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The successful victory over the defending champions, the Chicago Bulls, in the first game made the Cavaliers' morale soar.
In the post-game press conference, Irving excitedly said that this was the easiest and least problematic game he had played since entering the league.
"It's an incredible feeling, something I've never experienced before, and it makes me even more convinced that this team will make a difference in the new season. Wang Chong truly deserves to be the strongest player in the league; he's absolutely amazing!"
On the Bulls' side, head coach Tom Thibodeau shook his head in front of the reporters and said helplessly, "Although it's frustrating to lose, especially because the opponent is still the absolute leader and pillar of our team in recent years, life has to go on after all. The goal for the Bulls this season is also to defend the championship. We will learn from the lessons of this game. The season is still long; it's still early."
In fact, this is just the first game of the new season, which is insignificant compared to the long 82-game schedule. Which NBA team doesn't lose? Even the 73-win Bulls led by Wang Chong and the 72-win Bulls with Jordan lost in the regular season.
But there's no doubt about the strength of the rising Cavaliers.
After defeating the Bulls in the first game, the Cavaliers built on their victory and went on to beat the New York Knicks 105-90 as visitors two days later.
Although the Knicks successfully kept Anthony with a large max contract this season, in recent years, the Rose + Anthony combination alone clearly hasn't allowed the Knicks to make significant progress in terms of their record, and most of the time, they struggle to even make it to the second round in the East.
But not all of this can be blamed on the Knicks. The East today is not the same as the original East, where the West was strong and the East was weak. Typically, the teams in the first half of the playoffs are the Bulls, Heat, Celtics, and Pacers. These teams are at a disadvantage against the Knicks, and now there are the Cavaliers too, who are more complete.
In this way, the mindset of the Knicks' fans has become more bitter, and the team has no chance of winning a championship anyway, so it's okay to just enjoy the spectacular games of Rose and Anthony. Under their leadership, the Knicks have managed to make it to the playoffs in recent years, winning more games than they lose. For New York fans, who have seen the Knicks be the worst team for the past decade, they're happier now.
While they enjoy the success of the current team, sometimes they can't help but wonder: if Wang Chong leaves the Cavaliers after this season, will the Knicks have a chance to get him?
Wang Chong will definitely not return to the Bulls, and judging by the tone and attitude he has shown in the past, he prefers a metropolis.
As the largest metropolis in the United States, New York is even more prosperous than Los Angeles, which is undoubtedly quite attractive in this regard.
As for the players, Rose and Anthony are top-tier stars in the current league with outstanding strength, and they would definitely make good teammates.
Even the salary issue is the same. The Knicks' team owner has always been stingy with money, repeatedly spending large sums to build a super team in an attempt to win the championship, but unfortunately, his vision has been somewhat poor, and despite spending a lot, he has failed several times.
But these are just speculations from New York fans, because even Wang Chong hasn't really thought about where he would go next at this moment, and the city he prefers is Los Angeles.
After the game against the Knicks, the Cavaliers flew to Portland to face the Trail Blazers.
The Cavaliers were on a four-game losing streak, with Portland being the second in that streak, followed by the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans.
The strength of these teams generally isn't strong, and they don't have much resistance against the powerful Cavaliers.
101-92 victory over the Trail Blazers.
113-105 victory over the Jazz.
118-110 victory over the Pelicans.
The Cavaliers went on a five-game winning streak, exciting the fans.
It had been a few years since the last time the Cavaliers started a winning streak, back when James was on the team.
Before long, it had already been five seasons since James' decision 1.
Originally, this summer, the Cavaliers fans missed James immensely, hoping he could return to the team and save it from fire and water.
But now, they didn't want James at all.
What? The Chosen One? Is our Wang Chong family powerful? If you don't have one, you want a hammer to use?
As the regular season progressed, the Eastern Conference began to widen the gap.
By November 15, the Cavaliers had won all 8 of their games, earning 8 consecutive victories, and taking the first place in the East and even the league.
