At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, fans are too nervous to watch.

"Unbelievable, he hit again, and it was another whistle, 104:103, and the Cavaliers won the away game."

"He's fantastic, New York All-Star, I'm going to vote for him."

"The Cavaliers are also on a nine-game winning streak, and they're on a roll."

The Thunder's home court was quiet, with only the commentators getting excited.

With a team-high 22 points, seven rebounds and four assists, Zhang Xiaotian's performance was impeccable.

'Even if he's not there, we're going to keep winning, we're a very strong team, our team-mates are good, all we have to do is keep going until we win the championship.'

'I don't hesitate to step up to any difficulty in the team, and I can do it.'

In the post-game interview, Zhang Xiaotian also showed confidence.

In contrast, the pressure on the Thunder has become even greater, as they have had a bad start to the season due to injuries and now lose to the Cavaliers without James, and they will have to work harder to get out of the situation.

'He's a very strong player and we've made a lot of mistakes but we're not going to go down.' Durant answered reporters' questions with a loud voice.

The next day back-to-back games against the Pelicans, James and the team joined up in New Orleans.

James's body is different from ordinary people, other players have physical problems and have to adjust for a month, and he will be fine in about three days, which is also a kind of talent, or the kind that everyone envies.

The team won the game without him, and while praising his teammates, James couldn't sit still.

The Pelicans' current results are not bad, hovering around the eighth place in the West, but it is already a good improvement from last season.

This time against the Cavaliers, the Pelicans didn't continue to fiddle with their three-guard formation.

In fact, it was also forced, Gordon's injuries have been a bit recurrent, and Luke Babbitt who started this time is a white forward who is a laggard in defense, and they really don't have a suitable small forward.

The opposing player is not good defensively, and I believe every player likes it.

Although James claims to have rested from injury, he is actually still stronger than a cow.

At the beginning of the game, James faced Luke Babbitt's defense thinner than paper, scoring with all sorts of ease.

Similarly, Anthony Davis played Vallejo with ease.

The two of them directly began to score points, how to fight, how to have.

The score was also deadlocked, but with more than seven minutes into the first quarter, Anthony Davis was injured in a scramble.

This is the pelican baby, and he immediately changed it.

Without Anthony Davis, the Cavaliers still feel like they have an advantage, and the time is just in time to enter the rotation period, and the current situation of the Cavaliers' main force does not seem to need to be so desperate.

But the Cavaliers' substitution action protested, and they just couldn't fight.

No one scored, Ryan Anderson on the Pelicans' side felt as hot as last time, Rivers Jr. also had a brilliant performance, Waiters on the Cavaliers side still disappointed, Dellavedova and Joe Harris also had a bad hand, and David Blatter even tried to use James Jones.

While others were playing hard with bad hands, Vitesse was absent-minded, and head coach David Blatter was furious and threw Vitesse on the bench, not intending to give him another chance.

There's a reason why Vitesse isn't active, he gets the grapevine that the Knights are peddling him.

Vitesse was hurt, he was so talented that the team was going to sell him.

This is the performance of this buddy's lack of emotional intelligence, not to mention that the news has not yet been confirmed, even if the team is about to sell him, he must perform well to increase his chips.

It's a win-win situation when the team sells for a good price, and he can go to a team that values him.

With his talent, it's still okay to go to the average team and do a second or third point.

If the opponent lacks core players, the Cavaliers will fall behind.

The Cavaliers weren't in a hurry, and James scored 21 points in the first quarter, but he definitely had some minor physical problems that David Blatter didn't dare to use as usual.

Otherwise, if he was really injured, he would have to spray James' fans to death.

The Cavaliers bench is not strong, the Pelicans just have no one to use, and as a result, Luke Babbitt has to continue to stay on the court, just like scoring points for James.

Relatively, Zhang Xiaotian's Tyrek Evans is much more difficult to deal with.

After switching back to the main force, the Cavaliers quickly overtook the score, but in the final moments, Ryan Anderson hit consecutive three-pointers to turn the score over.

The other party is missing a core, and they haven't won it strongly, Zhang Xiaotian can be regarded as having experienced the mood of yesterday's thunder.

At halftime, the Cavaliers reworked their defensive strategy and focused on the perimeter, focusing on Evans and Ryan Anderson.

If you can't keep up with the inside, then change the defense, or play one big or four small.

Although Ryan Anderson has height, he basically floats outside the three-point line, and the defensive effect of outside players may be better.

In the second half, the Pelicans also strengthened their defense, mainly for Love.

Lefu also played well in the first half, and it was basically due to the misplay.

As for James, the Pelicans have basically given up on treatment, at most inside defense.

As a result, at the beginning of the second half, the styles of the two sides changed, from fighting offense to fighting defense.

The Cavaliers should have been able to tear apart the Pelicans' defense, but Irving had a surprisingly poor hand, not hitting a single shot in the first half, and still missed in the third quarter.

Vitesse was sullen on the court, how could he be so miserable if he had an opportunity like Irving, and the poor kid probably didn't know why the team didn't give him more chances.

Irving didn't spend, Lefu was focused, and Zhang Xiaotian focused on defense, in this case, it was extremely difficult for the Cavaliers to chase points.

James was also depressed, slashing points on Luke Babbitt's head again and again.

When communicating with the coach, he said that he can play more if he is not in good health, but James' health is definitely more important than a game.

Zhang Xiaotian also persuaded: "LeBron, you can sit back for a while, I will tear up their defense." ”

James was speechless, "It's like you can't play on top of me." ”

By the start of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers had trailed by seven points.

The first time Zhang Xiaotian received the ball, he showed an offensive attitude.

He took a step inside and pulled it up, just like Durant.

He doesn't have Durant's height, but the combined reach of his strength makes it very difficult for either Evans or Rivers Jr. to interfere with him.

The point is, his previous performance confused the Pelicans' defense.

In three minutes, the Cavaliers went from trailing by seven points to just one point, and the Pelicans were forced to make adjustments.