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Time came to the beginning of October in a blink of an eye, and the preseason of the new season officially kicked off.

After nearly 2 months of training, this brand new Cavaliers team will also usher in their season debut.

Although it is only a preseason game, the team's rookies are also eager to try, after all, this is their first time to set foot on the NBA arena.

The Cavaliers' first preseason game is against the Miami Heat.

The Heat basically maintained the lineup of last season. O'Neal, Wade, and Beasley are still the team's three-member core group. To say that the biggest signing of the summer is that they signed Alstom in the free market. .

Both sides are interested in training. The Heat's Wade and O'Neal chose a truce, while the Cavaliers' veterans all wore suits on the sidelines.

The Heat's starters are Chalmers, Quentin Richardson, Beasley, Haslem and Joel Anthony.

For the Cavaliers, Beverly, Danny Green, James, Ryan Anderson and Channing Frye.

The game started quickly, the Heat took the lead and came up with an off-ball pick-and-roll. Beasley leaned against Green and dug directly after receiving the ball.

Although Beasley's playing style is uneven, he averaged 14 points and 5 rebounds per game last season, and his personal offensive ability is very good.

At this moment, he hit Green with his back, but he didn't go in after a few hard tops. When he was about to turn around, James rushed out from the side, and "snap" broke the ball in his hand.

The Cavaliers played a fast break, James took the lead, and the other four followed quickly.

The tactical system Tang Tian created for the Cavaliers was exactly the defensive counterattack he used in the Rockets playoffs last season.

This set of the Heat's main tactics in the previous life was tailor-made for James, and it was completely seamless.

James dribbled the ball and broke through to the frontcourt. After attracting the attention of the defense in the middle, he flicked the ball to Green who followed up on the weak side. Green received the ball for an open three-pointer.

"Shua!"

The three-pointer shoots up and down.

Green himself is a stable shooter, and summer training allowed him to maintain a very good shooting rhythm.

Chalmers dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, dribbling while signaling his teammates to move.

Beasley knew he couldn't stand Green, so he used the pick-and-roll to come out and catch the ball.

Chalmers watched the ball go in the direction of Beasley's run.

"Snapped!"

As soon as he raised his hand, he felt a lightness in his hand.

The ball was actually broken by Beverly!

The Cavaliers played defensively and counterattacked directly. James was like a Hummer with the gas pedal fully charged, rushing out from halftime in an instant.

Beverly made a long throw, and James caught the ball and rushed to the frontcourt with a smash.

The Heat that the Cavaliers played at the beginning were a little confused.

Tang Tian was also a little surprised.

The Cavaliers played the fluency he wanted in the opening game.

He originally thought that these rookies would make mistakes, but he realized that he might have underestimated his players.

As the game continued, the Heat never expected that the Cavaliers would be under so much defensive pressure. Even if they were careful, they would still be intercepted by all kinds of balls.

The Cavaliers' fast-break attack is the wind and the water, and the mercury is pouring down.

Except for James himself, the other four points are very sure of the three-pointers, throwing in 5 in the first quarter alone.

After the first quarter, the Cavaliers have already led the Heat by a full 15 points.

In this game, not only Tang Tian was pleasantly surprised, but the Heat fans at the scene were dumbfounded.

Why are the rookies of the Cavaliers so good!

This is unreasonable!

It shouldn't be!

In addition to James, there are two second-round picks on the opposite side, a bamboo pole insider who played badly last season and almost no one wants, and a white insider who defends scum.

This lineup is much worse than the Cavaliers last season.

But it was so easy.

And that's not the end yet. In the second quarter, Matthews and Thornton came on the stage and fought a chaotic battle with the Heat, completely ignoring each other.

At halftime, the Cavaliers had led by as much as 25 points.

Heat coach Spoelstra saw the scene and went directly to marginal players in the second half.

Tang Tian also finished the second half with a substitute.

In the end, the Cavaliers crushed the Heat 102 to 79 in the preseason opener.

James played only 15 minutes and contributed 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The Cavaliers made 15 three-pointers.

Among them, Matthews performed the best. He threw in 5 by himself and scored a game-high 20 points.

Green threw in 3 and scored 12 points.

Frye 2, Budinger 2, Thornton 2.

This three-point rain is a bit exaggerated.

And the surprises haven't stopped.

After winning the first game, the Cavaliers played preseason games with 7 other Eastern Conference teams in the remaining half a month. Except for the loss to the Spurs, they won all the remaining 6 games.

Matthews averaged 16.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, shooting 52% from the field and 47% from three-pointers. He played most comfortably next to James, not like a draft pick, and his performance was even better than most lottery picks.

Green also scored 10.8 points and 3.5 rebounds, and made 51% of his three-pointers, the highest in the team. Of course, his solid defense is even better than the statistics.

Thornton averaged 11.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He is an absolute substitute and a master of chaos.

Although Budinger and Beverly didn't score much, their performances were also remarkable.

While the preseason record doesn't matter, the 7-1 record speaks volumes.

The rookies of the Cavaliers played very well, even better than Tang Tian imagined.

After the preseason, the Cavaliers completed the final layoffs. Bobby Brown and Javad Williams were cut, and the 15-man roster for the new season was released.

Point guard: Jason Williams, Beverley

Shooting guards: Michael Finley, Danny Green, Matthews, Marcus Thornton

Small forwards: James, Artest, Budinger

Power forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Ryan Anderson, JJ Hickson

Centers: O'Neal, Frye, Ben Wallace

After the lineup was determined, the team also assembled and prepared for the upcoming regular season.

The Cavaliers' opponent in the opening game turned out to be the Rockets.

The schedule for the new season was determined in August during the offseason. At that time, Tang Tian had already made the decision to join the Cavaliers.

The league's schedule is clearly intentional.

But the effect is very explosive.

It can be said that the moment the preseason ended, the fans had completely quarreled on social media.

Some Rockets fans still think that Tang Tian's departure is a betrayal, while Cavaliers fans ridicule the Rockets management for becoming a German dictatorship, forcing Tang Tian, ​​Keith Jones, and even Artest and other old Rockets away.

The game hadn't even started yet, and all kinds of ghostly comments had already created an uproar about the momentum before the game.

In fact, not only the fans, but also the media are also promoting the game.

"Whoever is right and who is wrong, maybe the one who wins is qualified to say." Barkley described it in this way on TNT's program.