But just when the two teams were at such a stalemate, an accident on the court directly broke the delicate balance between the two teams, and when there were still two and a half minutes left in the second quarter of the game, the Lakers' offensive opportunity, Ye Xuan controlled the basketball to the front court, and then handed the ball to Wade, Wade held the ball and directly let his teammates pull away, saying that he wanted to try his singles this round.

But Wade, who has old arms and legs, is obviously still careless in the face of Owen's defense, two consecutive feints did not shake the opponent away, but was almost robbed by Owen, Ye Xuan saw that he was ready to involve the opponent's defense by running here, and then help Wade break through, but when Ye Xuan rushed to the opponent's inner line without the ball, Wade's side made a mistake again, and after two feints failed, he directly chose to force a breakthrough, and the ball in his hand was directly knifed off by Owen.

After Irving broke off the ball, he immediately launched a fast break, the Lakers' side Solomon Hill and Clarkson were crazy to chase back, and the Cavaliers were Irving and James's two-line fast break, Irving took a few steps forward and then made a lateral transfer, sending the ball to James's hands, and James sent the ball back to Irving's hands after attracting Solomon Hill's defense, at this time Irving only needed a layup to end the battle, but he didn't know if it was because this series was too aggrieved, So I wanted to vent, and I actually chose to come to a one-handed split dunk, but the impact of the chasing Clarkson jumped up and blocked the impact of the block, so that Owen was a little reluctant to dunk and directly did not grasp the basket, after the two collided, Owen fell directly back ninety degrees and fell down, although Clarkson reluctantly used his hand to cushion Owen after landing here, but Owen obviously did not find the center of gravity, and still smashed straight on the floor.

The referee immediately blew the whistle, but Irving was already a little immobile at this time, the players of the Cavaliers immediately surrounded him, and the players of the Lakers also surrounded him.

At this time, the big screen at the scene also began to play back the series of actions just now, Clarkson's chase back cover actually has no superfluous movements, and after the two made physical contact in the air, Owen wanted to grab the basket with one hand to stabilize his body for the first time, but his hands were not completely stable, plus the impact of Clarkson's defense behind him was really great, so he directly broke up Owen's hand that grabbed the basket, and after the hand was released, Owen leaned back 90 degrees to fall down, This action was terrifying in the slow release of the defense, but fortunately, when he was about to land, Clarkson behind him barely reached out to help him cushion, so he didn't let his head hit the ground first.

But it is precisely because Owen was a little flustered after landing this time, so he wanted to find a support point after landing, but after his left foot landed, he was very flustered and found an angle in vain to stabilize his body, if Clarkson behind him could hold his head steady, then he was still stable, but Clarkson himself rushed over to block, and it was difficult enough to help you stabilize when he landed. Of course, there is not enough time and ability to help you steady, but after Owen's left foot landed, his upper body fell backwards again, and his foot just wanted to form a support angle with his head, and the result was that all the strength fell on his left foot, and his knee was already injured.

After watching the video, the referee has nothing to say, only to symbolically give Clarkson a foul, and the Cavaliers have nothing to say here, the video has basically restored the incident, although the ball does have a certain relationship with Clarkson's recovery block, but Irving himself is also responsible for forcing the dunk and the handling after landing.

James comforted Owen first, and after Owen was carried down on a stretcher, he came over and communicated with Ye Xuan for a while, and then walked back to the bench, Tyronn Lue could only choose to replace Kyle Korver at this time.

But at this point, all Cavaliers fans have almost fallen into despair, as long as they are carried off the court on a stretcher, there are almost no ones who can return within two months, even if Irving is lucky, and finally checked out to be a hard injury, but it is estimated that this game will not come back, and without a key gentleman present, it is self-evident that the Cavaliers want to win this game.

The game restarted, and the Cavaliers sent Korver to replace Irving for that free throw, and Korver hit a free throw to help the Cavaliers extend the difference to 8 points, but the price of this 2+1 was too great, which made it difficult for the Cavaliers to win back a face-saving game even if they wanted to win back on their home court.

However, it is also strange to say, although the offensive efficiency of the two teams in the first half was very high, but since the injury incident, the two teams have begun to be 'polite', the first to start 'polite' is the Lakers, Ye Xuan didn't even come out after controlling the ball to the front court, there was a passing error, and the running Solomon Hill tried his best to get Ye Xuan's pass, and finally could only watch the ball roll out of the bottom line.

And looking back, Lao Zhan also 'politely' with the Lakers after controlling the ball and coming to the front court, he directly chose a ground pass to find Lefu next to him, but Lefu was not able to hold Lao Zhan's pass, the same route, the same passing error, the core of the two teams were 'polite'.

Then the two teams did not continue to make mistakes, but the shooting rate declined, until the end of the second quarter of the game, the score gap between the two teams remained at 8 points, in the last two minutes, the two teams each scored 2 points, respectively, by Lao Zhan in the final moments hit a turn to hit the board shot, and Wade side of a breakthrough after the layup score.

At halftime, the atmosphere on the Lakers' side was relatively cold because of the score behind, although everyone was still relatively confident, but after all, the score was behind, so everyone didn't dare to play in the locker room or something.

As for the home team's locker room, the atmosphere is even more awkward, although the lead is eight points, but it hurts the team's second leader, although there is no definite news from the hospital, but it is basically certain that Irving will not be able to catch up with any possible games this season, which almost cuts off the Cavaliers' hope of creating a miracle.

