O'Neal goes to the free throw line.

The free throw was missed, and the rebound was picked up by Howard.

Nelson holds the ball across half court and finds Howard to block it.

Howard sat down on the floor for a while, and he really calmed down, and came out directly when he saw the beckoning.

After taking it apart, Nelson gave the ball to Howard, who raised the fire and tried to dunk the ball across Beverley.

The eyes of the fans at the scene were excited.

Separate people and buckle violently!

"Bang!"

At this moment, O'Neill saw the opportunity, exerted force from the side, jumped up and slapped the ball directly out of the field.

The referee blows the whistle and signals for a throw-in.

Howard, who had finally calmed down, suddenly flares up again, and walks up to the referee to signal that he has just beaten up.

The referee ignored it and let the Magic take the throw-in.

There was boos from the audience.

Howard's protests had no effect and he had to return to the court.

The sideline ball was sent, Carter gave the ball in, Howard took the ball and sent it with brute force to O'Neal, but he didn't move, and the ball didn't grasp it firmly and went directly out of the bottom line.

Possession of the Cavaliers.

He shook his head and walked to the backfield, but his eyes kept shaking his head at the referee.

It feels like it's a home game, it's an away game!

At this moment, the replay of the ball just now was shown on the LED screen of the scene.

The fans at the scene also looked up, and the corners of their mouths booed.

But the slow motion shows that O'Neal judged the ball very accurately, first the ball and then the hand, a standard block.

The referee made the right decision.

The fans were a little embarrassed, and Howard didn't shake his head.

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh at this time.

A dunk from a person, a flying block.

O'Neill is not old enough to fight, he just has limited physical strength and can't play like this all the time.

The words on Wallace's plane really provoked old O'Neill.

He's still the shark.

Howard played elbows everywhere, and the more he played, the more he played, and in front of O'Neal Sr., he looked like he was back in his rookie days.

And without Howard's dominance on the inside, the Magic's outside is still difficult to play.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Magic 107-95 to win the first game of the series.

James had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Louis Williams 16 points, Artest 13 points and 5 boards, and Rasheed Wallace 12 points and 3 boards.

Of course, the biggest contributor to the victory in this game was O'Neal, who played a game-high 29 minutes since the playoffs, not only limiting Howard well, but also scoring 19 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks.

At the end of the game, O'Neal Sr. was interviewed by a reporter on the sidelines after many years.

James didn't know where to find a glass of water, and poured it directly on his round bald head.

O'Neal turned around and ran after James for the whole court, and the scene was quite harmonious.

Tang Tian is in a very good mood, if the old O'Neal can suppress Howard, then the advantage of this Cavaliers team over the Magic team is not smaller than that of last year's Rockets.

The first game ended, because there were many veterans in the team, and the second game was two days later, Tang Tian did not arrange training in the morning of the second day, and only had a basic training in the afternoon.

He had a rare sleep, and went to the training hall at noon, the players were already seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, and Casey was chatting with Kassel about something.

He walked over and patted them on the shoulder, smiling.

"Shaq's ankle is swollen."

Casey's words made his smile freeze in an instant.

Damn it!

He shouldn't have been beaten for so long the first time!

O'Neill insisted on playing, and when he saw that the effect was good, he let him play, but he didn't expect that there was still a problem.

"Let's train first, and then have a regular meeting after practice." Tang Tian quickly regained his expression.

After going through so much, this kind of thing just made him confused at first.

During training, he asked the team doctor to find out the situation.

This time O'Neill's condition is worse than the last one, and he will probably have to rest for a week to recover.

A week, that is, at least 3 games will be missed.

And even if he comes back from injury, he can't play like he did in the first game.

Do you want to use honor points?

But this is only the semi-finals, and the system of picking and searching has been pretending to be dead, if there is any other trouble in the future......

He looked at Brown again as he was training on the field.

With 2 honor points, Brown's strength has improved significantly, but there is still a gap with Howard.

After the training, Tang Tian convened the coaching staff for a regular meeting.

"Shall we give up positional warfare and fight against the Magic? The fast break is our forte, and if you run, as long as you limit the number of times Dwight can catch the ball, you still have an advantage on the court. Kassel gave his advice.

"There are a lot of veterans and newcomers on the team, so it's easy to disrupt your rhythm when playing like this, and Dwight is so athletic that it's hard to limit him from receiving the ball." Casey followed.

Casey only rejected Cassel's proposal, but did not give a suggestion, and it was clear that he did not have a good solution.

The other assistant coaches were also silent, and they were even less adept at the tactical level.

In front of the Magic's ability to play today, Howard's importance is self-evident, and it is also a headache for other teams.

After all, there is only one Yao Ming in this alliance.

After the regular meeting, I still didn't find a suitable solution.

After the start of the game the next day, Howard had a clear advantage on the inside, and Carter ushered in an explosion, and the Cavaliers finally lost the game 96-101.

Howard had 30 points, 19 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Carter had 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

With questions in mind, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland.

A 1-1 score is hardly reassuring, but the bigger problem than the score is Howard.

In fact, Carter Sr.'s outburst is not unrelated to Howard's containment on the inside.

Back at the Cleveland house, Hathaway had already prepared a meal for him to come back and eat.

But unlike before, this is a table of Chinese food.

More spare time gives Hathaway more energy to love her man.

"This one is a little salty, this pepper is too much, this oil is too much......"

Tang Tian knew that Hathaway would not give up easily, so he did not reserve his opinion.

Of course, although the food tasted a little worse, he still ate it all.

After dinner, the two of them sat on the sofa, Hathaway snuggled in Tang Tian's arms, and the two of them watched...... Footage of the game.

Brown is not inferior to Howard in confrontation, but his movement ability and reaction speed are much worse, which cannot be changed by the improvement of basketball IQ.

"Why is that guy so bad at free throws?" More than halfway through the video, Hathaway suddenly spoke.

Because of Tang Tian's work, he will always watch videos from time to time after he goes home, and Hathaway, a supermodel in the world, is about to become half a basketball fan.

"What did you just say?" Tang Tian turned his head suddenly.

"Free throws, that ball almost didn't touch the box just now." Hathaway continued.

"That's right!" Tang Tian slapped his thigh fiercely.

"Oops, you hurt me." Hathaway grinned.

Tang Tian realized that he was excited and slapped Hathaway's thigh.