The Oklahoma City Thunder still uses the old starting lineup, while the Cleveland Cavaliers did not use their starting lineup with the Oklahoma City Thunder last season in this game tonight.

They used the discussion of the small ball lineup after the changes used before more than a dozen games. Dwight Howard guarded the inside, while Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley were on the front line, both of them were both good at 4, while two new players were Danny Green and Kyrie Irving on the back line.

This lineup is definitely mainly based on offense. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers' current defense is extremely excellent, it is actually not very related to Kyrie Irving, Michael Beasley and even Danny Green.

It is mainly due to Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, a player who has been the best defensive player in the league both inside and outside to support the entire team's defensive system.

Michael Beasley, Kyrie Irving and Danny Green are at most trying hard to defend. And in this case, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard often have to help their teammates wipe their butts.

From this we can also see that the Cleveland Cavaliers still rely mainly on the joint performance of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard on the defensive end!

On the offensive end, it is very different. Although since Wu Dawei's comeback, Kyrie Irving's status has suddenly retreated from the Cleveland Cavaliers' outside engine. Whether from his ball rights or data, Kyrie Irving is the person who has been most affected after Wu Dawei's comeback!

His current average data has become 19 points, 6 assists and nearly 2 steals! Not to mention the world of difference between his 22 points, 8 assists in the first half of the season, but there is definitely a level difference.

At least from the perspective of visual impact, it is obvious that Kyrie Irving's data is difficult to make people feel that he will be an All-Star starting point guard! Because with such a data, it is obviously difficult to accumulate such popularity!

But even so, Kyrie Irving is still an indispensable and important attack point for the Cleveland Cavaliers on the offensive end. Although Wu Dawei's comeback snatched away a lot of the ball rights that originally belonged to him, he is still the team's third attack point!

Moreover, the average number of shots per game is still the second-ranked player in the team. He currently averages 14 shots per game, only after Wu Dawei's 17.5 times. Behind Kyrie Irving, Dwight Howard has currently averaged 12.8 shots per game!

As the number one center in the league, Dwight Howard's shots are obviously a bit low. However, in such a fast-paced offense and defense environment, Dwight Howard will inevitably be ignored even if he is a super center. Only when playing with some specific teams will people think that Dwight Howard is actually the most buggy point of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After all, the league's center talent is now in decline, and there are almost no inside players who can compete with Dwight Howard!

However, although the number of shots of the three super stars of the Cleveland Cavaliers is different, the gap is not large. Wu Dawei, the player with the maximum number of shots, only averaged 17.5 shots per game! Such shots are not high for a top star in the league. It is far worse than Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, and McGrady at the beginning of the millennium!

After Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard and Kyrie Irving, Michael Beasley, who currently averaged 11 points and 5 rebounds to the Cleveland Cavaliers. This 2008 No. 1 pick averaged 10 shots!

It can be said that these four people basically divided up most of the Cleveland Cavaliers' shots, and most of the scores were also concentrated on the four of them!

Most of the Cleveland Cavaliers' opponents tonight's Oklahoma City Thunder were focused on Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Since James Harden joined the Houston Rockets last summer, it must have directly affected the strength of the Oklahoma City Thunder. This is beyond doubt. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have to bear heavier responsibilities and burdens on the offensive end this season. If Serge Ibaka had not improved on the offensive end this season, then the Oklahoma City Thunder would be more difficult.

So although they are still the favorite team to win the championship this year. Obviously, in the eyes of many people, their absence in the lineup will be magnified in the playoffs! Because they lack a sharp knife on the bench like James Harden last season. Although Reggie Jackson, who has risen this season, has indeed brought surprises to countless people, it is obvious that he cannot be compared with James Harden!

You should know that after leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Houston Rockets, James Harden's current data is 26 points and 6 assists! An unquestionable All-Star performance. Reggi Jackson no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a player who can become an All-Star...

This is where the Oklahomas have declined compared to last season. While the opponent's strength has declined, the Cleveland Cavaliers have improved significantly this season. Although their record is not good, everyone knows why. In the days without Wu Dawei in the first half of the season, the team has also trained Kyrie Irving's ability to lead the team!

After all, there was another period of time. The Cleveland Cavaliers were in the outside, when they were neither Wu Dawei nor Dwight Howard, and at that time they were completely Kyrie Irving carrying the team forward. Although the record was not very good, Kyrie Irving also performed at the All-Star level!

This alone is enough to prove that this year's Cleveland Cavaliers have also made progress compared to the previous year. Moreover, after Wu Dawei's comeback, the Cleveland Cavaliers' record of winning 26 wins and 1 loss will make people feel ecstatic!

If Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard were not injured throughout the season, then judging from the Cleveland Cavaliers' state in the second half of the season, it is also possible that they will break the 72-10-loss result created by the Chicago Bulls after a full season!

So this is one of the reasons why people are more optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are also very confident in this game. With the end of the warm-up, the players from both sides also walked onto the basketball court one after another.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who have won twelve consecutive victories, are bound to win this game tonight. So they will never be able to have any slackness or carelessness. Similarly, the Oklahoman also hopes to win the Cleveland Cavaliers in a row this season!

Both sides also have strong wins in the game. In fact, any game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat, the Oklahoma City Thunder, or even the New York Knicks will be countless focus waiting for people to pay attention.

When the players from both sides walked onto the basketball court, it means that the game will officially begin. Because Kendrick Perkins' bounce was not strong, Serge Ibaka stood up and wanted to compete with Dwight Howard when he jumped!

Wu Dawei stood near the center line, and the person next to him was Kevin Durant! Every collision between the two people will produce countless sparks since last year!

And this year is definitely no exception! For Wu Dawei, the last time he played against the Miami Heat, he could not limit LeBron. James' performance would have been criticized by countless people if he had not had his super offensive performance; and tonight's match against another top small forward in the league is the best opportunity Wu Dawei proved his defensive skills!

It’s just that obviously he has to deal with this game tonight’s not just Kevin Durant, Sergi Ibaka and Wu Dawei have not seen each other for a long time.

And the first meeting was obviously not very pleasant, at least Sergi Ibaka was very unhappy! The noise of the Cleveland fans on the sidelines made him feel very unhappy!

And he would naturally transfer all of this to Wu Dawei. Although Wu Dawei is innocent, aren’t Cleveland fans still seeking justice for Wu Dawei?

So it is actually not wrong to settle the accounts on Wu Dawei, but every time he and Wu Dawei competed with him did not seem to have much advantage. For Wu Dawei, compared to Sergi Ibaka's provocation, Wu Dawei would of course care more about Kevin Durant's reaction!

For him, Kevin Durant is his number one enemy tonight! His recent state is very good. Although he has retreated to the second place in the MVP rankings, he also has a sense of opening high and closing low like last season, but even in his current state, Kevin Durant is still very terrifying!

His height and long arms are a huge trouble for any defender. Wu Dawei is no exception. Because Wu Dawei is shorter than Kevin Durant, and his arm span is even less comparable to Kevin Durant due to ethnicity, so every time he defends Kevin Durant, Wu Dawei always seems to be more difficult.

So for him, the matchup with Kevin Durant tonight is also a challenge!

At this time, the game officially began. The referee walked into the center circle and threw the ball into the sky. Dwight Howard and Sergi Ibaka jumped up together, but in the end the ball was clicked back to the Oklahoma City Thunder halftime. Russell Westbrook alertly grabbed the ball, and then the Oklahoman took the lead in this game tonight!

Of course this is not good news, at least for Wu Dawei! Because he will be the first to face the offensive challenge of defending Kevin Durant tonight! After Russell Westbrook dribbled the ball through halftime, he chose to hand over the ball to Kevin Durant without any hesitation, no pick-and-roll or cooperation.

Kevin Durant went straight to the top of the three-point line and received the pass, and then he was about to launch an offensive! Obviously, in this game tonight, the first attack arranged by Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Brooks was to be carried out by Kevin Durant, the core team!

Of course, the Oklahomas would not let Kevin Durant fight Wu Dawei alone. After all, no matter what, Wu Dawei is also the best defensive player in the league in the past two seasons! There is no need to fight Wu Dawei to one-on-one. Although Kevin Durant is not afraid of Wu Dawei's defense, the game will take 48 minutes after all, and basketball is also a team sport of five people!

Sergi Ibaka came to the high position very diligently, preparing to make a pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei, and Kevin Durant did not hesitate at this time, so he took advantage of Sergi Ibaka's pick-and-roll without hesitation!

Of course, Wu Dawei would not let Kevin Durant get rid of himself so easily, but when he was about to squeeze through Sergi Ibaka's body, he was stopped by the secret movements in his hands. This guy actually pinched Wu Dawei...

Wu Dawei naturally responded, and then Kevin Durant took advantage of this time to complete a jump shot within the three-point line, and the ball entered the basket...

There is no doubt that Sergi Ibaka's small movements would definitely make Wu Dawei feel very unhappy, so he immediately raised his head and glared at Ibaka, but it was obvious that the latter did it on purpose, because he actually grinned proudly!

Of course, this will make Wu Dawei feel annoyed, because his challenges in this game are obviously not just those that are on the surface, but many of them are invisible in secret!
Chapter completed!