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

It may be because of Woj's previous report that James didn't have a strong desire to attack after the opening, and the rest of the Cavaliers team was a little out of shape.

The Pelicans, on the other hand, have a new No. 1 assistant coach who is stable and in excellent form.

As a result, by the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans had a 15-point lead over the Cavaliers 34-19.

It's a real hanging.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Blatter took the initiative to change, and he replaced Irving early to lead the team.

The Cavaliers' bench, with JR Smith, Thaddeus Young, and Tristan Thompson, can be said to be quite luxurious.

Irving also led the team to play quite well in this section, and led the team to a 10-2 individual attack wave with an inside and outside shot, narrowing the difference to single digits.

He's under a lot of pressure to play next to James, and he seems to be using this way to show that he can play better without playing with James.

The on-site photographer was very mischievous and gave the shot to James.

It's not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing, it's not terrible to chase points, and it's embarrassing to be absent!

Sure enough, when James looked up and saw his figure on the big LED screen, his brows furrowed, looking very unhappy.

Tyronn Lucha, the assistant coach of the Cavaliers, walked quickly over to Blatter and whispered for a while.

Blatter turned around and called James up and replaced him on the court.

After James returned to the court, the desire to attack became obviously stronger, and several times he forced Aminu to score, and the Cavaliers further narrowed the difference.

Stevens reacted quickly and replaced the main players on the field one after another.

The situation on the field is at a stalemate, and the scores of the two sides have been fluctuating between 5~7 points.

In the last attack of the half, James broke through three steps to make a layup, stepped on the third step and squeezed out of the bag between Davis and Bojan, and scored on a buzzer-beating shot.

At halftime, the Cavaliers tied the score at 46-50.

James had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the second quarter, and his performance was quite good.

At halftime, both sides returned to the locker room one after another.

Stevens and Brown were in the locker room discussing tactics for the second half.

"Mike, you know a lot about LeBron's technique, tell me what you think."

Stevens was more than willing to discuss tactics with people, and he took the initiative to speak to Brown at this point.

He didn't use Davis to defend James in the first half very well, Davis is an inside line after all, and there is a gap in speed with James.

"LeBron is at his peak right now, and it's very difficult to defend him one-on-one, so our strategy should consume him more and push him into the scoring zone he doesn't like."

Brown is worthy of James's mentor, and he may not be as good as Stevens in terms of defensive tactics.

But instead of defending against James, he said that first, and it is estimated that no one in the league dares to say second.

In the following time, Brown said 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 is a right-handed offense in the game, he is actually a left-hander, and the breakthrough route will still be more inclined to the left, etc.

After hearing this, Stevens felt that the Pelicans had really earned money in signing Brown.

The Cavaliers, as an imaginary rival to the Pelicans Finals, have Brown in place, limiting James to do more with less.

Coming back in the second half, the Pelicans made a starting change, and Aminu replaced Bojan as the team's starting small forward.

This is also an obvious signal that the defense against the Cavaliers, or James, is going to be strengthened.

Coming back in the second half, the Cavaliers attacked first, James dribbled and advanced from the backcourt, and Aminu pressed directly in the frontcourt.

However, James is James after all, and Aminu's pressing did not work, and he still relied on his individual ability to bring the ball to the half.

James dribbled to the top of the frontcourt arc to organize the attack, and Aminu was more backward in defense at this time.

After watching his teammates for a while and seeing that there was no chance, James made his own shot from the three-point line.

"Huh!"

He continued his excellent play in the second quarter, hitting three-pointers from the outside.

The difference is only 1 point.

There was a stirring at the scene.

"He needs to be a little bit more forward, and LeBron's outside shooting ability is not what he was when the Cavaliers were 1.0."

Smith opened his mouth in the commentary booth to analyze.

"If you stand up further, he'll break you, he's LeBron!"

Barkley said immediately.

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

"Keep the defensive strategy!"

Stevens stood up at this point and shouted at the team, since he had taken Brown's advice, he chose to trust.

The Pelicans' offense, Tang Tian borrowed Davis to block and catch the ball and make a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

also got up and down, and he immediately returned James a three-pointer!

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

After this three-pointer was scored, his personal score had reached a game-high 22 points.

James continued to advance with the ball in the backcourt, and Aminu continued to press.

Blatter on the sidelines was a famous European coach, and he quickly realized what was going on, and motioned for Irving to pick up the ball and help James share the defensive pressure.

But instead of giving the ball to Irving, James motioned for Irving to go back and dribble the ball himself across the half.

In addition to the fact that the Heat have no future, another big reason why he was elected to leave the Heat is Spoelstra.

Spoelstra's desire to control was much stronger than Brown's, which made him uncomfortable.

Now Blatter also has a tendency to move in this direction, and he simply chose to ignore it.

Tyronn Lue was on the sidelines and stopped, he knew how to read words and emotions during his time with the Clippers, and he could guess what James thought.

It's just that Blatter is also the kind of coach who is more stubborn, and he is not good at giving advice, so he chooses to remain silent.

Blatter was uncomfortable, but the other party was James, and he could only hold back as if nothing had happened.

James went to the top of the arc to continue organizing, but Aminu still let him go.

After Bojan went off the court, the Pelicans' defensive intensity increased significantly, and the others still didn't have a good chance to score.

James glanced at Aminu in front of him and chose to break on the left side.

Aminu broke through the line on the left side early, forcing him to the right.

James' break down the left turned into a mid-range layup, Jokic stood under the basket, and James' shot ultimately missed.

The rebounding scramble was touched out of bounds by Mozgov, and the Cavaliers' offensive wave was in vain.

James glanced at the Pelicans' bench as he stepped out.

Stevens was communicating with Brown at this time.

Perhaps noticing James' gaze, Brown looked up, and the two men looked at each other.

James felt the gaze from his mentor.