The league had started to notice that more and more people referred to Wang Chong, Irving, and Pau Gasol as the "Big Three" of the Cavaliers.
It was a very fitting title.
Although Wang Chong obviously tends to start slow in the season, he still manages to contribute 31 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game.
Some people noticed that Wang Chong's rebounds had decreased, but this wasn't due to a deterioration in his rebounding ability. Rather, the Cavaliers simply didn't need him to grab rebounds at the moment.
Gasol was expected to average 11.8 rebounds per game in the 14-15 season, finishing 4th in the league in rebounds for the entire season.
And Whiteside is a strong man who can grab 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes per game.
In addition to these two, don't forget that there's also Tristan Thompson on the Cavaliers' bench, who is a rebounding maniac with the primary job of grabbing rebounds.
With a group of people to protect the rebounds, Wang Chong is also happy. He's not like some people who have to brush all the stats marvelously and flaunt everything to show their strength.
Moreover, although he averages 8.6 rebounds per game, his rebounding average is still quite high among small forwards.
As a result, there are three Cavaliers players who average more than 8 rebounds per game: Wang Chong with 8.6, Pau Gasol with 8.5, and Whiteside with 9.2. Add Tristan Thompson, who averages 7.7 rebounds per game, and the Cavaliers average 49 rebounds per game and 14.2 offensive rebounds, both the highest in the league. Defensive rebounds alone are in second place with 34.8, just slightly behind Portland Trail Blazers' 35.1.
Tsuyoshi Akagi, a famous high school student from Japan, once said that those who can control the rebounding ball can control the game.
There's really nothing wrong with that, and that's why the league has placed so much emphasis on interior players in the last few decades.
Even in a league that's increasingly moving towards small-ball play, interior defense and rebounding remain quite important.
The reason the Cavaliers have been able to win all their last 8 games comes down more to the team's defensive and rebounding advantages, and the Cavaliers' offensive tactics are actually very simple: Wang Chong, Irving, and Pau Gasol take turns playing one-on-one.
The Cavaliers are not entirely without offensive tactics. Under head coach David Murphy's guidance, the team also experimented with Princeton system tactics during daily training, but the effect wasn't particularly good.
It's not that the Cavaliers players have a problem executing the tactics, but Princeton itself is more suitable for teams with a majority of role players and without top-tier superstars.
But this trick isn't easy to use with the Cavaliers; it's very simple— even if Wiggins and other players are left open in Princeton tactics and shoot from the open position, the shooting percentage and efficiency are still not as effective as Wang Chong's own straightforward plays with the ball.
In fact, when you break it down, the essence of NBA tactics is to create opportunities for superstars to play one-on-one with the ball, even though Jordan played with the triangle in the Bulls, in reality.
With players who have excellent individual skills like Wang Chong, Irving, and even Pau Gasol, the Cavaliers aren't as effective at using Princeton tactics, and they aren't even as good as simply running a pick-and-roll strategy.
So, the Cavaliers abandoned the Princeton tactics shortly after the season began and switched to individual plays with skilled players.
From this perspective, David Blatter is actually a relatively enlightened head coach, not like the stubborn thinking of those seventy or eighty-year-old coaches who were known as tough coaches in the past, who were later fired by the Cavaliers and had the misfortune of being scapegoated by James and the team.
The Cavaliers are in first place in the East with 8 wins and 0 losses, while the Bulls are in second place with 7 wins and 1 loss.
In fact, before the start of the new season, many people thought the Bulls would be eliminated from the championship favorites list, though they would still be one of the strong teams in the East without Wang Chong.
But the truth is, it's quite a surprise.
After the start of the new season, Curry quickly replaced Wang Chong as the leader of the Bulls, averaging 28 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists per game, with 47% shooting from the field and 42% from three, which is extremely efficient.
