In the first quarter, the Cavaliers seemed to be going into garbage time.

During the break, it was sad for Coach Blatter.

Blatter wants Thomas Jr. to play, but the Cavaliers are not what Coach Blatter said they would say, and now there are three forces within the Cavaliers.

The first is the faction led by James, the second is Thomas Jr., and the third is Blatter.

Thomas Jr. was on the court, seriously hindering the performance and playing time of James's faction, and was hostile to James, who had hinted that it was best to let Thomas Jr. come off the bench.

But Thomas Jr. is the biggest player on the Cavaliers other than James, and his popularity is even higher than that of Kevin Love.

Now the Cavaliers are in trouble. Don't get Thomas Jr. on whom.

Coach Blatter believes that Thomas Jr. still has some strength.

In the second quarter, James went off the court, and Thomas Jr. continued to play and lead the bench battle. It is said to be a substitute, but most of them are no different from the main team of the Cavaliers.

But this time, the Cavaliers still didn't play well.

When Thomas Jr. was with the Celtics, his tactical position was the only core, and his teammates helped to cover, help pull space, and run. Often when Thomas Jr. scores a goal, two or three teammates cover it, but on the Cavaliers, Thomas Jr. does not have this treatment, and the Mavericks' bench is very strong defensively.

PJ Tucker, Corey Brewer, and Livingston are all strong defensively, and they don't hesitate to help defend the pack.

The Cavaliers still have tactical deficiencies.

Shambaugh came out, and he did a good job on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, it was almost useless. Thomas Jr. doesn't have the ability of James to score strongly.

Defensively, Thomas Jr.'s weaknesses are too obvious.

Short guards, especially point guards, can easily be a breakthrough for opponents, and this is true for teams across the league, including Paul, Curry, Irving, and others. Every game you can see that after one person is out of position, the defense is very awkward.

Thomas Jr. was a little worse defensively in comparison, and Thomas Jr. was almost an ornament on the defensive end, being targeted by the Mavericks for a while.

Seven minutes into the second quarter, the Mavericks opened up the gap again.

18 points.

It's a desperate point difference.

James is back on the court.

But an embarrassing scene appeared, after James was on the court, Thomas Jr. was almost invisible, and the distribution of the ball and the tactical combination between the two were completely inappropriate.

There was even a 1+1<1 situation.

The halftime difference was 22 points.

Qin Yang played for a while in the third quarter, leading the team to suppress the rhythm, not giving the Cavaliers a chance to counterattack in waves, and the two sides also entered garbage time.

The war of the century, which was originally envisaged, did not appear at all.

When Coach Blatter replaced the main team, Thomas Jr. and James walked to two positions respectively, without encouraging each other or communicating, and the media had already begun to make up for it when they saw this scene.

In the post-game press conference, the Mavericks were completely chilled out.

James:

'We don't have any problems, the run-in time is too short, we still need to adjust, and now we have no other option but to keep improving.'

James is very smart and knows that we must unite at this time, even if there is an internal problem, it cannot be exposed, and it can only be slowly run in private.

Thomas Jr. and James don't match their own tactics, everyone can see it.

The key is to make a transaction and not to explode.

Once it broke, Thomas Jr.'s trade value was greatly reduced.

That's right, James had been a manager in a row before the game, giving his attitude that he had to trade Thomas Jr. and trade for other helpers.

The Cavaliers had no choice.

But after the game, Thomas Jr. was interviewed by reporters, but he broke the news violently:

"I don't know what's wrong with the Cavaliers? But it's definitely not with me, I used to be on a team with a lot of defense, but here I don't feel the love of basketball, the obsession with winning, and no one is even fighting for floorball, and we can't win without defense. ”

Thomas Jr. said nothing wrong.

In this game, the Mavericks can easily make a layup with just one cover from the outside.

In particular, the role players of the Mavericks have an extremely high layup shooting percentage, and the Cavaliers who play are unable to defeat the army.

The Cavaliers' defense is really too poor.

Kevin Love itself is strong in attack and weak in defense, and is often targeted by defenders and suddenly becomes a sieve, which is why Kevin Love was used as a data brush in the first place.

Previously, there was only one defensive weakness, Kevin Love, and the Cavaliers could still play with their tactics.

But if you want to add a little Thomas now, this game will not be playable.

Thomas Jr.'s defense really can't be said enough.

The point is, Thomas Jr. also blames others for not defending.

This instantly caused displeasure among the Cavaliers players.

Tristan Thompson expressed his displeasure in an interview: "Bad defense? Everybody knows who is not defending well, and if it weren't for some players who came from the so-called defensive powerhouses, our defense would have been better. ”

Tristan Thompson was sarcastically mocking Thomas Jr.

At this time, the media broke the news that the Cavaliers were seeking a trade, hoping to trade Thomas Jr. to get other players to assist the Cavaliers in winning the championship.

The Cavaliers did not deny the revelation, and trade rumors about Thomas Jr. spread across the league.

Thomas Jr. said bluntly:

"I don't want to play next to James, he's a hypocrite."

Well, this kind of plot is the most attractive, because not long ago, when Thomas Jr. joined the Cavaliers, he said that he was a fan of James and liked to play next to James.

It didn't take long for this show to be staged.

The NBA is always more exciting than you think.

These highlights have nothing to do with the Mavericks, although many teams have been linked to Thomas Jr., and even the Celtics even want to buy Thomas Jr. at the reserve price, but the Mavericks have no interest in Thomas and are still on a winning streak.

On the 27th, the Mavericks played the Partridges away.

The Partridges have caught the eye of countless people this season as the Partridges made a big trade in the offseason to acquire LaMarcus Cousins and put together a monstrous twin-tower roster.

Anthony Davis and LaMarcus Cousins are two of the most terrifying on the inside, and the duo is a pair that would scare any team.

However, in this game, LaMarcus Cousins was sidelined due to injury, and Anthony Davis led the team alone.

Tony Parker performed well on the outside, Anthony Davis was a ferocious horse, dominating the whole game, Nurkic, McGee, and Nowitzki were all beaten badly.

In this game, Anthony Davis made 12 of 23 and 12 of 14 free throws, and got 36 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

That's a staggering statistic.

But Qin Yang still clocked in and out of work on time for three quarters.