James' first free throw missed.

A short whistle sounded from the sidelines, and the Rockets made a big rotation at front.

James made the second free throw.

The Suns are down 6-8.

Paul holds the ball and advances to the frontcourt.

Seeing Paul and Yao Ming playing blocking and dismantling, Gentry waved his big hand on the sidelines, and the Suns also played shrink defense.

Paul reacted quickly and immediately distributed the ball to Carter, who was open on the outside.

Carter's three-point opportunity.

"Bang!"

His first attempt after coming out was missed.

Gortat jammed Yao Ming, and Frye picked up a defensive rebound.

James went to the front court and fell low.

However, the Cavaliers did not use Carter to match at this time, but let Artest go up.

Tang Tian signed Artest, in addition to strengthening his strength, but also to prevent other teams from losing a player to defend against James.

The result was wrong, which still made the two teams on top.

Artest has gone through most of the season, and his form has gradually recovered, although the speed is impossible to go back, but the confrontation and the feeling on the field have slowly recovered.

James' back-to-back, continuous hard chisels didn't find the right opportunity.

He turned around and switched from the basket to the frame.

It was at this point that Carter began to recycle from the bottom corner.

It was still a slightly lame dribble, but when James accelerated up a step, he still gave Artest over.

But Carter had already retracted by this time, directly on his breakthrough route.

However, James was really tough enough to directly use his body to fight and knock Carter away.

Carter's outstretched cover hit James' hand directly.

James continues to go to the free throw line.

It's still two free throws and one hit.

His free throws were not too stable, and he was targeted by the Cavaliers, and his physical exertion was not small.

Paul dribbled to the front court and continued to single out Nash.

The continuous change of direction was one step, and when he got to the basket, he attracted Gortat to help defend and threw the ball directly above the basket.

Yao Ming jumped up to take the ball, and scored with a light basket after landing.

After Tang Tian instructed the success rate of the game, the Cavaliers' shots were more concentrated in the hands of Paul and Yao Ming.

The Suns' offense, James asked for the ball to play Artest on the outside.

Artest sticks very tightly, in fact, before going on the court, Tang Tian has an additional advice: whether you can prevent it or not, but you must go all out to consume James's physical strength in every round.

James opted for a break down the right.

The Cavaliers' entire perimeter defense has contracted.

Before the bag was in place, he opted for a mid-range jumper.

"Bang!"

The shot was obviously heavier, and the rebound was steadily closed by Yao Ming.

The continuous physical exertion, coupled with the constant going to the free throw line, has clearly affected his hand.

Paul dribbled to the front court and singled Nash, and this time he shook Nash and shot a foul on Gortat's beater.

Gentry replaced Nash with Telfer at this point.

After James took over the lead in the offense, Nash was basically useless on the offensive end, and was caught by the Cavaliers on the defensive end.

Paul hit both free throws.

The Cavaliers led 11-7.

James held the ball in the front court, he knew that he didn't feel good, this time he directly made a kill, took the ball like carrying an explosive bag, borrowed a step from Frye to block and dismantle, and pressed Carter to rush directly to the basket.

Artest didn't care about Frye at this time, and turned around and went to the bag.

James opted to give the ball to Fry at the top of the circle, and Fry received a three-point opportunity.

However, Paul had already rotated by this time, and Frye hesitated to distribute the ball to Telfer.

Telfer didn't have three points, and directly chose to break through with the ball.

Carter switched out and interfered before Telfer threw a shot.

"Bang!"

Telfair's shot was missed, and Artest and James got into a hand-to-hand fight and got stuck in position to close the defensive rebound.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to applaud his team members at this time.

Not only prevented the Suns' offense, but also consumed James's physical strength, the Cavaliers' defense in this round perfectly achieved his strategic intentions.

The next game almost became a live teaching for the head coach who defended James.

The Cavaliers' fronts, Butler, Battier, Artest, Carter, and even Parsons and Green, are going up one by one to consume James, or find hand-to-hand combat, or directly wrap up.

It's standard wheel warfare.

James is at the peak of his physical strength, but after all, he is not iron-clad, and these few of the Cavaliers are basically all muscles.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Suns 52-42.

The lead is not much, but the Suns are almost James alone, and at the end of halftime, the 27-year-old even gasped for breath, which is very rare in his entire career.

In the second half, the Cavaliers' tactics remained the same.

The Suns, on the other hand, are still James' single-core style of play, and the role players are also very limited.

The unbridled hand-to-hand combat finally took effect after halftime, James' scoring efficiency plummeted, and the Suns were directly beaten in the third quarter.

The Cavaliers beat the Suns 30-15 in a single quarter, directly stretching the margin to 25 points.

Throughout the fourth quarter, James watched from the sidelines, biting his nails and looking confused.

He scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first three quarters, and his performance was very good, but the weakness of the Suns themselves still made him feel powerless when he returned to the original Cavaliers.

And the Cavaliers also completely beat Tang Tian's strategy, and directly killed James, an old man, with random punches.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Suns 103-77 at home and ushered in their first win since the All-Star break.

Paul played well, scoring 26 points, 10 assists and 4 steals, and was the absolute MVP of the game.

Yao Ming also contributed 20 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Carter and Artest each scored 14 points.

A big victory finally gave a temporary conclusion to the boiling James turmoil at the beginning.

Without James, this Cavaliers team is still going strong.

And winning such a key battle has also greatly improved the morale and tacit understanding of the Cavaliers players.

It's like playing a game, and a big boss is defeated, and the experience points are skyrocketing.

Riding on this momentum, the Cavaliers have launched a wave of five consecutive wins.

And in these 5 games, the average net win over the opponent is 20+, and after the turmoil calmed down, this Cavaliers team once again showed a champion temperament.

After this wave of 5 consecutive wins, the time came to March 10.

It was a normal matchday in the past few seasons, but it has changed its meaning because of the previous shutdown.

This day is the league's trade deadline for this season.