The recent situation of James and his Cavaliers can be said to be quite sluggish, 2 points! 3 points! 4 points! 9 points! 10 points! This is the score of the Cavaliers' starting lineup today! This starting lineup includes James, Love and Thomas. This is the epitome of the Cavaliers in this game, and Thomas was ejected for a flagrant foul during the game. The Cavaliers' defeat can be said to be unjust at all. The editor of q6u.com will give you a detailed analysis

James' plus-minus hit a career low

On January 9, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Timberwolves in an away game. At the highest point, the Cavaliers were 41 points behind. This is a scene that has been rare in recent seasons.

In this game, Cavaliers star LeBron James's plus-minus value was -39, which set a new low in his career (including regular season and playoffs) plus-minus value. The previous lowest value was -34.

James scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists on 4 of 8 shots in this game. According to the statistics, James did not take many shots in this game. The main reason was that this game was mainly played without the ball, but the team's performance was catastrophic. He really can't play without the ball

The Cavaliers lost to the Timberwolves by 28 points, but in fact, during the game, they fell behind by as much as 41 points. In the last two games, the Cavaliers have lost a shocking 127 points. There is obviously a problem with the team's state. Even James couldn't drive the whole team. He had a career-worst plus-minus of -39.

"I don't care about plus-minus at all." James said, "Before, I have played games with very poor plus-minus, but in the end we won. So, plus-minus is meaningless, the key is whether the team wins in the end. I have nothing to say about plus-minus."

The record of consecutive double-digit scoring is almost interrupted

LeBron scored 10 points on 4 of 8 shots from the field. His scoring was a new low this season, with a plus-minus of -39, the worst in his career. At least he has kept the record of scoring 10 points in a row, scoring 10 points in 831 consecutive games.

As early as the 13-game winning streak, some analysts said: After Thomas returns, the Cavaliers will still have a period of struggle. This is coming soon, because the Cavaliers' defensive problems have not been fundamentally improved during the 13-game winning streak. When the game was not going well, coach Tyronn Lue changed his defensive strategy and pinched the ball player. Because Love played the 5th position and had no ability to protect the basket, he could not play any role at the basket. It was better to let him defend and pinch the ball player. It seemed like a change, but in fact there was still no solution. To solve the problem, because Love defended him, he couldn't retreat and couldn't keep up with his footsteps. When the ball was released, all kinds of leaks were made under the basket. The Cavaliers also had poor awareness of covering up defense. The penalty area was sieved by others, so the 13-game winning streak still relied on everyone's first wave of running-in to make some sense. The sharp offense won, and the opponents encountered during that period were relatively weak. Entering January, there were two problems that directly brought the defense back to its original shape. First, Thomas returned; second, the schedule was tight, and the opponents encountered were in the upper reaches of the league;

After Thomas returns, the Cavaliers' starting lineup becomes Thomas, JR, Crowder, LeBron, and Love. The purpose of Lu's lineup is to attack.

Not only is this starting lineup very short, Thomas, JR, and Love are all defensive holes. Once the offense fails to score, the defense will be completely unstoppable. Once the start is unfavorable, the game will easily get completely out of control and become a completely suicidal lineup.

All three members of the starting lineup of the championship team have defensive holes. Are the Cavaliers alone?

Based on the current situation, should the Cavaliers put Thompson in the starting lineup? On the offensive end, the pick-and-roll effect between him and Thomas is very good. On the defensive end, someone can improve the height and protect the inside.

A championship team has no defense, how can it be a championship

Thomas was ejected for a flagrant foul

Thomas' third game back went very poorly, making 0 of 7 shots in the half. In the third quarter, Thomas hit Wiggins on the neck while on defense. After watching the replay, the referee called him a second-level flagrant foul and was directly ejected.

After Thomas hit Wiggins, he walked over and looked at him. It didn’t look like it was intentional. But the hit to the neck is indeed big enough

Thomas was ejected for the fourth time in his career. He is the fifth player this season to be ejected for a second-level flagrant foul. The other four are Anthony, Jokic, Dellavedova, and Cousins.

Reporters ridiculed: Thomas is still smart and can't stand such a game. He was expelled early, out of sight and out of mind.

Before being expelled, Thomas Jr. made 3 of 11 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, contributed 9 points, 3 assists, and 3 turnovers.

"I can't do anything. As a team, we didn't play a rhythm on both ends of the offense and defense." Thomas said, "I have played in the league for 7 years, and I know that sometimes you will experience nights like this. When you have a shooting opportunity and you can't make it, things will become difficult, which in turn will affect the performance on the defensive end. But overall, we should have put out better energy."

With 6 minutes and 47 seconds left in the third quarter, Thomas made a serious foul on Wiggins. He slapped his opponent in the throat. As a result, he received a second-level flagrant foul and was directly expelled. Talking about the incident, Thomas said he never meant it and he had apologized to Wiggins.

"I wanted to steal at the time. I have completed many steals in this way." Thomas Jr. said, "But I didn't expect this time, I hit Wiggins in the throat. I didn't mean to do it, and I apologized to him immediately. Fortunately, Wiggins was okay, and I am happy for that."

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue also accepted an interview after the game. He concluded that the reason for the team's loss was that there was a problem on the offensive end first.

"What I want to say is that in this game, every time we scored, every goal was not easy." Tyronn Lue said, "We got some good shooting opportunities, but we just couldn't make them, and this in turn affected the quality of our defense."

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