LeBron James running away? He's going all in on Curry.

As October drew to a close, the 2014-2015 NBA season officially kicked off amidst a frenzied arms race.

If the Cleveland Cavaliers still dominate the Eastern Conference, then the wild West has been a scene of carnage this offseason!

The Los Angeles Clippers assembled a super team of "Durant + Irving + Love + James", which sent shockwaves through the entire Western Conference.

Other powerful Western teams, not to be outdone, naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to be defeated.

The Houston Rockets will be the first to be affected!

During the offseason, Rockets general manager Morey noticed a locker room crisis within the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In the Clippers' blockbuster trade, the Thunder were forced to take over "point guard god" Chris Paul.

However, the backcourt duo of Paul and Westbrook are incompatible in terms of both personality and ball distribution.

With Paul's contract expiring soon and his extreme unhappiness in Oklahoma, he has publicly expressed his desire to leave the team.

Mo Gou acted decisively!

He practically emptied the Rockets' draft picks for the next few years, along with several core rotation players, and snatched Chris Paul to Houston!

The "Light Bulb Duo" has officially teamed up!

The Rockets' roster at this point is enough to make your scalp crawl: James Harden, Chris Paul, Trevor Ariza, Eric Gordon, Ty Lawson, veteran Jason Terry, and rookie Carlint Capela, who has shown exceptional talent for finishing plays in the paint!

A top-tier roster, beginning to take shape, has given Houston the confidence to challenge for the Western Conference throne.

Meanwhile, the experienced San Antonio Spurs have quietly upgraded their interior firepower.

In order to deal with the increasingly monstrous talent in the West, Popovich successfully recruited All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge!

Aldridge's unstoppable mid-range turnaround jumper, coupled with the still-resilient Tim Duncan, has once again solidified the Spurs' twin towers in the paint.

Compared to the chaotic battles in the West, where heroes rise up and it's like the Ragnarok, this is a different story.

The teams in the East seem to be in a state of semi-death.

Apart from the Cavaliers who are far ahead, the other teams are basically fighting tooth and nail for a playoff spot.

At the very bottom of the eastern level, something happened that even Su Yang found somewhat laughable.

Philadelphia 76ers!

This team, which tanks every year, not only has its management shamelessly selling off its immediate contributors in the free market, but even their promotional slogan for the new season is a direct copy of the Cavaliers' famous "Trust in the Process" slogan from back then!

But even with the same "trust in the process" principle, the 76ers' journey was a cursed disaster.

In this year's draft, they selected Joel Embiid, a talented center from the University of Kansas, with the third overall pick.

Philadelphia fans had been hoping that this rookie, nicknamed "The Great One," could revive the team, but Embiid was drafted and hadn't even played a single NBA game before he announced that he had suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and needed surgery, ending his rookie season!

It was folded as soon as I selected it!

The Philadelphia "process" became an international joke ridiculed across the United States from the very beginning.

……

October 28, Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena.

The opening match of the 2014-2015 season kicked off on a night filled with honor and fervor.

Before the game began, the team's second championship banner was slowly raised in the arena.

When Adam Silver, David Stern's successor and the league's new commissioner, presented the Cavaliers players with championship rings studded with hundreds of diamonds, the cheers of the 20,000 fans in the arena were deafening.

Tonight, the Cavaliers' opening game opponent is the New York Knicks from the Big Apple.

This summer, the Knicks management successfully retained Carmelo Anthony from the free agent market with a five-year, $1.24 million supermax contract.

Aside from Carmelo Anthony, one of the league's top one-on-one specialists, the Knicks' roster is practically just a bunch of mediocre players.

JR Smith continued his erratic shooting, while Iman Shumpert contributed nothing on offense except defense, leaving the paint wide open.

"beep--!"

With the referee's whistle, the first game of the new season officially began!

It was thought that the Knicks, with Anthony's individual ability, could still cause some trouble for the defending champions in the opening game.

But the course of the match perfectly illustrated what it means to deliver a devastating blow.

From the very start of the first quarter, Stephen Curry, who had just received his ring, displayed an incredibly hot shooting touch.

