The finals are about to begin, and experts and the media are starting to predict as usual.

The results were surprising, and almost everyone was bullish on the Pelicans this year.

"LeBron and his Cavaliers are strong, but the Pelicans are clearly the stronger team that is in better shape."

O'Neill is outspoken on TNT.

"I can't find any reason why the Pelicans lost the Finals, the Cavaliers are close to the Warriors at most, and the Pelicans swept them."

ESPN columnist Kyle Pelton analyzes it this way.

"It's going to be a tough game, but it's going to be the Pelicans on the winning side, that's a fact that everybody can see."

FOX Sports columnist Jenson Whitlot used this description in his analysis of the news section.

Not only the media, but in the pre-game fan vote, more than eighty percent of fans believe that the Pelicans will win the final championship.

And in score predictions, 4-1 is considered the most likely scoreline.

When the Pelicans won 74 games, fans were shocked and felt that there was a lot of luck in it.

But the strength of the playoffs immediately made their thoughts completely disappear.

The Pelicans are strong, it's as simple as that.

The Finals are just around the corner, but there's bad news for the Pelicans.

Davis' recovery has been slower than expected and he will miss Game 1 of the Finals.

I don't know if it's because of this, when the outside world is optimistic about the Pelicans, when the spinach website gives the opening game odds, the Cavaliers' odds are lower than the Pelicans.

On June 2, U.S. time, the opening game of the finals officially kicked off at the New Orleans Arena.

The scene was crowded, and commentators from various countries were also in place for the first time.

Not only the United States, but also China across the ocean, as well as the whole team, countless pairs of eyes are gathered in this game.

Because they are in different regions, the two teams have met twice in the regular season, and the Pelicans have won both.

But the regular season is just the regular season, and that kind of game doesn't have much reference in the finals.

In which direction the finals of the two sides will go, the opening game is the most important.

Davis didn't play as he said before the game, but he still came to the bench in a suit to cheer on his teammates.

After the pre-match warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the starting lineups of both sides were also released one after another.

On the Cavaliers' side, Irving, James and Love are all in the lineup, plus Mozgov and J.R. Smith.

If you want to say that the change of the Cavaliers after Lue coached, it is to completely liberate the team's offense, and Smith has replaced Shambert as the team's starter.

On the Pelicans' regular lineup, Aminu continues to replace Davis as the starting power forward.

Mozgov jumped over Jokic to officially kick off the Finals.

Irving came up and borrowed Mozgov to block Jokic and hit the lever under the basket to score a layup.

Tang Tian shook off Smith's emergency stop and pulled back the color.

Coming back, James picked up Mozgov's breakaway and forced the basket, causing a foul on Aminu's beater.

"The Cavaliers played smartly and with a lot of purpose."

As Kenny Smith said in the commentary booth, the Cavaliers knew that Davis couldn't play, so they grabbed the Pelicans inside in the opening game.

The Pelicans' 30-game comeback in the final game of the Western Conference finals was earth-shattering, but the impact of Davis' absence on the interior was also visible to the naked eye.

This point was seized by the tactical genius Lu.

Tang Tian borrowed Aminu's block and dismantle to make a quick stop and enter again from the middle distance.

The Cavaliers' offense is fierce, but the defense is poor, and the Warriors are really a bit too much.

However, the beautiful goal was blown by a late whistle and the referee on the sidelines signaled for Aminu's move to cover.

There was boos at the scene.

The whistle came too late.

The opening few rounds became a microcosm of the whole game.

Tang Tian's condition is as good as when the West Finals, but the Cavaliers' style of playing on the inside makes them not fall behind.

And the most important thing is the Pelicans' home court, but the referee's whistle is clearly in favor of the Cavaliers playing on the road.

Jokic picked up his sixth foul of the game with five minutes left in the fourth quarter, and the game was decided.

The Cavaliers eventually defeated the Pelicans 116-106 to claim their first win in the Finals.

James played the whole game, scoring a triple-double of 40 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and his performance was quite strong.

On the Pelicans' side, Tang Tian also scored 40 points, but he had no choice but to cut it.

Jokic had a good performance with a quasi-triple-double of 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, but was sent off five minutes before the end.

The Cavaliers surprised everyone by winning the opening game against the Pelicans, much to the shock of fans and the media.

"In the first game, he cut 40+ triple-doubles to lead the team to win, and LeBron deserves to be the first person in the NBA!"

"We all underestimate LeBron, who is not only the first man in the league, but also the greatest small forward in NBA history, and who wants a championship more than anyone else!

"My emperor slapped everyone's face, you should continue to look down on it, whether you are a warrior with 73 wins or a pelican with 74 wins, it is all my emperor's sword!"

"It turns out that my emperor's vision is right, what if you were wrong at the beginning, you will still be obedient!"

"My emperor is the one with the most hope of surpassing Jordan, Tang is weak!"

"This is the season of the reign, and our emperor will be crowned!"

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On social media, because of the previous bullishness about the Pelicans, fans of the Cavaliers and James did not dare to speak out.

Now that the Cavaliers have won the game, they are all jumping out and James is blown into the sky.

"We underestimated the Cavaliers, who could rely on offense to compete with the Pelicans."

Barkley expressed a different opinion than O'Neill on TNT's latest episode.

"Lue proved his strength, he knows very well that the Cavaliers' advantage is LeBron, and he also knows that the Pelicans' weakness is the interior, making full use of his strengths, grasping the opponent's weakness to the death, very simple, but very effective."

ESPN columnist Kyle Pelton analyzed the Cavaliers' tactics.

"The Cavaliers have proven their quality, this is not a Finals without suspense, and James has a good chance of winning a second championship!"

FOX Sports columnist Jenson Whitlot has changed his mind in his latest article.

The opener would have decided the entire series, and the Cavaliers won the opener, changing the perception of the outside world.

Now, the Cavaliers are the more favored side.

This is competitive sports, where the voice is always on the winning side and the pressure is always on the losing side.

Game 2 of the Finals will continue at the New Orleans Arena.

The Pelicans, who lost the opening game, lost their home-court advantage, and their recent situation is also the most concerned by the outside world.

On the second day of the open training session, the Pelicans training hall was almost surrounded by reporters.

However, to the surprise of reporters, although losing the opener and losing home-court advantage, the Pelicans looked in good spirits as a team, just like before the Finals.

And they also saw another figure, Davis, who didn't play on the court, also participated in a whole training session with the Pelicans.