Cleveland Cavaliers won the green army again. The last time they fought against the boom, this time they all played the advantage in the third quarter, and they all played the plus time. Although this is an empty version of the Green Army without Lowe, the Knight’s content is still very convincing. They seem to be more trained than the Green Army, and there are stars taking over the game at a critical moment. After 6 consecutive wins, the knight winning rate was the second highest in the league, Goal difference +9.9 in 100 rounds, and the third highest in the league. Although the defects still exist, this team does have their unique features.

Mitchell is one of the reasons for the Knight’s perfect start. The data he has handed over now is:

31.1 points +4.4 rebounds +7.1 assists +3.6 mistakes +1.6 steals +0.7 caps, hit 4 points with a hit rate of 43.8%, and the real hit rate is 61.1%

You can understand that this is the 20th and 21st playoff state of Mitchell, and some of the shortcomings criticized in the past two years, such as defense and passing, are closer to his best version. Although I don’t know if Mitchell was playing in the last period of jazz, at least so far, this is the strongest version of Mitchell in the regular season.

Ah, what we are counting on now is that Mitchell has been in such a high state?

The average playing time of 39.7 minutes in the game will definitely be lowered in the league’s first and third points with excessive accuracy. Some of the Cavaliers who were not so accurate-Lewell and Wade-would also return to the surface of the Earth. At that time, it might be another level to see the Cavaliers.

Even so, some advantages of this team will remain firm. As long as the injury tide last season does not come again, they will definitely be in a good competitive position.

At the beginning of the tournament, the Knight had an unexpected growth point. I said in the article on the Mitchell deal:

“If there is a small forward who is qualified in 3D, the situation will be much better. In addition to Mitchell and Lewell, the Knight flanks also have a bunch of rotations, leading the defense of engineering ocorro, another answer of “three high” Dean Wade, pseudo 3D forward Osman, and Stevens and Wendler. There must be at least one surprise, so that the position around the “Four Heavenly Kings” will not be too touching.”

The Knight lacks the 3D flank with 2/3 positions, which is the biggest weak ring in their configuration. So far in the new season, the players who mainly eat flanking rotation time are Lewell, Okolo, Osman and Wade. Okolo’s too bad attack (the opportunity to compete for the worst attacking player in the regular rotation of the league) basically means that the knight should not have hope for him in the short term, and Osman basically died of pseudo 3D identity. During Garland’s injury, the main partner of the 2nd/3rd position was Lewell + Wade, and Lewell would basically become the first start of the subsequent 3rd position, the three-point hit rate of these two people so far is:

47.5% and 55.6%……

Very unreal. What is more unreal is that Lewell’s two-point hit rate is only 21.3%, which was originally the part he is relatively good at. So far, Lewell is his own reverse version. After the quasi-star gradually returns to normal, the attack problem of Knight flanks will gradually appear. They and Mobley will form a Space Jam and stack DEBUFF, making it harder for Mitchell to play.

Will this defeat the knight?

This is exactly where the Knight looks good. If everyone stands honestly at the bottom corner and opens the space at 45 °, making simple stone scissors and paper to guess the boxing questions, basketball will be too boring. The best thing for Knights is that they play “dishonest” and have the capital of “dishonest.

Knight has three advantages:

The main attacker in the back court is good at holding the ball and shooting, or receive the ball shots after running;

The internal line has certain low-level technology;

Core rotation generally has good ability to play the ball.

Don’t underestimate these three. There are few teams in the league that can gather these three, and these three teams can form extremely wonderful interactions, high and low connections, strong and weak side connections, the connection between the two low positions and the existence of various threats make the competition false, true or false.

For example:

When Xiao Luo was in the low position, Garland trained Hauser;

Disassembling and manufacturing dislocation, Alun low position, the real threat comes from the bottom corner fixed point;

Mobley is in the lower position, transfer the ball, the real attack point is in the lower position on the other side, Allen eats smart;

Inner and outer line have attack power, forming a meaningful dislocation advantage. Inner and outer line have the ability to play, you can find and use dislocation. There are enough dislocation, and the threat is not isolated.

