The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

After nibbling the Blazers, the Wizards' opponents in the next few games were not very strong opponents, and the more difficult ones were the Clippers, Grizzlies and Bulls.

The Wizards won the game steadily without any intent to underestimate the enemy.

When the time entered mid-January, the Wizards again met the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This time the Wizards are playing away, and after more than two months of running-in, the Cavaliers have a feeling of getting better. The current record is second only to the Wizards, ranking second in the east, and also the league. second.

The combination of James + Howard + Irving + Love is not given in vain. Even if only one person stands out per game, it is enough for the Cavaliers to win most games.

However, the Wizards are obviously not included in that majority.

In this game, the Cavaliers' "fans" are still looking forward to the Cavaliers defeating the Wizards, but the final result makes the Cavaliers' "fans" disappointed.

In the first three quarters of the game, the two teams played indiscernible points, even the Wizards' most terrifying third-quarter bench was also carried over by the Cavaliers, but waited until the fourth quarter reached the middle and end At that time, the Cavaliers still could not support it.

In the face of defensive tycoons such as Leonard and Green at the same time, James' energy consumption is too large, the scoring efficiency has plummeted, and there have been several shots and missed layups.

Love and Howard did not have the ability to score for the team at this critical moment.

The only Irving who has an offensive ability has always been under strict defense by Thompson, and can only rely on his breakthrough ability to score for the team.

Owen in the 13-14 season, after all, is not the Owen who will face Curry's murderous goal in the next 15-16 season, and his personal ability and stability are slightly lacking.

Seizing this opportunity, the Wizards quickly played a wave of 6:0, opened the point difference a little, and then kept the point difference firmly locked until the end of the game.

In the end, the score of the two teams was 114:110, and the difference between the points was only 4 points, which is one of the rare games this season.

But in any case, losing is losing, no matter what the process is, it is an indisputable fact that the Cavaliers with the Big Four have lost to the Wizards twice this season. This result is completely inconsistent with the original intention of the Cavaliers to form the Big Four.

After the game, several members of the Cavaliers were put on the stage. The first center was Dwight Howard.

As the existence of James can be replaced in that year, Howard is expected to be high no matter where he is. People hope that he can show the terrorist dominance of traditional centers.

But since leaving the Magic, Howard has lost the terrifying dominance of attacking and defending at that time.

Since this season, Howard has averaged 18 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. Although the data is not bad, it is only pretty good. His average block has dropped to 1.8 times, and the deterrence on the inside is not as good as before. .

Is a center with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 1.8 blocks really qualified to be called the league's first center?

In the two games against the Wizards, Howard struggled slightly when facing first-year rookie Rudy Gobert, averaging 16 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in both games.

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Even a first-year rookie can't cope with it, but I can't explain it.

In the two months since the start of the Wizards, Gobert's strength and standard have been extremely surprising. This big man from Europe has a very strong defensive and defensive ability. Although purely from the statistics, the field The average of 7.5 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks is not gorgeous, but when he is on the court, the Wizards' defense is even stronger than Whiteside last season.

Wang Xiao once again proved how venomous his vision is. Such a European insider, which is not viewed by most team scouts, has become a very outstanding defensive player in his hands.

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Howard was carried out by the Cavaliers, but it was not just him.

In another time and space, there is a friendly nickname-Kevin Fu of Guo Fu, who failed to escape.

Howard did not perform well on the inside and Love did not go far. 14 points and 7 rebounds was the answer he gave in this game.

As a player with 26 points and 12.5 rebounds last season, this season's average per game fell to 16 points and 8 rebounds per game, which naturally became the blame for the Wizards every time they lost.

Anyone who knows a little about penalties knows that Love is really innocent. As an All-Star, when he came to the Cavaliers, he directly became a four-headed player. He had to "touch" the ball in James, Owen and Howard. Only then can I get in touch with basketball, and the most common thing he does on the court is to stand outside the three-point line and wait for a shot.

After all, James and Owen are both breakthrough "sex" players. They need enough space for the ball to break through. However, as a traditional center, Howard can only play in the inside. What can Love do? He is also desperate!

Therefore, induced by Love, it led to the third back-forth, Cavaliers coach David Blatter.

The Cavaliers’ single tactical system and the fact that the players were not able to make the most of them made the European coach very questionable in just two months. If the Cavaliers’ record is not bad, I’m afraid his A handsome position is at stake.

In fact, the Wizards don’t have many tactics, only partial pick-and-roll coordination and no-ball cover tactics.

The martial arts of the world are indestructible but fast and unbreakable. The speed advantage of small ball tactics will make most tactics have no chance or time to use, and more often rely on players to judge themselves on the field.

On both ends of the offense and defense, the Wizards have better players than the Cavaliers, so they can win the game. It's that simple.

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After defeating the Cavaliers, the Wizards unexpectedly won another ten straight games.

However, this time the Wizards' winning streak did not last long, and was immediately ended.

But even so, when the entire January ended, the Wizards' record came to a horrible 41 wins and 4 losses!

Many people were shocked to find that the regular season schedule has already passed half. The Wizards actually only lost 4 games. Following this trend, the Wizards are likely to break the Bulls’ record of 72 wins at the end of this season!

They certainly don't know that before the official start of the season, the Wizards had already set the Bulls' 72-win record as one of their goals this season!