Chapter 844: 3 to 1
James scored another shot on a breakaway basket, and the Pelicans only used Davis to defend him alone, which allowed him to fully revive his performance.
But looking back, Tang Tian also broke through Lefu and made a layup to make it 2+1.
Compared with scoring ability, the current Tang Tian is obviously stronger than James.
Irving found his groove on the perimeter and hit a big three-pointer on James' pass.
But in the next round, Tang Tian passed to Bo Yang, who hit his second three-pointer of the game!
By Tang Tian's side, his three-point shooting ability can be maximized, which has been proven in the regular season.
James scored 13 points in the first quarter, and Irving also scored 10 points.
But Tang Tian scored 15 points and 5 assists, Bojan made 3 three-pointers, and Davis and Jokic also scored 6 points each!
The Cavaliers are shining with two stars, and the Pelicans are blooming across the board!
At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 13 points at 45-32!
The smile on Lu's face faded.
After the first quarter, he realized something terrible.
Simply fighting offensively, the Pelicans seem to be stronger than the Cavaliers!
In other words, the advantage of the Cavaliers is no longer an advantage in front of the Pelicans!
This is further confirmed in the second section.
James opened the second quarter to help the Cavaliers close the deficit to single digits.
But when the main forces of the two sides came back and the two sides attacked each other for a while, the Pelicans pulled the difference back to double digits!
At halftime, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 14 points, 72-58.
The Cavaliers are behind by the score, and to make matters worse, offense requires physical strength.
James is constantly attacking, and his physical exertion is obviously greater than in the previous game!
"It's reasonable to play like this, you have to play like this, the Pelicans should have played like this a long time ago!"
Zhang Weiping was also very excited in the commentary seat.
If you continue to play at this pace, the Pelicans will win tonight's game, no, the rest of the games will be won!
Intermission.
James sat on the bench panting.
To put it mildly, Lu is the coach who has coached him the most trusted him, and to put it mildly, Lu really killed him.
Except for the game where he was beaten and he didn't play in the last quarter, he really didn't stop for a minute in other games.
Lue came to the locker room and said some points that were destined for the second half of the game, but did not change his tactical thinking, and he had to continue to play against the Pelicans.
Just like the second game of hitting the inside for the whole game, Lu really didn't have much flexibility during the game.
"I'll take care of the defense, Kyry, Kevin, you guys will take care of the offense."
When Lew left, James took the initiative to speak to Owen and Love.
Owen and Lefu both nodded their heads one after another.
Lu didn't make any tactical adjustments, but as players, they also knew that they didn't have much chance of winning in such a matchup.
Coming back from half-time, neither side made any changes to their lineups.
Coming back in the second half, the Pelicans took the lead.
“defense! defense! ”
The situation was unfavorable, and the fans cheered for the Cavaliers in unison.
Tang Tian passed Davis in seconds, and Davis shook Lefu to make a move.
At this moment, James suddenly came out from the weak side and interfered with his shot.
Love protected the defensive rebound, and the Pelicans' offense came to naught.
The Cavaliers counterattacked, and Irving caused a defensive foul on Holiday on the counterattack, hitting both free throws to give the Cavaliers the lead in scoring.
Tang Tian's sudden shot to the basket was interfered with by James's defense, and Smith had a pulling action but the referee didn't blow it.
The Cavaliers took the ball and then counterattacked, and Irving burst to follow up with Love, who hit a three-point shot.
The Cavaliers came back in the second half to beat the Pelicans 5-0 and narrowed the margin to single digits!
The cheers at the scene continued.
In the first half, the Pelicans' offense overpowered the Cavaliers, but after the Cavaliers strengthened their defense, they pressed the Pelicans in turn!
“defense! defense! ”
The shouts of the fans at the scene became more energetic.
The Cavaliers are going to get on the ground.
Stevens walked to the sideline to call a timeout.
Tang Tian held the ball to the front court, signaled the No. 1 tactic, one or four blocks, and the others pulled away.
Davis's blocking and dismantling is very explained, and Tang Tian successfully changed to Lefou.
After changing direction and breaking through, Tang Tian's shot hit steadily and got the first point of the second half for the Pelicans.
The goal was a big morale boost for the Pelicans, who returned to the defensive end and managed to block Irving's breakaway layup.
The Cavaliers stepped back quickly and didn't give the Pelicans a chance to play a defensive counterattack.
When it came to the positional battle, Tang Tian continued to look for Lefu in a dislocation.
The Cavaliers fought a wave of counterattacks, and because of professional habits, he saw the Cavaliers' adjustment at once.
James was in charge of the defense, and Love and Irving were in charge of the offense.
James' defensive coverage is as good as Davis's, and the Cavaliers' adjustment is timely.
But no longer let James participate in the defense, and playing Lefu alone is the simplest and most effective tactic.
Playing Cousins against the Rockets and Curry against the Warriors, the Pelicans have accumulated enough experience in the previous games and are now very proficient.
The continuous shaking Lefu couldn't be prevented at all, Tang Tian hit the basket, and scored 2+1 in the face of Mozgov's co-defense.
After hitting the free throw, he personally played a wave of 5-0 offensive and helped the Pelicans open the score again!
The Pelicans want to attack, and the Cavaliers don't have to defend it!
Stevens gave up on the idea of calling a timeout.
Irving's driving layup missed, but the referee gave him a hairy whistle and he got two free throws.
He hit both free throws to help the Cavaliers keep the score going.
But looking back, Tang Tian suddenly attacked Lefu again, and saw that after James assisted in defense, a signature back pass was given to Bojan.
Bojan made his sixth three-point shot of the game.
"Huh!"
He hit his fourth three-pointer of the game!
The difference is 15 points!
In the first half, the two teams attacked and raised the state of the Pelicans, and the second passes sent by Tang Tian could basically be converted into points.
In this way, the problem that no other team solved in the regular season is back.
Wrap Tang Tian, Pelican teammates score, don't wrap Tang Tian, Tang Tian scores!
Like the swastika in "Grim Reaper", the Pelicans are now in a state of inexorability.
In this quarter, the Pelicans once again scored 40+ points, and after three quarters, they had already led the Cavaliers by as many as 25 points 113-88!
Lue's inflexibility is shown again in this section.
Tang Tian played a section of Lefu, but he was stunned and didn't replace Lefu.
The Cavaliers couldn't form an effective comeback in the final quarter.
In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Cavaliers 133-113 on the road!
Six Pelicans scored double-doubles, and Tang Tian scored a quasi-triple-double of 30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in the third quarter.
After losing the opener, they won three in a row, turning the big score into 3-1 and getting the series match point.
The next game of the Finals is in New Orleans, where the Pelicans will be hoping to lift their first championship trophy at home!