298. James repays his debts
After defeating the Detroit Pistons without any blood, Prince praised Wu Dawei's performance in tonight's game, which made Wu Dawei very happy. Although Prince is not a big star, he is still a very capable player.
Being praised by such a senior will certainly make people feel happy.
However, as the winner, the Cavaliers may only be Chauncey. Billups was the only Cavaliers player who felt inexplicably sad after the game. Perhaps it was the Pistons' current situation that made him recall the glory of the past, but people always have to look forward.
After defeating the Detroit Pistons, the Cavaliers have ushered in a five-game winning streak! They instantly improved their record to a level of 40 wins and 34 losses. At this time, the New York Knicks finally couldn't control the loss. Their record turned into 39 wins and 34 losses. The Cavaliers led them with a winning advantage!
Finally, the Cavaliers took the seventh place they had always dreamed of, but at this time, they suddenly realized that they were not very far from the sixth place. Although it was much better to play against the Miami Heat in the playoffs than the experienced Celtics, who could stop the temptation to climb up?
However, the Cavaliers' beautiful fantasy has not been done for long, but it once again fell to the bottom... After winning five consecutive victories, the Cavaliers finally ushered in a long-lost failure. Before they could sit on the seventh place on the hot kang, they once again gave it to the New Yorkers.
And this time, the Cavaliers lost two games in a row!
They were defeated by the unknown Toronto Raptors and the Orlando Magic, currently ranked fourth in the East.
The scores lost in both games are not big. They can even be called a shameful defeat, but losing is a loss. Of course, the price paid by the Cavaliers is their ranking. It feels not good to fall back to the eighth place, because the two consecutive losses have turned their record into 40 wins and 36 losses, while the New York Knicks have won one game and lost one game, and their record is 41 wins and 35 losses.
When the last six games left in the regular season are about to end, falling behind the opponent again is undoubtedly a pretty bad signal. At least for the Cavaliers, if they still want to compete for seventh place in the East, it will undoubtedly depend on the New Yorkers' face. After all, there are only the last six games left in the regular season of both sides this season, so it is very easy for them to keep their seventh place in the East as long as the New Yorkers do not make any mistakes in this last period of time.
Moreover, the two consecutive losses hit the Cleveland Cavaliers hard and it was not over. In the next game, the Cavaliers lost the game again. They got a few days off after returning to Cleveland, and then welcomed their next opponent at home, the Golden State Warriors.
Although the Cavaliers wanted to end their two-game losing streak in this game, the whole team was determined to strive for victory, but the Golden State Warriors rushed beyond the three-point line in the game that night!
In the whole game, the Golden State Warriors made 17 of 30 shots outside the three-point line, and they really threw the Cleveland Cavaliers to death at their home speed loan center. This situation cannot be stopped by manpower. After all, when the opponent makes such a shot outside the three-point line, there is no other way except blocking.
Unless you can really block every opponent's move, everything will be nonsense. But even Wu Dawei, who led the top spot in steals and blocks this season, can't guarantee it, let alone others.
Wu Dawei was fully committed in this game, playing for 40 minutes in the game. He contributed 24 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 5 blocks! He almost achieved a 20+10+5+5+5 data. This data pattern last appeared in the league. It can be traced back to the distant 1990s!
But even though Wu Dawei performed so well, he eventually lost to his opponent's three-pointer. The Warriors' young newcomer point guard Stephen Curry scored 5 three-pointers in the whole game, which is the biggest contributor to the Golden State Warriors being able to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers away.
The score was finally frozen at 120:109. The Golden State Warriors completely smashed the hope of the Cleveland Cavaliers to end their two-game losing streak at home with the 17 three-pointers they made.
After this game, the Cavaliers' record fell again, becoming 40 wins and 37 losses. At the same time, the New York Knicks won the victory at their home court, Madison Garden Plaza, on the same night.
They defeated the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves and improved their record to 42 wins and 35 losses. The gap between the two wins has become a bit out of reach with the last five games left in the regular season.
At least the Cavaliers seemed a little pessimistic about such a situation. So much so that after the game, Wu Dawei called Michael Beasley and angrily criticized his friend as a fool...