Although it's somewhat surprising that Curry is putting up such high-level performances, it's still within the acceptable range, after all, Curry has been selected to the All-NBA team for the past two seasons and is recognized as the best point guard in the league.
The biggest surprise for the Bulls has been Jimmy Butler, a player who was overlooked in the past, showing All-Star level performances at the start of the new season, averaging 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists per game, shooting 46% from the field, and in fact becoming the second-leading scorer for the Bulls, more efficient than Gasol Jr.'s offense.
The reason the Bulls were able to adjust quickly after losing to the Cavaliers in the first game and won a streak of 7 consecutive victories was due to the standout performances of Curry and Butler.
Next in line is the Miami Heat, in third place in the East.
The Heat, who successfully retained James and Wade and kept the Big Three lineup, still couldn't bring in players strong enough in the summer, and the only gain was signing power forward Carlos Boozer for one year and $4 million.
In his prime, Boozer was a good player in the forward position, and his strength was quite good.
However, Boozer is no longer young, and 33 years old is already an advanced age for a player who requires a lot of strength, flexibility, and mobility.
In Wang Chong's memory, Boozer in the 14-15 season should have joined the Los Angeles Lakers, contributing 11.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game during the regular season with a 50% shooting rate. His performance wasn't bad, but just good, and compared to the declining strength of the Heat with Wade and Howard, it was really a drop in the ocean.
This makes the Heat's balance at the start of the new season just lukewarm, with a 6-2 record, the same as the Boston Celtics led by Durant.
It's worth mentioning that the Atlanta Hawks, who were supposed to rise in the 2014-15 season with a regular season record of 60 wins and 22 losses, second in the league only to the Western Conference's 67-win Warriors, have shown no signs of rising at all due to Wang Chong's influence. Their current record is hovering around the playoff fringe.
This can't be blamed on the Hawks not trying.
The 14-15 season was led by head coach Mike Budenholzer. The main players of the Hawks, including Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague, Al Horford, Kyle Korver, Dennis Schroeder, and others, contributed greatly.
The most important player among them, Millsap, who plays a key role on both offense and defense, now plays for the Boston Celtics due to Wang Chong's influence.
The team's top scorer and rebounder, if the Hawks could still show the same dominance as in the original 14-15 season and rack up 60 wins in the regular season, it would be Wang Chong's turn to drop his jaw.
The first month of the new season is just over halfway through, but based on the historical trends of each team, it's basically possible to judge the future situation.
At least the top 4 teams in the Eastern Conference are definitely the Cavaliers, Bulls, Heat, and Celtics. Meanwhile, the teams in the bottom half of the conference will have to fight fiercely, and even if some of them make it out of the playoffs, it will be difficult to win in the first round against any team from the top half of the conference.
The Cavaliers' first defeat came in Game 10 of the regular season, when the Cavaliers played away against the San Antonio Spurs.
Facing the Western powerhouse, who had reached the Finals for two consecutive years, the Cavaliers were humbled.
Even Wang Chong didn't expect this result.
With both Leonard's Spurs and Gobert's Spurs, the defense was terrifying.
Irving was cold with 4 out of 16 shots.
And the Cavaliers' interior was similarly suppressed.
The Spurs opted to change defenses with mismatched positions, with power forward Duncan defending Whiteside and center Gobert defending Pau Gasol.
Whiteside was full of energy and could run and jump, but when he encountered the experienced and calculating Duncan, he felt very uncomfortable, like a hard hit against cotton.
On the other hand, Gasol was also exhausted by Gobert's defense.
Gasol's static talent is at the highest level in the league, but when he faced Gobert, he was completely outmatched. It was clear that Duncan had prepared to counter Gasol's technical features before this game, so his defense was very focused, and Gasol was taken by surprise.
As a result, the only thing the Cavaliers had left in the entire game was Wang Chong, who despite scoring an impressive 46 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists for the first time in this game, still couldn't avoid the team's first loss.
End of this chapter
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