Tang Tian also laughed.

Harden has a superstar embryo, but now it's still a little worse than an old fritter like Carter.

And Carter beckoned a little skinny!

Brooks saw that the momentum was not right, and quickly reached out and called a timeout.

"Well done!" When Tang Tian waited for Carter to get off the field, he reached out and high-fived him, and he also praised him.

"Coach, I'm now possessed by my 24-year-old me." Carter was still amused and said with a smile.

Harden's calm handling of the ball made the Cavaliers dare not wrap up, and at this time, the single defense is very crucial.

In the first two games, I actually tried to let Butler defend, but it didn't work well.

Removing Carter from the starter is on the one hand to improve the strength of the starting lineup, and on the other hand, it is also to let Carter play against Harden as he did before.

Harden's skills are mature, unlike a third-grader, and only an old fritter like Carter can make it.

Unexpectedly, the old Carter did even better than expected.

This is absolutely good news for the Cavaliers.

After the timeout, the two sides were still playing on the bench.

Carter played hard, as if he was back in his rookie days, and Harden was obviously uncomfortable, with his performance plummeting on both ends of the floor.

Even accidentally, he was directly stolen by Carter one-on-one.

After Carter stealed, he rushed directly to the front court, and in the cheers of the fans at the scene, he once again staged a two-handed violent dunk.

Old Carter, who was running back, made a flying gesture with his hands.

For him, this is his chance to prove to Tang Tian that he is not old, and at the same time, it is all the effort he has made for a career championship.

The main force was clamped and couldn't handle the ball, and the substitute was pressed and beaten.

In their first game in Cleveland, the Thunder played completely lost.

At 103-89, the Cavaliers pulled one back at home, rewriting the big score to 1-2 and avoiding falling into a desperate situation of 0-3.

Durant had just 17 shots and had 19 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-17 shooting, Westbrook had 32 points and five rebounds on 12-of-26 shooting, but there were as many as six turnovers, and Harden was limited to 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting and only three assists.

Just like Tang Tian predicted, when only one person who restricts the Thunder team to score, and this person is still a point guard, it basically locks the opponent's offense.

On the Cavaliers' side, Paul and Yao Ming contributed 20+ steadily, and it is worth mentioning that Carter, who played 29 minutes off the bench and scored a team-high 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 10-of-14 shooting, which was quite good.

At the press conference after the game, Tang Tian attended with Carter Sr.

won the key game, including Tang Tian, and was in a very good mood.

"Vince, you didn't start today, how does it feel to be back on the bench?"

"Oh, that's cool, you see I just scored 26 points, which is my playoff high this year."

Carter was always funny, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he amused the reporters below.

"We saw you and James Harden fighting each other because of the media skepticism? We all know that a lot of people think that this season's Sixth Man of the Year should go to Harden. ”

The question wasn't that friendly, but Carter didn't care, and said with a smile: "Hey, man, it's not good for you to say that in front of my coach, it makes me feel like I didn't play the first two games." ”

The reporters were stunned for a moment, and then all of them, including the reporter who asked the question, laughed.

A Tai Chi directly resolved the embarrassment.

Tang Tian also gave a thumbs up to old Carter.

"One last question, the next game is crucial for the Cavaliers, can you carry that form over into the next game?"

Again, this is a sensitive issue.

"Of course." Carter's answer was straightforward.

After answering, he put his hand to his mouth, as if he was deliberately avoiding Tang Tian.

"I still want to compete for this year's FMVP." Carter said seriously.

After saying that, the reporter below immediately laughed again.

Tang Tian also shook his head, Old Carter, this is really a big treasure at the press conference.

"Don, you said Brooks, will he make the same adjustments as Spoelstra?" After finishing the press conference, Casey couldn't help but ask Tang Tian again.

Since experiencing the series with the Heat, he has an obvious admiration, or sense of dependence, for Tang Tian.

"Brooks is good at developing and uniting young players, he's a good coach, but tactics are his weakness." Tang Tian didn't answer positively, but he had already given an answer.

Casey nodded after listening to all the thoughts, and the comment was on point.

The Thunder's tactics are a bit similar to the Knicks, both are superstar singles, the difference is that the Thunder can play more people, and there are playmakers like Westbrook and Harden, which the Knicks can't match.

"Speaking of which, I'm suddenly a little curious, if you coach the Thunder, how terrifying will they become, will they be even more terrifying than our Big Three last season?" Casey muttered at this point.

Coaching the Thunder?

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Casey to suddenly say this.

The Thunder team all have special personalities, not to mention tactics, it is not easy to pinch them together.

That's why he said Brooks was a good coach.

"I'm not going to leave Cleveland." Tang Tian didn't answer directly.

Gilbert gave him so much power, and even left the matter of trading James to him, he really had no reason to leave here.

"I just think about it." Kessie also suddenly realized that this issue was a bit sensitive, speaking of several members of their coaching staff, this summer, including Tang Tiannei, the contract has expired.

Two days later, Game 4 of the series resumed in Cleveland.

Exactly like Tang Tian said, Brooks did not make any adjustments, the coach who studied under George Karl, at the tactical level, seems to have only learned the fixed rotation of Carl.

In the end, the Thunder were still exactly the same as the Cavaliers.

Durant's hand recovered, and he scored 34 points and 7 boards on 12-of-21 shooting, but Westbrook was very confused and hesitated in the face of the bag, and finally only got 9 points and 4 assists on 3-of-14 shooting, and there were as many as 6 turnovers.

Harden was still taught by Carter Sr., scoring 12 points, 4 assists and 3 turnovers on 5-of-15 shooting.

On the Cavaliers' side, Carter continued to explode, shooting 8 of 17 from the field, and once again hitting a team-high 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

After the game, Tang Tian suddenly felt that what Carter said at the press conference was not a joke, this was really going to FMVP?