"You can't even beat the New York Knicks!?"
"Aren't you also ranked behind New Yorkers? Wu, don't think I don't know what you are trying to do! If you want me to work for you, you have to express your feelings!"
"Get out! I'm not the owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves!"
Of course Beasley knew why Wu Dawei called to scold him and his Timberwolves for not being able to defeat the New York Knicks. The Cavaliers' desire to surpass the New York Knicks and become the seventh in the East District is something the whole world knows, so naturally they can't hide it from Beasley.
Therefore, it is better to rely on yourself than rely on others. The conversation between Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley fully illustrates this point. Even the best friend and the most loyal buddy are unreliable.
What's more, the Minnesota Timberwolves are not as strong as the New York Knicks.
In the remaining 5 games, the Cavaliers want to overtake the New York Knicks and make a comeback again and become seventh in the East. Then they still need to rely on themselves. Of course, they still need some luck to support them now.
Otherwise, the chances of overtaking would be extremely slim. After all, the regular season is coming to an end, and the chances of staying are definitely a handful. Such an idea supports the current Cleveland Cavaliers, and they will end their current decadent momentum of three consecutive losses in the next game.
It defeated the Detroit Pistons again, but this time it was in the Cleveland Cavaliers' own home speed loan center. But at the same time, the New York Knicks also defeated their opponents on the same night and won.
In this way, although the Cleveland Cavaliers, who ended their losing streak with one victory, improved their record to 41 wins and 37 losses, the New York Knicks' record also became 43 wins and 35 losses. With the remaining 4 games left, there is still a gap between the two sides.
This has almost become an insurmountable gap for the Cavaliers. After all, there are only 4 games left, and the chance is minimal. However, the Cavaliers will certainly not give up such a remaining opportunity. After defeating the Detroit Pistons again, the Cavaliers welcomed their fourth-last opponent.
The Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, is still very much looking forward to this game, because LeBron James has always been Cleveland's number one enemy this season. In addition, the New Yorkers are also very concerned about this game.
Of course, they hope that the Heat can defeat the Cavaliers, so that as long as the New York Knicks win the game, there will be three wins between the two sides. This will become an impossible task when both sides have only 3 games left in the regular season.
But it is obvious that the New Yorkers' expectation is difficult to achieve. At least to the outside world, the Cavaliers can always have an excellent form against the Miami Heat, which is very likely to give them a 4:0 score against the Heat during the regular season of this season!
Even now, the Cavaliers are leading 3:0. In the history of the league, few teams have been able to make a comeback when they are behind 3:0. Therefore, most people's view on this game is of course that the Cavaliers will defeat the Miami Heat again.
However, the game process will not be very easy. Although the Heat currently ranks second in the East and have no worries about ranking and playoffs, the players will probably put all their efforts into winning the Cleveland Cavaliers who have not yet won this season.
At the beginning of the game, it was indeed in the direction people imagined. The Heat took the lead at the first start of the game in the match with the Cavaliers this season, which allowed the New Yorkers to see the hope of Miami winning.
But I just saw it, because then, the Cavaliers began to fight back. Although the previous three-game losing streak still exposed some of their unstable factors, the running-in of the new lineup has indeed become more and more tacit with time. Wu Dawei will no longer feel isolated on the offensive end. Billups, Chris Kaman and even the substitute lineup can continue to help Wu Dawei in the game.
James performed well in this game at the beginning, but then he and his Miami Heat began to lose the initiative in the game. Until they lost the game in the end, James' performance level was also a process from high to low.
The Cavaliers finally defeated the Miami Heat by 90:95 and 5 points. On the same night, the New Yorker who was able to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the early stages of the game lost the game!
The Cavaliers caught up with the last three games left in the regular season, with only one game left! Although there were few games left, the Cavaliers took the initiative again because... the Cavaliers will play against the New York Knicks for the fourth time this season in the last game of the regular season!
LeBron James and his Miami Heat have lost four games and four games against the Cavaliers, which are obviously inferior to their own strength this season. It is not so much that God stands on Cleveland's side, but rather that LeBron James is paying for his actions last summer and paying off his debts!
Chapter completed!