The opening few rounds became a microcosm of the first quarter of the two teams.

Perhaps because of WOJ's previous report, James did not have a strong desire to attack after the opening, while other Cavaliers' players were not in shape.

The Pelicans are just the opposite, ushering in a new first assistant coach, and are in excellent condition.

As a result, after the first quarter, the Pelicans were already 34-19 and led the Cavaliers by as much as 15 points.

This is really a thug.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Blatt took the initiative to seek change, and he replaced Irving in advance to lead the team.

The Cavaliers' substitutes include JR Smith, Thadice Young, and Tristan Thompson, which can be said to be quite luxurious.

Irving also led the team in this period, and he led the team to a 10-2 personal attack wave, which narrowed the gap to single digits.

He was under tremendous pressure to play around James, and he seemed to be using this method to show that he could play better if he didn't play with James.

The live photographer mischievously gave the shot to James.

Winning is not scary, it is embarrassing for anyone who lacks, it is not scary to chase points, and it is embarrassing for anyone who is not present!

Sure enough, when James looked up and saw that he was on the LED screen, his brows frowned and seemed very unhappy.

Tayron Lucha, the Cavaliers' assistant coach, spoke in a good manner, walked quickly to Blatt and whispered for a while.

Blatt turned and called James and replaced him again.

After James's offensive desire became significantly stronger after his appearance, he scored several times, and the Cavaliers further narrowed the gap.

Stevens reacted quickly and replaced the main force one after another.

The situation on the field was in a stalemate, and the scores of both sides have been fluctuating between 5 and 7 points.

In the last attack of the half, James broke through three steps and made a layup. After taking the third step, he squeezed out from the double-team between Davis and Boyan, and scored with a buzzer-beating move.

After halftime, the Cavaliers chased the score to 46-50.

James scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the second quarter, and performed very well.

During the intermission, both sides returned to the locker room one after another.

At this time, Stevens and Brown discussed tactical issues in the second half in the locker room.

"Mike, you know LeBron's technology well, tell me what you think."

Stevens is more willing to discuss tactics with others, so he takes the initiative to speak to Brown.

His effect of using Davis to defend James in the first half was not very good. Davis was an inside player after all, and there was a difference in speed with James.

"LeBron's current strength is at his peak, and it is difficult to defend him one-on-one. Our strategy should consume him more and force him to a scoring area that he doesn't like."

Brown is worthy of being James' mentor, and he may be inferior to Stevens's defensive tactical system.

But compared to defending against James, he said first, and no one in the league dared to say second.

Then, Brown talked about some specific defensive details, including that although James has the ability to shoot from the outside, he doesn't like to do that. Although he attacks with his right hand in the game, he is actually a left-handed man, and his breakthrough route will still be more inclined to the left, etc.

After hearing this, Stevens felt that the Pelicans signed Brown in this wave.

As the imaginary enemy of the Pelicans' finals, if Brown is there, James will be restricted from getting twice the result with half the effort.

When the Pelicans came back in the second half, the Pelicans made adjustments, and Amino replaced Boyan as the team's starting small forward.

This is also a very obvious signal that we need to strengthen our defense against the Cavaliers or James.

When the Cavaliers came back in the second half, they attacked first, James dribbled from the backcourt, and Amino pressed directly in the frontcourt.

However, James is James after all, and Amino's pressing did not work. He still brought the ball to the half with his personal ability.

James was transported to the frontcourt to organize an offense, and Amino was at a low defense position at this time.

After observing his teammates for a while, he saw that there was no chance, he took action from the three-point line.

"Swish!"

He continued his excellent touch in the second quarter and made a three-pointer from the outside.

The difference is only 1 point left.

There was a turmoil at the scene.

"He needs to stand a little further. LeBron's current outside projection ability is not yet at the time of the Cavaliers 1.0."

Smith spoke in the commentary seat to analyze.

"If you stand further, he will break through you, he is LeBron!"

Barkley said immediately.

Tang Tian, ​​Curry and James are now all three threatening top players, and it is really difficult to limit one-on-one defense.

"Keep the defensive strategy!"

Stevens got up and shouted at the team members, and since he adopted Brown's opinion, he chose to trust.

For the Pelicans' offense, Tang Tian used Davis to catch the ball with a pick-and-roll and take a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

He also raised his hand and fell, and he immediately returned James with a three-pointer!

James' performance was very strong after the start of the second quarter, but in fact, Tang Tian's performance has been very eye-catching from the beginning to the present.

After this three-pointer, his personal score has reached the highest 22 points in the game.

James continued to push with the ball in the backcourt, and Amino continued to press on.

Blatt on the sidelines was a famous European coach. He quickly realized something and signaled Irving to take the ball to help James share the defensive pressure.

But James did not give the ball to Irving, but signaled Irving to go back and transport the ball to advance through the half.

In addition to the Heat's no future, there is another big reason why he chose to leave the Heat when he was elected, Spolstra.

Spolstra's desire to control was much stronger than Brown at the time, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Now Blatt is also developing in this direction, so he directly chose to ignore it.

Tyron Lu was on the side and wanted to speak but stopped. He knew how to observe words and expressions during the Clippers. He could guess James's ideas.

But Blatt is also a more stubborn coach, and he is not easy to give advice, so he directly chooses to remain silent.

Blatt felt uncomfortable being hung up, but the other party was James, so he could only hold it in as if nothing had happened.

James went to the top of the arc and continued to organize, and Amino still let him go.

After Boyang was out, the Pelicans' defensive strength improved significantly, and others still had no good scoring opportunities.

James glanced at Amino in front of him and chose to break through on the left.

Aminu snatched the station early to break through the route on the left and forced him to the right.

James's left breakthrough finally turned into a layup in the middle, Jokic stopped at the basket, and James's shot failed to hit the goal.

Mozgov hit the ball out of bounds when he scored a rebound, and the Cavaliers' offense failed.

James took a look at the Pelicans' bench when he retreated.

Stevens was communicating with Brown at this time.

Perhaps because he noticed James' gaze, Brown looked up and the two of them looked at each other.
Chapter completed!