Granger played five minutes as the Warriors rotated their lineup with Trevor Ariza coming on as a replacement.

"Coach Montgomery is really an enlightened coach, and the Warriors are still maintaining their regular rotation of nine or even 10 in the playoffs, and he boldly uses a newcomer like Trevo Ariza, which has had an unexpected effect," Yu Jia praised. ”

Ariza came on the court, and Granger, who had a lot of physical exertion, went off the field first.

The Warriors wheeled against James, did not foul, did not defend the shot, desperately withstood James's breakthrough, wrapped in the first three quarters, and waited for James' physical strength to decline in the fourth quarter, and then returned to one-on-one.

Such a targeted defense is a huge test for James's physical strength.

The Warriors are one-on-one defense between the overall defense, which is fundamentally different from the Pistons' defense of James, and the most obvious result is that James's stats during the Finals are stable, except for the first game, which is basically maintained to the level of the regular season, except for the shooting percentage.

James realized the problem of physical distribution, and when the pestering Ariza came up, he chose to slow down the pace of the attack.

Gibson and other players tried to attack with the ball, but the effect was very average, the Warriors seized the opportunity, Yang Di threw a shot, and the attack in the penalty area caused Gooden to foul and score ten points.

James attacked on his own, and the ball that burst into the flank Pavlovic was cut off by Ray Allen.

The Warriors counterattacked, and in the frontcourt offense, Ray Allen gave Yang Di a second pass, Yang Di moved sideways in, forcefully pushed away Gooden, flew to support his hand and made a layup, and hit.

12 points!

"Why do you keep scoring, this damn number eight!"

Cavaliers fans are angry, I have never seen such an unreasonable, he still dares to be so arrogant in the quick loan center, he scored such a high score in the last game, and he wants to brush the data today?

"Defense, is Drew Gooden really sleepwalking this defense?"

After dunking three baskets in the opening game, Yang Di felt that his meridians were comfortable, and he was in very good condition, how to attack after receiving the ball, he had a clear and clear framework in his heart, and the whole court was in his mind, easily finding the weakest link in the Cavaliers' defense and launching an attack.

Fortunately, the young player Gibson really performed well, hitting a 3-pointer to stabilize the situation for the Cavaliers, and at the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Cavaliers by three points at 29-26.

Yang Di and James both played the first quarter, Yang Di cut 15 points and 3 rebounds, and James contributed 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

James only had a two-minute break in the second quarter before immediately returning to the court.

The Warriors bench offense was fierce, Monta Ellis took the lead in the charge, rushing the entire Cavaliers interior line scattered, Vallejo, Marshall and other players are not good at defending small players inside, encountering the Warriors' sharp knife players, it was really hard to fight, and it was not as good as hand-to-hand combat with the Pistons in the last round.

The Pistons, while fierce and more aggressive, don't have the frantic pace of the Warriors.

No matter how much the Cavaliers slowed down, they still couldn't hold back a little, and they were carried into a high-scoring stage, which looked like they were in good shape, but the points they lost buried the entire offensive effort even more.

Ross Barkley laughed: "In the hands of coaches like Montgomery and D'Antoni, at least 20 percent of the numbers have to be removed to be a normal player level. ”

This is the case in the era of running and bombing, and the player data in this background has also exploded, and Yang Di is one of the exemplars.

And Yang Di is already capable, and with such a system, he is like a fish in water, playing a series of jaw-dropping data, and moving towards the peak step by step.

Yang Di returned to the court in the 8th minute, and James led the Cavaliers to erase the difference.

James has a strong ability to lead the team, he is the kind of player who gives full play to his personal ability, and Yang Di's ability to lead the team is also very strong, but he is the kind of feeling that is almost invincible.

15 points in a single quarter, accounting for almost half of the Warriors' scores.

The most important thing is that after Yang Di returned to the court in the second quarter, he continued his good form in the first quarter, first receiving the ball in the low post and hitting Marshall with his back alone, and then breaking through James head-on, hitting a jumper shot, and scoring 4 points in a row to directly stop the Cavaliers.

Mike Brown arranged the bag and clamp tactics, and Yang Di continued to chisel the inside of the knight in the low post, and there were many people, and his arm waved and immediately made a foul.

Young started scoring points from the free-throw line, causing great damage to the Cavaliers.

James is also strong, but he is not as destructive as Yang Di, which is the essential difference between inside players and outside players.

Both teams played similarly in the backcourt today, and the young Gibson was able to form a rivalry with Ray Allen, in the first half alone, Gibson had hit 3 three-pointers, you know, the Cavaliers only made a total of 5 three-pointers.

The Warriors are just one point ahead of the Cavaliers at 55-54.

At halftime, expert commentators were all impressed by the performance of the Cavaliers today, the Cavaliers have changed a lot, today's offense is the best in these days, the balance between offense and defense has been achieved, and in addition to James, many role players have also stepped up.

This is the strength of the Cavaliers as a whole, and if you want to beat the Warriors, you have to play as a team.

It looks like the whole team is really playing efficient basketball, after all, the whole team scores evenly.

But those who really watch the game know that all of the Cavaliers' offense relies on James, just like the Warriors did in the second half of the last game, putting all their hopes on one point, a little strong makes the team strong, and a little weak makes the team weak.

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James sat in the locker room, a tired look on his green face for the first time ever.

It's really too tiring, the Warriors' wheel battle consumes too much, Danny Granger, Ariza, Barnes, Yang Di, especially the latter two, although the alignment time is not long, but one is an old fritter, and the other is the inside line whose strength is still above him, and the consumption of the confrontation is even greater.

In the last round, he played the Pistons a little too strongly, and this round met a strong opponent like the Warriors, Rao is an iron man like him, and he obviously felt a little exhausted.

This is still the midfielder, and there is a worry in James' eyes, if he continues to play like this, it is estimated that it will collapse in the third quarter before the last quarter, but if he doesn't play like this, it may be spent in the first half.

"Is there really such a big gap in strength?"

A trace of unwillingness flashed in James's eyes, for the first time in his life, in the fourth season of his career, after four years of hard work, he touched the edge of the O'Brien Cup trophy for the first time, and he was really unwilling to pass by like this.

James has asked himself more than once, what is the meaning of the player's self-worth, last season, he looked at Yang Di who lifted the championship trophy, he told himself that the player's self-worth realization is to win the game, and the best result in a season is undoubtedly the championship, and the career of a player who does not win the championship is not perfect.

What kind of lineup does the Cavaliers need, or what reinforcements do they need, to beat the Warriors?