As the addition of hard solution, Mitchell gave Knight a simpler package solution. The absence of Garland made Mitchell’s personal label the main theme of their first seven games of the season. Without his blood C, the Knight could not play such fire.

However, based on the passing and dislocation ability, the playing method of creating local advantages to win will still be the soul of the Knight. For Mitchell, it was the threat of internal ball holding that restricted this diversified choice in the past, but now the Knight has given him another possibility.

Of course, the Knight’s more trustworthy end is still Defense, and this end also has their particularity.

In defense, we always have some worries about teams that lack the proper rotation of 2/3 positions. There are two reasons:

First, it is customary to think that the 2/3 position is super huge, and the playoff defense swing people need 3D top soldiers;

The second is the obsession with the multi-front line relieve a garrison, which is considered to be a relatively All Purpose Balm defensive configuration in the playoffs.

Just right, the Celtics set up a team with two superstars in the 2/3 position as the core, and the collision with them could well test the Knight’s defense resources. In the first battle, I would think that the Knight did have hidden dangers in defense. Wade and Lewell defense number 3, one was doubtful about mobility flexibility and the other was thin. The second battle was the iron game. The Knight played the double guard of Garland and Mitchell, which was a little short. However, the Celtics are currently short of internal personnel and also set up a large number of double guards, resulting in a worse figure than the knight, this defensive efficiency is not highly referential.

The main point is not here, but the Knight’s use of their existing resources. Their rotation and joint defense can see various unexpected highlights under the matching of different lineups. For example, if the internal line combination of loafers and Xiaoluo is placed in the connection segment at the same time, the defense will be attacked intuitively, and it can indeed be seen that the internal line of double slow position will suffer a lot in retreat, it’s just that the Green Army failed to catch up with three points. But even with such a lineup, the Knight’s rotation is better than expected:

When Wade was placed in the third place, the Knight still had “three heights”, and the advantages of this configuration would play a role in some occasions that were not easy to notice. For example, when defending the Spanish shield, due to the addition of a tall Knight Road, Matt still couldn’t find a chance to go deep into the basket.

Knight’s defense does not all depend on height. The three-guard team has a strong ability of rotation and repositioning, and the joint defense is also extremely excellent. For double exploration flowers with low passing accuracy, the repositioning that always appeared on the route was annoying, and some rounds had a sense of vision of the finals at that time.

The configuration of the knight is mostly in the field and inside, and the front line of the official brand is few. Generally speaking, this configuration is likely to lead to the result that both inside and outside cannot be considered. Guard potty chair to protect the basket, block and remove the outside line to eat and cover being shot and burst. Expanding the defense to the outside will lead to emptiness in the basket, and small-sized will be unable to be served by a large number of orders. But at least so far, the Knight has not fallen into such a plot. Apart from the high and mobility of Allen + Mobley twin towers, it is also related to the enthusiasm of each of their players in the rotation. There is a gap in ability and a difference in positioning, but there is no responsibility. Every player is no more expensive than others on the defensive end. They all work hard and have to go all out.

For Mitchell, this is indeed another model. He has experienced the Lu Biao + twin towers version of jazz. Knight has some divine resource allocation, but in essence, Knight is another set of logic. In a sense, Mitchell and Gobel are each a set of “reducers”, and they both have the ability to make the coach’s work simple. The former may have the most unique opening pattern of the same height, but they have to fall into the “Mitchell paradox” which is useless “. The latter can achieve the defense of one drag and four, but in the playoffs, they were frequently beaten five times, turning the situation of one drag and four into a piece of shit. Sir Utah, who cooperated with each other, always fell into the embarrassing situation of “Plan A is lacking of Plan B”. Now, at least Mitchell has A different answer.

The Knight’s attack will not be better than the 21-22 jazz, and the defense may not be better than the 20-21 jazz. They still have a shortage of key positions and key players have defects. What is the comprehensive strength, we need to meet more tests. However, Knights at least have a good direction. They are more flexible. They do not throw eggs into a basket and have no attack and defense system once and for all, but no one can handle them once and for all.