year super cap salary extension of 226 million.
Plus Garland, they are quadruple cores, but the team is a small backcourt of two towers + two 1.85 meters, the two backcourts will definitely be targeted by the opponent's singles, and the twin towers have no space ability, and the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends has been affected, because the ball is mainly concentrated in the hands of the four of them, so their data is very good, but the team just can't play dominant, and even today in the face of a weak team like the Pistons, or most of the time facing the opponent's second team, they can't establish an advantage.
In this game, Mitchell got 13 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-13 shooting, Mobley got 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-6 shooting, Allen played well, and got 19 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-9 shooting, Garland was not in good shape, he got 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists on 3-of-10 shooting, and spent 460 million in the offseason to renew the three-core.
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