Facing the Knicks' defense that was practically nonexistent, Curry played like he had just warmed up, whether he was two steps beyond the three-point line or taking a drift shot after Anthony Davis's screen.

As soon as the ball leaves his fingertips, a splash of white water will surely appear in the basket!

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

In just eight minutes of the first quarter, Curry had already sank four three-pointers!

On the defensive end, the Cavaliers used Kawhi Leonard to tightly guard Anthony.

Although Carmelo Anthony is a well-rounded player, every time he receives the ball, it is incredibly difficult due to Kawhi Leonard's relentless defense and Anthony Davis's constant help defense.

He could only rely on pull-up jumpers to barely maintain the Knicks' dignity.

In the second quarter, when the Cavaliers fielded their bench lineup, which had been playing with a fierce competitive spirit over the "Anta endorsement fee," the Knicks were in for a real nightmare!

Giannis Antetokounmpo was like a wild beast released from its cage. With his terrifyingly long legs, he took three big strides to the basket as soon as he received the ball beyond the three-point line, and finished with a powerful one-handed dunk over the Knicks' interior defense!

Middleton and Joe Harris made frantic runs in the corners, while Livingston scored steadily with his unstoppable turnaround jumper.

These eager substitutes, spurred on by the hefty sums, not only unleashed their full offensive firepower, but also relentlessly attacked every Knicks player with the ball like mad dogs on defense!

"My God... the Cavaliers' bench is playing more aggressively than some of the weaker teams' starters!"

The commentator shook his head helplessly as he watched the one-sided situation on the field.

Halftime!

The scoreboard was frozen at 75 to 45!

In just the first half, the Cavaliers were already leading the Knicks by a full 30 points!

Stephen Curry made 6 of 9 three-pointers in the first half, effortlessly racking up 28 points and 5 assists!

Halftime, clocking out!

For this dynasty team, which has been through the Finals and whose system is perfectly integrated, playing the entire game against a team like the Knicks, who have no defensive discipline whatsoever, would be disrespectful to their strength.

The second half began with the teams switching sides.

Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott decisively replaced all five starters.

Curry, Klay, Leonard, Davis, and Gasol were dressed in long-sleeved training uniforms early on, sitting on the bench chatting and laughing, as if they were watching an exhibition game that had nothing to do with them.

The Cavaliers, who fielded a completely reserve team in the second half, gave the Knicks absolutely no hope of catching up!

Under Livingston's skillful orchestration, the bench executed the "Death Lineup" run-and-gun tactics to perfection.

No matter how hard Anthony tries to get the ball and go one-on-one on the court, if he scores two points, the Cavaliers' bench will immediately respond with a three-pointer!

The point difference not only did not narrow, but remained stable at around 30 points!

"drop--!"

The buzzer sounded to signal the end of the match.

142 is more than 112!

The Cavaliers got off to a great start to the new season with a resounding 30-point victory at home!

The post-match statistics were displayed on the big screen, leaving all the commentators in the broadcast booths stunned.

"That's brutal! The Cleveland Cavaliers have a whopping ten players scoring in double figures tonight!"

"Besides Curry's 28 points in the first half, Giannis scored 15 points off the bench, Middleton had 14, and even rookie Joe Harris hit three three-pointers for 9 points!"

"That's the foundation of a championship! That's the power of money... oh no, that's the magic of a tactical system!"

Meanwhile, at the other end of the field.

Carmelo Anthony, who played a full 38 minutes and was heavily guarded and double-teamed by the Cavaliers throughout the game, sat on the bench covered in sweat.

He made 10 of 22 shots, scoring 25 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in a losing effort.

Looking at the group of young Cavaliers players celebrating on the opposite bench, Anthony's eyes were filled with a sense of utter desolation.

This summer, he turned down the opportunity to compete for a championship with other strong teams in exchange for a supermax contract of $1.24 million from the Knicks, choosing instead to stay on this battered ship.

But at this moment, looking at his teammates who can't even make open three-pointers and only leave their men open on defense, he feels a pang of sadness.

Melo Anthony let out a long sigh.

The money was made.

But on this night, watching the opposing team's ridiculous depth where even their substitutes could completely dominate him.

He may already be regretting his decision to stay in New York.