The second half of the game is about to start, and at the same time, the powerful reporters have already received first-hand information from the hospital that Irving's knee soft tissue contusion, although it is not a major injury, but it also takes about a month of recuperation to be able to recuperate, so the Cavaliers have almost determined that Irving's season will be reimbursed.

For the Cavaliers, this news is undoubtedly not what they want to hear, but James, as the backbone of the team at this time, still stood up, and he also knew that there may be no hope of winning the championship this season, but at least they are still leading in this game, and if they can maintain this lead, at least they can avoid the fate of being swept away, which is also the set goal they set before the start of this game.

So after the start of the third quarter of the game, James showed the kind of fighting power that he had when he was a solo player with the Pacers. The Lakers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Wade to play alone, in the face of Kyle Korver's defense, Wade did not give the opponent face at all, and directly started to force the breakthrough of the opponent, Korver's foot work was obviously slower than Irving's, so there was no resistance to be passed by Wade, Wade passed Korver and then dribbled two steps inside, and then stepped on the free throw line to hit a mid-range shot.

But looking back, after James personally controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he used Love's blocking to avoid Solomon Hill's defense, and then rushed inside, and the Lakers immediately wrapped up James, but James's pass was very weird, sending the ball from the gap to George Hill outside the three-point line, Hill received the ball and shot, and steadily shot the three-point shot.

Seeing James send an assist, Ye Xuan also immediately wanted to return the color, and after coming to the frontcourt, he called Gasol to help block and dismantle, and then after entering the opponent's penalty area to attract Tristan Thompson's help defense, Ye Xuan had to distribute the ball directly to Speight, who had been empty on the outside. But James had already seen through Ye Xuan's plan when he was in Ye Xuan, and when Ye Xuan split the ball, he directly cut off the basketball.

After cutting off the ball, James immediately launched a counterattack, quickly dribbling the ball towards the Lakers' half, and Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill's return defense was very fast. But James's speed was faster, and he rushed to the front court in a few clicks, facing Ye Xuan, who had not yet gained a firm foothold, James directly began to attack the basket, Ye Xuan also tried to interfere with the opponent, but not only was he not able to prevent the ball, but he also paid a foul.

After sending the free throws to the basket, the Cavaliers took the lead again, and Ye Xuan also blamed himself very much for this mistake, mainly because Ye Xuan's intention was guessed by the opponent, so James seized the opportunity to break the ball. But fortunately, after looking back, Ye Xuan immediately used a throw-off after a breakthrough to chase back the score for the Lakers, this time the attack Ye Xuan and Gasol's cooperation was very good, after Gasol's blocking, he rushed to the opponent's inside line with Ye Xuan, and Tristan Thompson's attention had been attracted by Ye Xuan at this time, so Ye Xuan made a throwing posture to attract Thompson to rush over and try to block, but Ye Xuan's ball was not towards the goal. Gasol received Ye Xuan's open catch on the left side of the basket, and pressed the basketball into the basket very easily, at this critical moment, nothing can boost morale more than an aerial relay.

However, the Lakers were beaten by the Cavaliers just now with a wave of 6:0 small high courts, so although they have hit a very morale-boosting air relay, the Lakers are now as much as ten points behind. Fortunately, in the next two rounds, Lao Zhan's pass did not help the Cavaliers score again, and Lefu received Lao Zhan's return pass after blocking and pulling up a three-point shot, but this time the shot felt a little hasty, the shot hit iron, and the rebound was collected by Gasol.

The Lakers served in the backcourt, and after Ye Xuan regained control of the ball and came to the front court, he called Gasol again to help block and dismantle, but after this blocking, Ye Xuan did not choose to break in. Instead, he pulled two steps to the side, George Hill, who was defending Ye Xuan, hurriedly pounced back to defend, and Tristan Thompson, who followed after the blocking, also ran over because of the change of defense, Ye Xuan lightly hit the ball directly to Gasol who cut in, although the Cavaliers also had a Lefu inside, but he didn't dare to rush over to make up for Gasol, after all, there was a Spetts behind him, and the result was naturally that he could only watch Gasol hit the ball with a jump shot from close range.

In the next two minutes or so, James and Love fully proved that they still have some strength, hitting a two-point each, and Love also sent Wade a hot pot in defense, but although it seems that the Cavaliers have the advantage, in fact, the Lakers have relied on Ye Xuan's chase three-pointer and Solomon Hill's inward layup to quietly narrow the score gap to 6 points.

At this time, the Lakers took the lead in making personnel adjustments, and Speights was the first to be replaced because he didn't play much, and he was replaced by Clarkson, and the reason for this substitution was mainly because Wade's shooting rate on the outside was a little worse, and replacing Clarkson could make up for the firepower on the outside a little.

On the Cavaliers' side, there is nothing to adjust, generally speaking, at this time they are replacing George Hill, replacing Korver, then replacing TT, and replacing Richard Jefferson, but now Irving is gone, so if TT is replaced, there is nothing to cooperate with Lao Zhan on the offensive end, so for the time being, they can only choose to use this lineup and then fight the Lakers for a while.

At the end of the timeout, the game immediately restarted, and at this time, the Lakers had gradually grasped the initiative on the court, and the impact of Irving's injury and retirement was gradually revealed.