Chapter 887: It's Time to Test Your Acting Skills
The Spurs got off to a good start, and that's not big news.
The big news of the new season, belongs to everyone else!
In the East, the Cavaliers, who welcomed back the little emperor James, ushered in a big win in the first game of the new season.
The 40-point home win over the Pacers without George is a bit of a win, but a big win is a big win after all!
Especially James, who won a 25+ triple-double in the first game of the new season!
It seems that he wants to use this performance to show Cleveland fans that he is still the invincible little emperor.
The Cleveland fans are certainly happy, and James' performance gives people a lot of confidence in their prospects for the season!
And the rest of the Cavaliers performed very well, the new power forward Lefu was also strong in the first game 20+10, plus Irving's 20+, the Cavaliers' starting five tigers scored 20!
Coupled with Monroe's 13 rebounds and Redick's 5 three-pointers, the Cavaliers' five tigers' combat effectiveness is simply off the charts!
In the face of such a ferocious knight, not to mention that George the Walker is not there, even if George is there, I am afraid it will not help.
"Our goal this year is to win the championship." James did not shy away from the media's questions, he directly told everyone that Lao Tzu is going to win the championship this year!
Because of the bloodbath in the first game and the strength of the comfortable one, various media quickly listed the Cavaliers as the biggest favorites to win the championship, and even after comparing the data of the first game of the Cavaliers and the Spurs, many people feel that the Spurs are not the opponents of the Cavaliers this season.
You must know that James couldn't beat the Spurs in the Heat in the past two years, and a very straightforward problem is that he can't beat the inside, and the Heat's inside line is like tofu scum when compared with the Spurs.
But now it's different, the inside combination of Lefu and Monroe gives James the strongest inside barrier!
Coupled with Redick, a long-range shooter, and Irving, a super point guard, James said that he wanted to win the championship this year, and it looked really easy.
At least, the entire East can't find a team that can compete with the Cavaliers right now.
The news on the western side is not anything about the Spurs, and the West is eye-catching with the Thunder.
The first battle of the Thunder was played by the Raptors, and the Thunder double less VS the Raptors poor version of the three less.
Lowry, DeRozan and McGee, the three positions of the Raptors, 123, have not yet become the "little prince of the pitch", but the cooperation of the three of them is now becoming more and more tacit, which gives the Raptors the capital to gain a foothold in the East and even prepare to rise.
However, the Thunder, which has been on the decline since Harden left, is still in a slump this season, with Durant scoring 48 points in the first game! Directly blew up McGee, graduating with 6 offenses in three quarters! Coupled with Westbrook's 30 points, the Thunder scored almost 80 points in the first game!
But the Thunder didn't win much in the end, and the Thunder scored a total of 108 points in the whole game, which means that except for the Thunder, the rest of the people only scored 30 points together.
Although this can make people feel that the Thunder are both powerful, but at the same time, it also makes people feel that the thickness of their lineup is not good, if they meet the Cavaliers, I am afraid that the prospects of the Thunder are not very optimistic.
Another team in the West is the Rockets, the second year of the Morden combination run-in, the level of the Rockets has reached a higher level, and Harden scored 42 points in the first game! is less than his big brother Durant in the whole league, and at the same time, this guy also delivered 11 assists, perfectly revitalizing the whole team!
Warcraft Howard is still in the "honeymoon period" with Harden, he scored 15+15 in the first game, although there are not many points, but in the case of Harden becoming the main point of attack, Howard is more on defense to help the team.
Therefore, compared with these people, the Spurs' first game was simply uneventful, and even they were not as attractive as the opponent Warriors, after all, the splash of the Warriors, both of them won 30+, although the team lost, it did make people see the infinite possibilities of the Warriors.
Of course, no one could have imagined that these two guys would dominate the league's three-point line in the coming days.
"Good, no one notices us, keep it up."
Popovich is happy that his team has been ignored, and now let these teams in front of people work harder for the flashes and cheers, but any team that pushes too hard in the regular season often suffers in the playoffs.
"The time to test your acting skills has arrived, and what to do in the next competition is up to you, and there are all kinds of off-court performances, all of which need to be considered by yourself."
As a result, the next three games of the Spurs were a little embarrassing, and the opponents were not strong, but the Spurs did not decide the winners until the fourth quarter, and there was no feeling of devastation last season.
Moreover, after four games on the team, only two of them averaged more than 20 points per game, which is not at all conspicuous in the league's data rankings. Now the top three in the scoring list average 30+ per game, the top ten average 25+ per game, last season's scoring champion Qin Yan, now he doesn't even enter the top ten in the scoring list, which is simply a shame in the eyes of fans.
Of course, Leonard is now averaging 20.5 points per game, barely ranking 25th on the scoring list, which is the only good news.
Few people have not noticed that Qin Yan's playing time is lower than last season, and now Qin Yan plays basically only 30-32 minutes, more than 5 minutes less than last season, and Popovich gave more opportunities to the team's young people in the first half of the season.
Simply, these two young people are okay, although they are not particularly top-notch, but they also have a lot of potential, especially the big white fat big forward, and the old Spurs fans see the shadow of the former king Divac in him.
However, the Spurs still have a 4-game winning streak and are in the top three in the West, although there is nothing to attract attention, but this kind of muffled approach to making a fortune is more suitable for the current Spurs.
"Remember to act, you can't win too many in a row, you lose when you should lose, and you can control the final ranking anyway."
This is Popovich's indicator to the Spurs, this year the Spurs must put an end to a long winning streak, otherwise, someone will definitely be hacked, and one of the players will be injured, which will make Popovich feel distressed.
"We've won five in a row, why do you feel like five in a row now, what's going on?"
The newcomer, Tucker, was clearly still a little unfigured out, and after winning another game, he had to ask in the locker room what was going on in the locker room as he watched the team shout and scream.
"Well, if you don't say you're too sincere." Ginobili hooked Tucker and then bit his ear, it's rare that there is an honest man in the team, who does not bully him?
Alas, it turns out that winning is also a kind of torture, and the Spurs are now in pain and happy, and then, it depends on their acting skills......