Chapter 842: Too Real
As soon as O'Neal's words fell, Jokic got the ball thrown by Love, and the Pelicans directly played defensive counterattack.
Holiday received a long pass from Jokic in the backcourt and caused a defensive foul on Irving, making both free throws.
Coming back, James held the ball and rushed to the basket, and this time he shot in the bag between Davis and Jokic, and the basketball smashed out of the frame.
Davis protected the defensive rebound, the Pelicans counterattacked again, and Tang Tian scored another 2 points on a fast-break layup in the frontcourt.
6 to 0.
Lue's last game of attacking the Pelicans' interior worked wonders, but after Davis returned, he looked a little stupid to use it again.
This is also a characteristic of Lu, a tactical genius, but not a handsome talent.
These rounds became a microcosm of the Cavaliers' half.
They were like infantry armed with long knives, charging to the Pelicans' position in the face of a hail of bullets.
As a result, not only did they not rush to the position, but they lost their position in the opponent's counterattack.
At the end of the first half, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by as many as 20 points, 60-40.
If it weren't for James playing the full half and giving the Cavaliers some advantage in the first and second quarters of the bench, the margin would have only been even greater.
In the second half, that didn't change.
Lou didn't look stubborn, but he didn't seem to be flexible, and the Cavaliers' charge continued the whole time.
As a result, the game was over by the end of the third quarter.
In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Cavaliers 118-93 at home to tie the series at 1-1.
Tang Tian played three quarters and easily got a triple-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
James's pre-game fighting spirit finally turned into a loneliness at the end.
The course and outcome of this game are completely different from the first one.
Before the game, many media and fans thought that the Pelicans would win, but they definitely didn't expect it to win so easily.
"It turns out that the Pelicans lost the first game really because of the absence of Davis......"
"All the players will be hanged, it's too real......"
"It's really not to blame the Cavaliers, look at the Warriors next door, the Cavaliers took advantage of Davis' absence to win a game, and they have already earned it."
"I feel sorry for my emperor, it only took three days from heaven to hell, and life is really up and down!"
"Anyway, I think Lu really can't do it, knowing that Davis is coming back and rushing to the inside, he directly rushed himself to death!"
"Lou is an idiot! It's not going to be flexible at all, and the Cavaliers shouldn't fire Blatter! ”
"That's it, James didn't stop for a minute, it's a ghost to win like this!"
"Tsk! Anyway, the last win relied on Lu's tactics, right? The wind has changed dramatically in this one? ”
"Winning is LeBron's bullshit, losing is the coach's stupidity, isn't this a regular operation?"
"Too real, too real......"
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A game that caused a lot of squabbles among fans on social media.
However, it can be felt that although only two finals have been played, the Cavaliers' championship situation has become less optimistic.
After the first two games, the two teams moved to Cleveland to face the next two games.
"We need to do some targeted defense against LeBron, like we did in the regular season."
Not long after arriving in Cleveland, Brown made a proposal to Stevens.
The Cavaliers won the opener and snatched home-court advantage from the Pelicans.
For the Pelicans to get it back, this one must be won.
The results of the last game show that the Pelicans are better overall than the Cavaliers, but that does have something to do with Lu's inability to be flexible.
If there is a tactical adjustment in this game, it is difficult to say the outcome of the game.
Brown, James' mentor's advice, is to make the Pelicans more confident of winning this crucial battle.
Stevens adopted, the first two games of Irving and Love played averagely, locking James as a key point, and the Pelicans will face a big head-on.
After a three-day break, Game 3 of the Finals officially kicked off at the Quickfinance Arena in Cleveland.
In this game, Lu finally reacted and did not charge at the Pelicans inside.
This change is a good thing for the Cavaliers, but it is the hardest game for James since he entered the Finals.
Push to the left, don't let the breakthrough, cut off contact with teammates...... The Pelicans' various extremely targeted defenses made James particularly uncomfortable.
The little emperor has already scolded Brown a hundred times in his heart.
However, the game did not spent, and after James was restricted, Irving played unexpectedly well.
He frequently hit shots from the outside, and he also broke into the basket in a row to make it 2+1.
And, importantly, when it comes to the Cavaliers' home court, whistle tendencies become particularly apparent.
The Pelicans are tough defensively, but a lot of times that toughness is blown out of the way to fouls.
Ariza and Holiday were both deeply affected by fouls and had fragmented playing time.
Relying on Irving's strength and also relying on the home whistle, despite James' poor performance, the Cavaliers are still deadlocked with the Pelicans.
Lou was emotionally charged on the sidelines.
According to the NBA's official statistics, when the two teams are tied 1-1 in the playoffs, the team that wins the third game has a 78% chance of winning the series.
If the Cavaliers can win this home court, the hope of winning the championship will become very high.
And at the moment on the hotline, some fans have already started spraying.
The point they spray is naturally the penalty of the game.
This home whistle is a little too obvious, and it has already revealed all those thoughts of the league.
Cleveland, an inspirational city, is an inspirational story of James returning to the Cavaliers to lead the team to win the championship, and the penalty looks like a script to make the game go off the line!
In the midst of a rush of scolding, the fourth quarter of the game quickly began.
That is, in this section of the game, all the squirting sounds are gone.
Not because the referee suddenly changed the penalty scale, but because in this section, Tang Tian dominated the game.
In the last game, because of the easy win, Tang Tian didn't play for a long time, which was a very good recovery opportunity for him.
You must know that since the beginning of the Western Decision, he has been constantly carrying, not to mention physical consumption, and his physical function must be tired.
But the last game gave him a full rest, and this one was full of energy to the final quarter, and he finally ushered in an outburst.
Whether it is Smith's single defense, James's single defense, or two or three people's bags, Tang Tian is like entering a no-man's land, taking what he wants.
Fans immediately saw the Tang Tian who scored 27 points in a single quarter on the Spurs last season and 66 points in a single playoff game against the Warriors this season.
He also showed the fans one thing, James is very strong, but he is really more awesome than the Soaring Points, or the Swingman of the Guard.
He hit 11 of 12 shots in this quarter, scored 25 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and led the team to a 35-23 single-quarter score and won the game in one fell swoop.
The referee can blow the Pelicans' foul on the defensive end, or he can not blow the foul of the Cavaliers player on Tang Tian, but he can't blow Tang Tianjin's ball away.
Because the ball is thrown in.
In the end, Tang Tian scored 50 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists to help the Pelicans defeat the Cavaliers 117-103, winning two consecutive victories while also rewriting the score to 2-1.
"25 points in a single quarter every day kills the game, which is very ......"
This has become the most common emotion of fans after the game.