Carlisle shouted at Kidd from the sidelines.

Kidd carried the ball to the frontcourt, signaled the weak side to open up space, then gave the ball to Butler on the outside, and then motioned for Nowitzki to pull out to block the pick-and-roll.

Butler blocked the pick-and-roll against Brown and hit a turn-back shot after an acceleration.

Brown defends well under the basket, but is still a bit inferior on the perimeter.

Three points after the block, an emergency stop after the break.

The Mavericks grabbed Brown and kept playing.

Not long after the game between the Cavaliers and Mavericks began, it turned into a head-to-head battle.

The first quarter played more than 8 minutes, and the two teams were tied at 26.

This is also the first time since the start of the Cavaliers season.

Before the game, the players of the Cavaliers felt that Tang Tian was a little worried, but after the game really started, they found that this was by no means alarmist.

The game went into a bench period, with the Cavaliers leading the way with Paul and Stephenson, Artest, Anderson and Frye off the bench.

The Mavericks, on their side, brought on Terry, Marion, Peja Stojakovic and Haywood, leaving only one Stevenson in the starting lineup.

Paul scored a goal, the Mavericks turned around, and Terry went straight to Peja to block and hit a three-point shot from a pullback after facing Anderson.

Paul assisted Artest for a basket, but Terry blocked and broke through Anderson.

Tang Tian frowned at this time.

Caught Brown moving speed in front and grabbed Anderson on the bench.

Two years ago, he led the Rockets team to sweep Carlisle's Mavericks, but the Mavericks were so weak that Carlisle couldn't afford to cook without rice.

Now, the Mavericks have a full lineup, and Carlisle is finally having a meter.

This Carlisle with rice is really a bit difficult.

At the end of the first half, the two sides fought to a 66-all draw, and neither of them got any bargain from the other side.

"This Mavericks team is a lot better than last season." At halftime, Casey sighed to Tang Tian, he was the first assistant coach of the Mavericks last season, and he was the most intuitive about the changes in the strength of the Mavericks.

"We play small in the second half and let LeBron play against Dirk." Tang Tian never felt that this Mavericks team was weak, and said directly.

Coming back in the second half, the Mavericks' lineup did not change, and the Cavaliers replaced Anderson with Artest, and directly played a small lineup.

The small lineup was a big weapon for the Cavaliers to win the championship last season, and Tang Tian directly chose to enlarge the move.

"LeBron, you defend Dirk's shot, cover your face with your hands, interfere with his shooting sight, if he chooses to break through, Da Yao, you have to make up for it as soon as possible, if Yao makes up for it, LeBron you have to immediately switch to the basket, the advantage of a small lineup is speed, the offensive end is like this, and the defensive end is the same."

Before going on the field, Tang Tian pulled the players and admonished them.

If history really hasn't changed and the Mavericks finally reach the Finals, then the only two meetings in the regular season are his best testing ground, and winning is not only to gain experience, but also to win an advantage.

Coming back in the second half, the Cavaliers took the lead.

After the small lineup came up, the space of the Cavaliers was very open, and James faced Nowitzki and directly chose to break through with the ball.

The Mavericks' weak side of the defense couldn't be recovered, and James burst directly to the basket to score on the board.

Kidd carries the ball to the frontcourt, motions for Nowitzki to go high and then puts the ball in.

The Cavaliers didn't have a bag, and the other positions were watching their defenders closely, putting James to defend Nowitzki one-on-one.

Nowitzki leaned his back against James, turned around and chiseled hard.

Although James is a small forward, his height and weight do not account for much of a disadvantage, and Nowitzki did not push up when he was holding his strength.

Nowitzki chose to turn around and lean back on the Golden Rooster Independence.

James scrambled to save, his hands blocking Nowitzki's shot.

"Bang!"

The ball was shot slightly off, and Yao Ming collected the defensive rebound.

Tang Tian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

In his previous game, the Mavericks won against the Heat, and Nowitzki seemed to be unable to figure it out, but he shot only 41.6 percent from the field, which was only a critical moment.

This may seem paradoxical, but that's the way it is, some players play well in the regular season but drop off when they come up in the playoffs, while others do the opposite and need a playoff atmosphere to get the groove out there, and Nowitzki falls into the latter category.

The Cavaliers played a fast break, and Paul assisted on Green's three-point shot.

After coming to the small lineup, Green's feel has finally been restored.

Carlisle was a little hesitant on the sidelines at this time, the Cavaliers have Yao Ming, and playing one big and four small rebounds is guaranteed, if the Mavericks play, it is impossible to play Nowitzki, but letting Nowitzki play the No. 5 position and Yao Ming are completely incompatible.

Tang Tian's lineup is pinching him to death.

Carlisle hesitated for a moment and replaced Stevenson with Terry, ready to attack more thoroughly.

Terry came on the court, and the Mavericks' positional battle was a little higher, but the Cavaliers' small lineup defended and counterattacked quickly.

In a few minutes, he directly beat the Mavericks 10-2, and the lead has come to as much as 8 points.

Carlisle was pacing on the sidelines for a while, and was about to replace Nowitzkibo in his last big four, when an accident suddenly occurred on the field.

Terry accidentally bumped into the latter's elbow while defending Green, who came off the court with his arm in pain and the team doctor confirmed it, and went straight to the locker room.

Green's injury came very suddenly, and Tang Tian turned around and walked back to the bench.

"Forest."

Instead of calling Stephenson, he called Jeremy Lin up.

Jeremy Lin was stunned for a moment, and when he was sure that it was him, he immediately stripped off his clothes and ran towards the technical table.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to grab him: "You defend Kidd, don't give Terry a chance to fight you alone." ”

Jeremy Lin nodded, and after he got on the court, he went directly to Paul to communicate.

The game was interrupted for a while to continue, and seeing the Cavaliers bring on Jeremy Lin, Carlisle called Terry back for a while.

There was a commotion among the fans at this time.

This is the first time that Jeremy Lin has appeared in non-garbage time.

Continue the Cavaliers' possession.

James missed Nowitzki's layup and Chandler picked up a defensive rebound.

Kidd pushed to the frontcourt, and the man who defended him was Jeremy Lin.

When he saw this, he directly stretched out his hand and motioned for Terry to come over and block the demolition.

"Don't change guards!" Tang Tian shouted from the sidelines.

Although Jeremy Lin's ability is a little worse, his ball quotient is very high, and he already knew it before listening to Tang Tian's advice before going on the court, and when he saw Terry coming, he directly dodged and grabbed a step out, flashing out from Terry's side.

Terry blocked the gap and tried to make up for it, but he hit Jeremy Lin's shoulder and knocked him to the ground.

The referee on the sidelines blew the whistle and signaled for Terry to move the pick-and-roll.

There was boos from the audience.

Jeremy Lin sat on the ground and waved his arms excitedly, completely forgetting that he had just been knocked down.