Vol 3 Chapter 339: Does the Cavaliers have a chance?

Compared with the historical status of individual stars, people are now more concerned about whether the Cavaliers have a chance to win in this series.
In this game, the Thunder and the Cavaliers are completely different teams. The former is more like a team, although the stars in the team are equally good. But overall, all the players performed well. The Cavaliers are a completely opposite model, with superstars taking over both offense and defense. But this model helped them not win the ball! Although James ran away super god, but the help other players can provide is too small.
Most people don't expect much from the Cavaliers! James has done everything he can in this game. But still can't change the result of the game. This also allowed him to create a very embarrassing record. He became the first player in the NBA Finals to score 50+ points in a single game but lose the game. This record also makes those who are optimistic about the Cavaliers before the game have to start thinking about a question: even James can't win with 52 points, what else can they do to beat this Thunder?
"The loss in this game is unacceptable. I think we have a chance to win." At the press conference after the game, Love expressed his opinion on the reporter's performance in this game: " We have done our best! We have taken the lead for a long time, we have a very good tactical arrangement, and LeBron has also played against the sky. But we did not play well in the second half and third quarter. . So that we eventually lost the game. We will look back at the video of the game and study targeted tactics. Adjust the state and prepare for the next game."
As the head coach, Taren Lue's views on this game are basically the same as those of Love. He also did not believe that the failure was due to the difference in strength between the two sides.
"We were in good form at the beginning. When the game started, we took the lead and kept it for nearly 20 minutes. But in the third quarter, everything changed! They made a lot of key goals. There are also opportunities, but we did not make those goals."
It seems that the Cavaliers are not particularly frustrated because of the loss of this game. But in fact, if they don't solve their core problem right now, it's hard to say whether they can win the next game. The question is: How to make Cavaliers players other than James contribute in the game. Especially Love and JR, these two players performed very well when the Cavaliers won the championship two years ago. But the state it shows now is obviously not good. At this time, Cavaliers fans miss Owen even more! In fact, many people still don't understand why the Cavaliers' management used Irving to trade for a young Thomas who was plagued by injuries last summer. Although the small Nance and Clarkson acquired in this deal were also very good, they were far worse than Irving.
Therefore, if the Cavaliers want to fight for the next victory in the second game. James alone is not enough. Love must play better. Taren Lue must design more tactics for Love, so that he has the advantage to play Roberson in the low post. Moreover, after he held the ball and played a deterrent in the interior, the defensive pressure on James would be much reduced. The Thunder's defense line will also be contracted by him. It will not be like this one, almost all of it spread to the three-point line, causing the Cavaliers' outside attack to basically be paralyzed.
In addition to Love, George Hill is also a point that must be contributed. In this game, he had a lot of opportunities. But because he didn't dare to play, he passed the ball back to James. This also caused James to drop in his hit rate in the last quarter due to lack of physical strength. George Hill should be more proactive on the offensive end and break more into the basket to cause damage. Using more passes to ease James' pressure on the ball and also give him more time to rest.
Taren Lue should use Jeff Green and Nance Jr. The former, like James, is a good defensive counterattack. Moreover, the defense against Paul George is even better. Can reduce James' consumption on the defensive end. The vigor of the latter is unmatched by TT. What's more, pick-and-roll cuts, second rebounds, steals and counterattacks are all of Nance's skills. When their opponent is a fast-paced team like the Thunder, Nance Jr. is more suitable.
Another is that the Cavaliers must reduce their mistakes. In this game, they made too many mistakes. It just so happens that the Thunder are one of the teams most capable of catching the opponent's mistakes and fighting back. Even if the Thunder gets a rebound after a turnover or missed shot~EbookFREE.me~, we must quickly return to defense and find someone or a tactical foul to prevent the Thunder's fast attack counterattack. Never let the Thunder bring the rhythm. In the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers were almost taken away by the Thunder.
There are quite a few people who can see and understand, including Tylen Lue and Donovan of course. But it's hard to say whether you can come up with targeted tactics. Even if there is a perfect response in strategy and tactics, it is also unpredictable whether the players can play the effect.
After the game, James was still a bit depressed. When facing reporters, he shook his head repeatedly. For this game, he really has nothing to say.
"I don't need to say too much to them. Many people here know how to play in the finals. Some may not have experience in this area before, but they have now gone through a finals. Next, they will know How to play." When the reporter asked about the next few games of the finals, James also showed great helplessness. He continued to shake his head and said: "I don't know what the next game will become. But every night, I will do my best. For the game, I always stay focused."
Maybe, James really has no bottom in his heart! This is definitely an uncomfortable thing for him. The situation now is the same as it was eleven years ago. At that time, the young James, with a worse Cavaliers than the current lineup, met the powerful Spurs. At that time, the knight's situation was even more difficult, and the opponent did not give him a chance.
"The future is yours!"
Now, he should say this sentence! It's just that the sentence back then was to encourage him, and when it was his turn to say it, it might become a compliment to the other person.