Lu was thinking about it, James broke through and sent a second pass, and Whiteside received the ball and squeezed Jokic away with both hands to score again.

5 to 10!

Whiteside took all the points the Cavaliers scored after the opening game!

In terms of bread-eating ability, he is much better than Mozgov and Tristan Thompson!

The 98 million still has an effect!

However, looking back, Tang Tian continued to take advantage of Whiteside's weakness of slow lateral movement, breaking through to the inside to assist Davis in the middle distance to score another 2 points.

Compared to the offensive end, Whiteside's unstoppable points are more lethal.

James continued to play breakouts and return Whiteside!

He also wanted to open up, and if Whiteside wanted to play on the court, he had to let him attack under the basket more.

Whiteside received the ball and continued to get up, and Jokic reached for the ball to stand.

His offensive means are single, there is no hook and no footwork, and he makes a strong shot after confrontation.

"Bang dang!"

The basketball smashes out of the frame.

However, he bounces quickly, and he has to grab offensive rebounds on his second jump.

At this moment, a figure rushed ahead of him and flew into the pocket with a rebound.

Tang Tian!

Jokic was slow to rebound, Davis was stuck by James, and the Pelicans, as in the previous rounds, struggled to protect defensive rebounds.

But the Cavaliers missed Tang Tian!

Tang Tian, who also needed to take the board last season, has improved his ability to judge the landing point of rebounds and defend rebounds after he has the skills of rebounding experts.

Combined with his height and bounce, he grabbed the ball before Whiteside!

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Whiteside grabbed offensive rebounds in a row before, and Tang Tian's rebound protection was quite timely!

Tang Tian won the rebound and directly played a defensive counterattack, Bojan and Holiday had already rushed out, and even Davis squeezed James forward quickly.

The Pelicans' defensive counter-attack was noticeably quicker than last season.

Whiteside still didn't have time to retreat, the Pelicans played 2 3 in the frontcourt, Tang Tian caught a crotch pass, and Holiday scored a layup after receiving the ball.

12-5, the Pelicans continue to extend their lead!

At this time, Lu stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips, his brows furrowed.

His heart is now extremely entangled.

After playing more than five minutes, the pros and cons of Whiteside against the Cavaliers were already clear.

His offensive rebounds and frontcourt dominance over Jokic were visible to the naked eye, but his defense was directly leaky when targeted.

You can't get out of the positional battle, and you can't retreat back when you defend against fast attack, this is not a round anymore.

Whiteside made a name for himself with the Pelicans, which means the Pelicans have a clear picture of his strengths and weaknesses!

And it's clear that the Pelicans are holding on to this after the opening!

It feels like saying, your 98 million is lost, your 98 million is really lost!

This also seems to echo Tang Tian's attitude before the game, and the Pelicans really didn't take Whiteside seriously.

Because it's not really a threat, it's their breakthrough!

This is also the point that Lue is struggling with, whether to keep Whiteside on the court.

If you continue to be on the court, it means that you will continue to be targeted by the Pelicans, but if you replace him, it means admitting that the biggest recruitment of the summer has failed!

And it's not a one-game thing, if the two teams meet again in the finals, Whiteside won't even be able to play for a minute!

Fortunately, the rotation time for this quarter was fast enough, and he didn't have to bother with it, bringing JR Smith and Tristan Thompson on the court, and letting them come on to replace Shampert and Whiteside.

Whiteside looked at Lou unhappily when he came off the court, he hadn't dunked yet!

Lew calmed him down for a while, then continued to look at the field.

22-11, the Pelicans have unknowingly widened the margin to double digits.

In the transition section of the bench, Delon on the Pelicans was still in average condition, and his two shots outside the three-point line were a little big, and he was counterattacked by the Cavaliers.

James on the Cavaliers' side didn't get off the court, and after the first quarter, the score was 28-20, and the Cavaliers were close to some point difference.

Stevens reacted quickly, seeing that Delon couldn't play, he replaced Holiday at the beginning of the second quarter.

The substitution worked, and that's when another Pelicans veteran, David West, stepped up.

Taking advantage of Davis' containment on the inside, he hit a mid-range jumper with back-to-back passes to help the Pelicans re-establish a double-digit advantage.

Seeing this, Lu was forced to replace James, who had only rested for a minute, back on the court, but Stephens also immediately replaced Tang Tian on the court!

You have your plan, I have my ladder over the wall!

In the opening game, Stevens didn't mean to release water at all!

The main forces on both sides have been on the field in advance, and this section has become a battle between the two sides.

James broke through to score a layup, and Tang Tian immediately made a quick stop jump shot and returned to the answerball.

Davis scored 2 points for a foul on a catch-and-go layup, and Irving immediately made a foul on the same breakaway.

In the attack, the defense of both sides is particularly important.

Whiteside didn't play much in the second quarter, and the Cavaliers' defense was as sloppy as it was last season.

On the Pelicans' side, despite the speed, the system is still there, and the Cavaliers played well on offense in this quarter, but the efficiency was obviously not as good as that of the Pelicans.

At halftime, the score was 60-46, and the Pelicans took a 14-point lead!

"Alvin Gentry has been a huge part of the Pelicans."

The pitch went into halftime and Kenny Smith continued his professional analysis.

The Pelicans scored 60 points in the half, which is a pretty high score.

Last season's Pelicans game felt like a balance of offense and defense, pursuing offensive and defensive efficiency, much like the Spurs.

However, this season's half-time look down, positional tactics have been simplified, increasing the speed and frequency of defensive counterattacks.

Although not as extreme as the Suns at the beginning, the team's offense has clearly improved.

The man who made this change happen was obviously the Pelicans' new No. 1 assistant coach, Alvin Jinterry.

And the change was quite successful in the first half.

Last season's Finals, the Pelicans won three straight games with the offense, which the Cavaliers do best, and now it looks easier than it was then.

Before the game, Whiteside said his addition would make the game easier.

Now it seems that he was only half right.

Because the team that won more easily was not the Cavaliers, but the Pelicans!

Coming back from halftime, Lue continued to put Whiteside in the starting lineup, and the Pelicans continued to follow the strategy of the first half, grabbing Whiteside to play.

The style of play of the two sides is the same as in the first half, the difference is that the Pelicans have an explosive outside touch in this quarter!

Tang Tian, Bo Yang, Holiday , Jokic, and even Davis all scored three points!

Lue saw that the form was not right and replaced Whiteside early, but it was too late!

In this quarter alone, the Pelicans threw in 8 three-pointers!

At the end of the third quarter, they also led the Cavaliers by as many as 24 points, 95-71!

Flood beasts pelicans!

This is Kenny Smith's evaluation of the Pelicans' style of play in the new season after watching this quarter!

Whiteside was extremely depressed off the field, he had all his strength, but he was useless!

And Lou doesn't trust him yet!