On Sunday, lebron james and his Cavaliers roared to win the eighth game, making them one of only three teams in the league to lose less than five games. It is expected that the super corps Lakers and Celtics will achieve such results, but the progress made by the Cavaliers is somewhat unexpected. In addition to these victories, they are ahead of the league in all key data, which really gives them some extravagant hopes to stop the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.

First of all, let's look at the offensive and defensive balance. As we all know, the Cavaliers' defense is excellent, and the tricks that Mike Brown stole from Popovich can continue to work. In addition, LeBron James consulted several famous coaches from outside to inside during the Beijing Olympic Games, which enhanced the defensive continuity of the whole team and made the team rank third in the league with an average score of 90.2 points per game, which was improved on the basis of last season's Excellence. However, the change of attack was somewhat unexpected. The Cavaliers ranked fourth in the league in average 103.5 points, only 0.5 points less than the Knicks ranked third. If this is not enough to make people feel that they are advancing by leaps and bounds, then look at their average shooting percentage: 48.3% ranks second in the league, and their opponents' average shooting percentage is limited to 4 1.5%, which is also the second in the league.

Then the player. Of course, we won't mention the dominance of the Cavaliers so lightly, because he sat near the water cooler at the last moment in recent games, and James was a little happy with the improvement of the overall strength of the team. Delonte West's shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage have reached the highest in his career, while mo williams's improvisation has reached his best level in the Bucks in 2006-2007, and the big Z inside has also played a stable level when his jersey is retired and put on the agenda.

So let's re-examine this team. Hollinger, a data enthusiast, said that the Celtics and Cavaliers have far more chances to win more than 70 games than the Lakers. Second, it is because the overall strength of the East has not been improved. Whether 70 wins can be reborn is not evaluated here. But as far as the overall strength of the East is concerned, the Cavaliers do have a chance to find a more reasonable ranking than last season and go further in the playoffs.

The first reason is that the team no longer has all kinds of messy troubles last season, such as the contract dispute between vallejo and pavlovic; For example, the crazy big deal in the middle of the season and the running-in influence brought by the deal. The team is as stable as a template except for James' participation in the Beijing Olympic Games. Mo williams, the only deal, just gave the Cavaliers one more choice, not a bone-breaking change. It is not too difficult to deepen the implementation of this tactic, and the data can naturally become a test.

The second reason can only be said to Almighty lebron james. After five seasons and three national team experiences, the all-round James has been fully formed. He has understood that the team needs his all-around performance, but this performance needs to be guided by scoring, and it is by no means to brush assists and rebounds before scoring, which will make a bunch of old courtiers who are guided by him confused; In defense, he has made clear the elements of rotation and transposition, supplementary defense and coordinated defense, and his excellent physical fitness is enough to make him an expert in small area defense like Artest. Under the age of 25, he is only one steal away from becoming the stealing king in the history of the Cavaliers, which is inseparable from his positive attitude towards the court and his awareness of basketball that is improving every year.

After really integrating into the team, James can feel like a duck to water, just as it is no problem for the American Olympic men's basketball team to let him play power forward. Playing 35.3 minutes per game is the easiest season of his career so far. His average score of 26.5 points per game is the lowest in his career except for his rookie season, but he is still the second in the scoring list and has the opportunity to jump to the top at any time. In addition, there is a satisfactory average of 7. 1 rebound and 6.3 assists.

All-round progress knight, all-round progress LeBron James

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