The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Wang Xiao is not quite sure whether there is a butterfly effect or a coincidence in this world, but it seems that there is God's will in the dark.

Curry's accidental injury and the reversal of the situation on the court made the Wizards players a little anxious, and some players who were already relatively tempered moved a lot more.

Soon, Draymond Green had a dispute with Howard at the basket because of grabbing a rebound, and the chattering Green got a technical foul.

Cole's face on the sidelines turned even darker.

A technical foul will not send Green off the field, but this is the sixteenth technical foul Green has accumulatively received. According to league regulations, Green will be automatically suspended for one game in the next game as a punishment.

This is obviously worse news.

It is not yet possible to determine Curry's injury. As a result, Green first confirmed that he would not be able to play in the next game.

Although Green can only play as a substitute in the Wizards, and his statistics are not outstanding, his tough style is extremely needed by the team.

In many cases, the Wizards are used to letting Green come off the bench to assist Leonard in defending James, so that Leonard can free up more energy to devote to the offense.

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Green's suspension is for the next game. If the Wizards can win this game, the total score will become 3:0, and there will be a lot of time left for the Wizards to adjust.

But if this game is not won, the score will be 2:1. If neither Curry nor Green can play in the next game, it may also affect the team's performance. If they continue to lose, the total score will be It becomes 2:2 and returns to the same starting line.

Cole is well aware of the criticality of this game, but the decline of the Wizards players on the field has been completely unstoppable.

In the end, the Cavaliers defended their home court and won a game in Cleveland, making the total score 2:1.

After the game, people are more concerned about Curry's injury and whether he can play in the next game than the outcome of the game.

During the period of waiting for Curry to check the report, it was the Wizards who suffered the most.

However, when they learned the result of the test, everyone's hearts couldn't help but sink again.

Curry's ankle was sprained, and it was initially determined that he would have to recuperate for about two weeks.

In other words, he will miss the rest of the Eastern Conference Finals. If the Wizards can advance past the Cavaliers to the Finals, then Curry can catch up.

But...without Curry, do the Wizards still have an advantage in the face of the Cavaliers' Big Four?

The fourth battle gave this answer.

When Curry and Green were absent, the Wizards' offensive tactics were obviously affected. Without Curry to attract defense from the outside, both George and Leonard encountered tenacious resistance when they hit the basket.

Although Howard has lost the explosive power of his youth, he still maintains a good competitive state due to the butterfly effect and did not go to the Rockets. His defensive ability at the basket is still at the top of the league. Facing this Warcraft, even George and Leonard Germany will also have scruples.

While the offense went wrong, there were also loopholes on the defensive end.

Without Green's assistance, Leonard's pressure to defend James alone has doubled.

The Wizards' offense was blocked while the Cavaliers blossomed more. The home court advantage and the initiative on the field made them play more freely and relaxed.

The Wizards were on the weak side after the first start of the entire series and were unilaterally suppressed by the Cavaliers.

Of course, even so, the Cavaliers failed to directly defeat the Wizards.

Even without Curry and without Green, the Wizards still have the most luxurious lineup in the league. Leonard, George, Thompson and Butler on the bench, any one of these people has an excellent individual Ability, and there is also a Gobert with excellent defensive ability inside.

So even though the Cavaliers have the initiative on the court, head coach Tyronn Lue is still pacing anxiously on the long side.

This is completely different from what he imagined. The Cavaliers should have a greater advantage. The current situation always gives him a feeling that the Wizards will suddenly explode at any time and overturn the Cavaliers. He is very disturbed.

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At halftime, the score between the two teams was 61:54, with a difference of only 7 points.

As the game progressed to the second half, the Wizards finally exposed their flaws.

The absence of the two generals dwarfed the Wizards' already luxurious rotation, and in order to ensure that the score gap would not be widened, Cole had to keep several main players on the court, which caused the Wizards The main physical crisis.

Especially Leonard, while the defensive end is responsible for the serious work of man-marking James, he is also needed on the offensive end.

The result of taking care of both ends is that the game has only progressed to the third quarter, and his offensive efficiency has already begun to plummet, and the number of shots and turnovers has increased significantly.

Under the ebb and flow, the Cavaliers finally seized the opportunity to widen the score gap to more than double digits in one fell swoop.

Cole called a timeout and replaced Leonard to rest, but it was also a temporary solution but not the root cause.

In the end, the Wizards lost the second game away, and the total score of the series was evened to 2:2. Next, the two sides will return to Washington for the crucial fifth game, the Battle of Tianwangshan.

There is good news for the Wizards in this battle. Draymond Green, who was suspended for the game, will return to the game. With his assistance, at least he will not be so passive in restricting James.

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In this game, Wang Xiao came to watch the game. He can be regarded as a legend of the Wizards. Although he is now coaching the Bucks, the Wizards still give Wang Xiao great respect. He can even sit on the coach's bench and watch. The game, and Curry, who was unable to play due to injury, sat next to him.

"Coach, tell me if we can win this match."

Curry looked at Wang Xiao and asked.

Faced with this question, Wang Xiao could only shake his head and smile wryly.

Curry is not the first person to ask him this question, but he really can't answer this question.

Originally, the confrontation between these two teams should be without any suspense. The strength of the Wizards' lineup is far from comparable to that of the Cavaliers. Even the Warriors who got Durant in another world are hard to match.

But Curry's injury made everything unpredictable.

Although the Wizards without Curry are still one of the best super teams in the league, their opponent is the Big Four Cavaliers led by James after all.

If there is any team in the entire league that can theoretically confront the Wizards, then it must be the Cavaliers.

Before the start of the game, the current head coach of the Wizards, Cole, had a phone call with Wang Xiao and asked Wang Xiao how to deal with the Cavaliers.

Although Cole is older than Wang Xiao and has been a professional player and assistant coach with rich experience, he admires Wang Xiao's achievements in the Wizards very much.

For Cole's question, Wang Xiao can only give one suggestion.

Try to cut James off from other players.

Simply put, it is Jordan's law.

The Jordan Law is a strategy that the Pistons used against the Bulls back then: use various methods to defend against Jordan, and use everything to the extreme. points, the other four scored very low and the Bulls still lost.

Although the Cavaliers have a first-class point guard Irving, on the court, the only brain of the team is James, and the entire team plays around James.

As long as James can be dealt with, the Cavaliers are no threat.