195. Lifesaver

Playing as the team's starting guard for the first time this season, Sessions looked more excited. However, he was not so excited that he lost his mind, after all, the game had just begun, and as the engine of the team, Sessions knew he had to be calm.

His possession meant the Cavaliers had their first offensive chance, and Sessions dribbled past halfcourt to rookie guard Zhu in the opposing team. Holiday under the defense. For the opponent he is currently opposing, Sessions still knows something. Young, full of potential, 76 people focus on training objects.

Sessions didn't dare to be careless, and after halftime he didn't go straight to attack, but handed the ball to Jamison, who was standing outside his left three-point line. The Cavaliers' offensive point has been more dispersed this season. After Williams was traded, the situation became even more dispersed.

After all, Williams averaged about 15 shots per game, and now that he is out of the team, and Carman and Butler are unable to play, naturally, these 15 shots will be divided among the rest of the players.

Jamison held the ball to face Speights from the outside, and after shaking twice, he attempted a three-pointer from the outside.

Unexpectedly, the ball fell in hand, and the Cavaliers got off to a good start!

0:3, a good start. After the switch between offense and defense, Holiday handed over the ball to Iguodala to deal with, as the team boss in the post-AI era, Iguodala did not lead the team to achieve too impressive performances, but he always maintained his level at a relatively high level.

In charge of defending Iguodala was Anthony. Parker, because Wu Dawei needs to defend another scorer of the 76ers, Nozioni, a player of Argentina's golden generation. While Iguodala also has a strong attacking power, Iguodala prefers to pass the ball most of the time. In comparison, Nozioni may not be as offensive as Iguodala, but he is a pure scorer.

Iguodala is likely to opt for passing for most of the attack, while Nozioni will not. However, Iguodala did not choose to play the ball in the first ball, but chose to attack on his own. After all, it was the first attack in the opening game, and the opponent also scored first in the attack just now.

Iguodala faced Parker's defense, and he first dummered a shot from the outside. Picked up Parker slightly, and then relied on the advantage of the man's hand to rush into the paint area. A breakaway pick-and-roll gave the 76ers two points back.

2:3。 At this time, the advantage of the three-point shot is reflected. Back and forth, the Cavaliers are still in the lead.

After all, Sessions is playing for the first time this season. He's in the lineup. In addition to the tacit cooperation with Wu Dawei, there is no such closeness between him and the other players. After all, whether it's in a game or in a training session, in the presence of Williams. Sessions is basically on the bench.

Therefore, in the second attack, he chose to cooperate with Wu Dawei. Blocking and dismantling in the high post is already a common trick when the two play together. Wu Dawei's hard work last summer allowed him to do well on the feet, and Wu Dawei just turned sideways to help Sessions put the rookie Zhu next to him. Holiday was completely blocked.

After Sessions bypassed Wu's body, he moved directly to the other side. This forced Nozioni, who was in charge of defending Wu Dawei, to make up the defense, but it was clear that Holiday and Nozioni did not have a tacit understanding on the defensive end, because when Nozioni chose to replace Sessions, Holiday did not make a change, but chased after Sessions.

Wu Dawei was vacated, and Sessions' pass was just right! Wu Dawei moved straight down the line after the block, and when he received a pass from Sessions, Nozioni didn't have time to return to the defense.

Wu jumped up in front of the free throw line. He has always been very confident in his open shots. The basketball went through the net and the Cavaliers continued to take the lead.

2:5。

Although this game the Cavaliers did not have their leading point guard Morris. Williams, but it doesn't look like the Cavaliers are being affected by Williams' trade. For now, at least, the Cavaliers' performance on the offensive end is still strong.

Sometimes, however, things don't just look at the beginning. Just like LeBron. James's departure. The impact on the Cavaliers cannot be determined by just one win by the Cavaliers, but by looking at the table throughout the season.

The Cavaliers quickly tasted the problems that come with not having a core guard, although Ramon Murphy was not able to do so. Sessions is a strong point guard. But after all, he has a tacit understanding with the players of the Cavaliers, and there is no Morris. Williams is so skillful. The chemistry with each other is also not good enough.

And with Morris. Williams compared. Sessions is also inferior in terms of individual ability. Although his breakthrough ability is also quite good, he also has his own hand in mastering the feeling of rhythm. But he doesn't have Williams' offensive finishing ability. And the Cavaliers have very few players who have the ability to attack on their own this season, and Williams can even be said to be one of the best.

Even at the moment of Wu Dawei's rise, Williams' singles ability is also the top in the team.

