The opening rounds have become a microcosm of the first quarter of the two teams.

James really supported Irving and gave Irving enough opportunities.

Irving's singles ability is also really strong, and once he is given the opportunity, he will go to the basket to score points.

In the first quarter alone, he personally contributed as much as 10 points.

But the Cavaliers didn't get the upper hand on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 25-24, and the Cavaliers led the Nets by just one point.

Tang Tian looked more relaxed on the sidelines at this time.

Fans are sometimes very subjective when they watch football, but most of the time their understanding of the players is relatively accurate.

Like Irving, his ability is indeed very strong, but not strong enough to change the game by himself, and giving him the opportunity that James originally had, the damage he could cause was still almost meaningless.

This would have been enough for the Eastern Conference teams, but they are now playing the Nets, the second-best team in the East, and the Nets are especially good at defense, so the Cavaliers were not able to pull away from the opening stage.

This was an adjustment made by the Cavaliers inadvertently, but it fell into Tang Tian's hands.

The words he said in the off-field interview, in fact, are what he wants.

Those words are half offensive and half true, James is too strong, and only by taking the ball out of his hands can the Nets have a better chance of winning.

Fortunately, he has been the head coach of James for more than two years, and he knows James's character better, and the current result has reached what he wants.

In the second quarter off the bench, the Cavaliers were led by Love, plus Dellavidova, Shampert, Jefferson and Fry.

On the Nets' side, Butler leads the team, plus Livingston, Booker, David West and Oden.

"We played well in the first quarter, but whether we can win the game depends on your performance at this stage, do your best, and tell our opponent that this is our home field!"

During the intermission, after Tang Tian finished arranging his tactics, he shouted loudly at his substitutes.

The Cavaliers are undeniably strong, but the Nets' only advantage is on the bench, so the next few minutes are especially crucial.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The fans at the scene watched the past two games and even this, and at the beginning of the second quarter, they also cheered for the home team.

Dilavidova pushed up front and gave the ball to the low post to Love, who sat in the low post to play West.

Love deliberately gained weight this season in order to swing the No. 5 position, in order to enrich the team's low-post tactics in the transition section.

However, West's strength and confrontation are stronger than Lefou's, and Lefou's back hit a few times and there is no chance.

The ball eventually returned to Delavidova, and Frye lifted it up to the pick-and-roll.

After the ball was dismantled, Delavidova broke through the basket, Yi Jianlian's defense followed very tightly, Dellavidova's layup was missed, and the rebound was accepted by Yi Jianlian.

Livingston got the ball up front and West held it in the low post.

Lefu couldn't beat West, but looking back, West was not worthy of Lefu at all, the hard chisel Lefu retreated again and again, and when he reached the penalty area, he directly turned around and hit the board to send the ball into the basket.

The confrontation is not just about weight, and Lefou's weight gain does not play to its advantage in this high-intensity competition.

West's goal also allowed the Nets to successfully overtake the score.

The three-point shot after Lefou's frontcourt block was deflected by Butler, and Yi Jianlian collected the defensive rebound.

Livingston dribbled to the front court, and gave the ball to West in the low post, West played again, Jefferson on the weak side came to help defend, West had already predicted, and threw the ball to Butler, who cut in the middle, and Butler received the ball and scored with both hands.

The Nets' offense on the court is flowing smoothly.

Tang Tian shouted on the sidelines to remind his teammates to retreat, but the happy expression on his face betrayed his mood at the moment.

West is the kind of player who can be an axis, and the Pacers with him and without him are completely two levels, which has been obvious in the first round of matchups, and now West has become the axis of the Nets' bench group, which is also the Nets' biggest advantage in the bench transition.

Dellavidova's three-pointers missed, Jefferson's layup missed, and the defensive rebound was picked up by West.

Blatter was a little unhappy with the team's defense at this point, and went to the sidelines to shout at the players to remind them of their defensive positions.

Livingston held the ball to the front court and wanted to put the ball West, but Love chose to go around the front at this time.

Although the confrontation was not dominant, he was large and reached out to interfere and did not let Livingston get the ball in.

However, the Nets are notoriously strong off the bench this season, and it is definitely not only West, Livingston immediately reached out to make a new tactical gesture, and Booker and Butler immediately ran for three points on the weak side.

Blatter's roar worked, and the follow-up of Shampert and Jefferson didn't give Booker and Butler a chance to shoot.

However, when the Cavaliers' defensive focus shifted to the outside three-pointers, West and Yi Jianlian quickly cut into the basket after dismantling the ball.

Livingston had excellent vision, shook his hand to give the ball to Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian received the ball and shook off Lefu and scored directly with one hand.

A burst of whistles and cheers from the fans rang out.

After coming back in the second quarter, the Nets beat the Cavaliers 6-0 and directly overtook by 5 points.

David Blatter, for his part, called a timeout in displeasure.

Tang Tian took the initiative to go to the sidelines to give his substitutes a high-five.

The play of the substitute group in this period is very important, not to mention the change in the score, that is, the momentum has taken advantage.

Coming back from the timeout, Blatter replaced Love with James.

After James came up, he forced a foul on Butler and went to the free throw line to renew the Cavaliers' points.

But after the Nets played this period of momentum, Livingston responded immediately with a step-back jumper that hit Dellavidova in the low post.

After a head-to-head battle, the Nets led the Cavaliers by six points at halftime, 59-53.

For the first time in the series, the Nets had the advantage in the half.

This result made the fans cheer, but it also made Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary box cry out.

James only took six shots in the half, which had something to do with the Nets' wrap-and-roll strategy, but it was less than in the previous game, while Irving took a full 13 shots.

This was clearly a key factor in the Cavaliers' downfall, but the Cavaliers and James didn't change after they came back in the second quarter and let that continue to happen.

Barkley and Smith are puzzled, but probably only people like Tang Tian who know James know.

If Kobe Bryant is a paranoid scorer, then James is a paranoid team player, unless he is really in a desperate situation, if there is a choice, he still likes to put the ball in the hands of the player with the best chance.

This is his personality trait, or it can also be said that his character is weak.