In previous games, James was the Cavaliers' main scorer most of the time, and everyone was used to letting him shoot like crazy. However, Mark Hill's presence has turned James into a de facto point guard for the Cavaliers, and Gibson has become a pure three-point shooter, and James does not intend to directly confront him physically in order to conserve his strength.

Of course, James isn't afraid of Mark Hill, and he's been battling this guy under the basket a lot in previous games, but now he finds himself able to disrupt the Bobcats' defense and create opportunities for his teammates by breaking through.

Mark Hill has defended James quite well every time he plays against him on the defensive end, but the latter can always find a gap to pass the ball to O'Neal or Gooden on the inside. James has a great ability to read the game, and he will basically give the ball to the player opposite Ariza and then let him use his physical advantage to finish the offense.

Since it was difficult to contain James on the defensive end, the Bobcats could only make a fuss on the offensive end, and under Roy's leadership, they set off wave after wave of offensive frenzy, hoping to hit the opponent's morale by scoring. It's a pity that Ariza consumed a lot of physical strength on the defensive end, and the two bottom-corner three-point opportunities were not grasped, and Roy could only keep firing on the outside with Jack, trying to help the team take the lead with a three-point rain, at least to bite the score and not let the Cavaliers open the difference.

But the three-point shooting percentage is not as good as the two-point shot under normal circumstances, not to mention that the Cavaliers can score under the basket most of the time under James' guidance. O'Neal seems to have regained his life, he has been given a lot of misplaced singles opportunities on the inside, and Ariza, although relatively agile, is definitely not comparable to O'Neal in terms of power.

James had controlled his desire to score and gave up the opportunity to his teammates, led by O'Neal. Just over the halfway point of the first quarter, James handed out four assists and even more indirect assists, and the Cavaliers also kept the Bobcats in check on the court. Jackson was on the sidelines in a state of impatience, walking around like ants on a hot pan, completely unable to calm down.

It's true that for a rookie coach, such a time is difficult. Jackson didn't try to call a timeout to interrupt the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm, but James always kept his teammates up to speed. O'Neal, in particular, was back to his peak with the Magic and Lakers throughout the first quarter, scoring points on Ariza in a row.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats trailed 25-37, and O'Neal scored 12 points and four rebounds alone, the most scorer in the game. On the Bobcats' side, only Roy and Jack have a good hand, but the two of them are obviously not comparable to the whole Cavaliers, and the opponent's interior defense is not vegetarian. If it weren't for the Bobcats' backcourt duo trying to cut points, they might have trailed by more than 20 points by now, after all, they couldn't do anything about James on the defensive end.

James played like a point guard in the quarter, scoring just six points on 2-of-4 shooting, but grabbing five rebounds and dishing out seven assists, a straight-line stat that surprised many experts who followed the game. You must know that James averaged 31.3 points per game in the playoffs this year, ranking first among the 16 playoff teams, but now he only scored 6 points in the first quarter, and he doesn't look like the top scorer who scored like chopping melons and vegetables.

For James, though, it doesn't matter, as long as the team takes the lead.

During the break, Jackson was writing and drawing with a tactical board while laying out the tactics for the second quarter of the game to the players. Mark Hill used a lot of energy to defend James in the first quarter, and Jackson planned to replace Allen in the second quarter and let him try to defend James again, after all, the two of them were the only ones on the team who could defend James.

But James switched to scoring mode after coming on in the second quarter, and this time Allen simply made a desperate bet, and every time James made a shot, he tried to block it, but he was whistled for two personal fouls in the space of three minutes and had to go off the game early. Seeing Allen's dejected look, Jackson didn't want to criticize him too much, and after a little appeasement, he continued to stare at the development of the situation on the court, he really didn't want to see James continue to organize the offense.

The Bobcats players also learned to behave, with Mark Hill going to defend James alone, and the others watching the other players of the Cavaliers to death, which made James have to carry the ball on his own. But Mark Hill's defense was in place, and the Cavaliers' offense was instantly paralyzed. The Bobcats took the opportunity to play a small 11-0 surge to narrow the gap to within 10 points, and they also saw the dawn of a comeback.

However, at this time, Mike Brown chose to make a substitution, he replaced Gooden with Pavlovich, you must know that Pavlovich is the second most three-point shooting player in the Cavaliers after Gibson, he has further enhanced the team's outside projection after he came on the court, and can also allow James to play the power forward position, he can completely attract the defense in a deeper position.

Mark Hill didn't need to defend in the high post, but the Bobcats' defense shrank to the inside, which allowed James to pass the ball to the outside smoothly. Pavlovic also lived up to expectations, hitting two three-pointers from almost the same position on the wing, and the difference between the two sides returned to double digits. James has adapted faster on the interior than anyone could have imagined, whether it's back-to-back singles or grabbing rebounds or even protecting the basket, he's doing like a real interior player.

Chang Wei touched his chin, looked at James who was fighting under the basket with interest, and thought: This guy can't start to make a cameo appearance in the No. 4 position at this time, right? It doesn't make sense, maybe it's just a stopgap measure for the Cavaliers, and it may take a long time to really let James play the No. 4 position most of the time, after all, his advantage on the wing is too great.

For the remainder of the game, the Bobcats couldn't close the score again and had to accept the fact that they lost 88-100, and James played the stats that only a top point guard can play, he played 41 minutes, cut down 28 points, 10 rebounds and an astonishing 15 assists, but unfortunately his teammates missed a lot of opportunities, so the score just broke 100.

Watching the score turn to 1-3, Jackson looked listless and headed for the next game to Cleveland, where the Bobcats have never been very good on the road, and a win in the second game now looks like just a surprise.