So, after a great start, the Cavaliers got into some trouble.

The 76ers are a young and energetic team, and their energetic style of play can disrupt the rhythm of the opponent many times, just like tonight's game, after a small passivity at the beginning, the 76ers fully counterattacked and mastered the initiative of the game.

Cinnabar. Although Holiday is a rookie compared to Sessions, in terms of experience as a starter for the team, Sessions may be a rookie better than Holiday Holiday. Sessions' chemistry with the Cavaliers is nowhere near as good as the chemistry between Holiday and the 76ers.

This directly leads to the fact that in addition to a slight tacit understanding with Wu Dawei, Sessions always lacks a trace of fire in his cooperation with other teammates.

A team's point guard is the human brain, and if the brain is having trouble directing and directing the body, then this is undoubtedly a very bad situation. Just like now, the Cavaliers are like a vegetative person in front of the 76ers' fluid coordination.

In positional warfare, the lack of smooth coordination is especially obvious. The good news is that the Cavaliers are a team that is more accustomed to defending and counterattacking, so they don't fall behind their opponents by a large margin in the first quarter.

At 26:21, the five-point deficit left the Cavaliers completely without the spirit to lead in the opening game, but it was also within an acceptable range.

After all, basketball is not a football game, and the difference of 5 points is only a matter of a few rounds.

Played against LeBron in a row on the defensive end. James, Cameron. Anthony, Kevin. Durant and Paul. After Pierce, the league's top striker, Wu Dawei was comfortable against Nozioni.

In the first quarter, he rewarded Nozioni with a sturdy hat, and at the same time, when he participated in the defense of Iguodala, he gave the 76ers boss a block; In addition to two blocks in the first quarter, Wu Dawei also contributed a steal and used an accurate pass to help his teammates complete the fast down after the defensive counterattack.

In addition to being outstanding on the defensive end, Wu also scored four points in the first quarter, in addition to the opening two points, and also had a second offense after grabbing an offensive rebound under the basket.

In addition to Wu Dawei, the top scorer on the Cavaliers team is veteran Antoine. Jamison. Jamison scored seven points in the first quarter and the departure of Williams left the veteran with more responsibility on the offensive end. But Jamison wasn't very efficient on the offensive end, and he took a total of six shots in the first quarter to get those seven points.

This is also the temporary impact on the team after Williams' departure, because Sessions does not have Williams' offensive ability on the offensive end, so the opponent's focus on the No. 1 position in the past has been assigned to other positions.

As a result, the pressure on the rest of the Cavaliers on the offensive end has increased. However, this situation should not last long, because as long as Carman, the interior scorer, can play, then it can undoubtedly share the pressure on the offensive end of the team.

But the problem now is that Carman will not be able to play for the team in this game.

And now, the problem of stricter zhòng is not this. When the game entered the normal rotation period, Cavaliers head coach Byron Brown. Scott was even more sad. Ryan. Hollins departed, Ramon. Sessions was tuned by himself; And the two scorers who were traded not long ago are unavailable. As a result, the Cavaliers' already relatively empty bench lineup has become more and more empty.

From the second quarter onwards, the Cavaliers were blinded by the 76ers' still young bench lineup! Evan. Turner, Cerdex. Young are all extremely talented and impactful young players, and they were also the leaders of the team when he was in the NCAA.

The score was pulled away by the Phillies almost instantly.

At 35:23, a wave of 9:2 directly put the Cavaliers into a timeout. At this moment, anyone can see that the Cavaliers are paying tuition for the trade. It's like the New York Knicks, who just made a big trade half a month ago.

So, as a last resort, after only 2 minutes of the second quarter, Byron . Scott still puts his hopes on Wu Dawei, his most trusted player at the moment.

Because Wu Dawei's dominant defense and good running ability are one of the few factors that can help the Cavaliers at this time. And having been the coach of Wu Dawei for more than half a year, Scott also understands that Wu Dawei is a player with excellent physical reserves.

Wu Dawei's playing time in every game has basically been more than 35 minutes recently, and it is not uncommon for more than 40 minutes if the game is anxious. However, he has almost no injuries, which shows that Wu Dawei's physical reserves have been greatly improved in his usual training.

Therefore, Scott can only count on Wu Dawei. While Jamison is currently the Cavaliers' top scorer, you can't expect a 34-year-old veteran to spend the night playing wild on the court with a bunch of youngsters.

Scott didn't have a lot of cards in his hand tonight, so he naturally had to use them cost-effectively.

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