Cole's thinking is obviously not as simple as the last few substitutes.

Because of the obvious superiority in strength, no matter what lineup the Cavaliers open with, the Rockets will most likely take a big lead in the starters.

This is equivalent to breaking Tang Tian's tactic of using the whole court to consume the main force of the Rocket Team.

And for the Cavaliers, who are at a disadvantage, even if James plays the whole game, it can't change that.

A similar situation occurred in the fourth scene.

The small lineup didn't work, Tang Tian put Frye in the starting line to increase the interior defense, and the Cavaliers came off the bench to recover some points difference, but they still trailed by about 5 points before entering the fourth quarter of the decisive period.

In the final minute, Yao Ming's steady play on the inside helped the Rockets win 109-103 against the Cavaliers.

The Rockets won two games in a row and chased the big score to a 2-2 draw.

It's incredible for the Cavaliers to lead 2-0, but it's even more incredible for the Rockets to win two games in a row.

'We were lost for a while, but now we're back in shape and I still believe in my players.

After the fourth game, Morey regained his smug face.

His second-round pick is definitely a big deal.

On the second day after the end of the fourth game, Tang Tian did not rush to arrange training, but held an internal meeting.

The meeting was not aimed at the coaching staff, but with the team's substitutes.

"I need each and every one of you to play 100 per cent in the next game and you decide if we can win the championship in the end."

When Tang Tian said this, the team members below all showed incredible expressions.

They're just substitutes!

But judging from Tang Tian's expression when he spoke, and his behavior of convening them for a meeting alone, this was by no means a joke.

Their faces were a little excited.

They felt a sense of importance that they had never felt before.

"Then, for every point you score, for every rebound, or for a block, a steal, an assist, or even a great pick-and-roll, the team will give you an extra $10,000 for each one."

Tang Tian's next words shocked them completely.

Ten thousand dollars, not much for them, but not a lot!

And it's a single time, that is, if you score 10 points and 5 boards, you can get 150,000 US dollars!

That's quite a decent income!

Know that they're not superstars, they're just holding millions of substitutes!

"Of course, if you make a mistake in the game, or if the defense misses, you will also deduct $10,000 each time, and Sam will be responsible for recording all this until the deduction is finished."

After Tang Tian finished speaking, Cassel beside him nodded.

After listening to this, the players' emotions dropped slightly, but their eyes were still excited.

This is a reward in addition to salary, as long as they play aggressively enough, they can get it!

At the end of the internal meeting, the substitutes walked out of the office with excited eyes and talking to each other.

The NBA is a professional league, but also a business league, and they play for honor, but also for money.

After all, most of the careers of athletes are very short, and how much money they can earn in a short career is related to their lives in the second half of their lives.

"Don, are you sure you want to pay this money yourself?" After the team members left, Cassel opened his mouth and asked Tang Tian.

What Tang Tian said before was all true, the only thing that was false was that the money for these rewards was not given by the team, but by Tang Tian himself.

"Yes, I need them." Tang Tian said calmly.

Cole's hand is actually very deadly.

Before, Thibodeau's main force fell into Tang Tian's trap, and his hand could be regarded as pulling the Rocket team out.

At this time, whether the Cavaliers can win or not depends not on how well the main team plays, but on the bench.

To win, the Cavaliers will have to get the momentum back on the bench, at the very least, on the same starting line before going to the tiebreaker.

Boosting morale and rewarding brave men with money are all for this purpose.

As for the money, he is now worth hundreds of millions, and he really doesn't care so much about the hundreds of thousands.

This amount of money is similar to spending dozens of yuan to buy a pack of cigarettes in his previous life.

After a two-day break, Game 5 of the Finals resumed in Cleveland.

This is the battle of Tennoyama between the two sides.

This game, not only Cleveland fans in the city, but also fans around the world are also extremely excited and looking forward to it.

It's been a long time since there has been such a fierce Finals on the highest stage of the NBA.

Amid the thunderous cheers, the scene entered the opening ceremony of the team.

The Rockets' starting lineup was unchanged as in the first four games.

The Cavaliers' side changed formation again.

The starting interior is O'Neal and Fry, the small forward is James, and the outside is Matthews and Jason Williams.

It's still a small lineup, but Louis Williams and Artest, who were originally starters, are back on the bench.

"What kind of lineup is this?" Barkley, who was in the commentary seat, looked puzzled when he saw it.

"I don't know, some of Don's practices are always unpredictable." Smith also shook his head, he couldn't understand what Tang Tian was doing.

The game started quickly, and Yao Ming jumped the ball for the Rockets.

After the start of the game, the trend of the game was unchanged from the first two games, the Cavaliers changed this starting lineup, the offensive firepower was weaker, the defense was poorer, and at the end of the first quarter, they trailed the Rockets by 18-32 by 14 points.

Entering the second quarter, the Rockets, as in the previous two games, replaced all five benches: Jordan Jr., Scola, Salmons, Morrow and Sun Yue.

The Cavaliers also made all the benches, with Kwame Brown, Ryan Anderson, Artest, Louis Williams and Beverley.

Coming up to the Cavaliers' possession, Williams dribbled to the frontcourt, played blocking and pick-and-roll with Brown, and shook to break through Jordan Jr. for a layup.

Jordan Jr. made rapid progress and struggled to block successfully.

But just then, Brown came back and scored on a jump-up layup.

Salmons received a pass from Sun Yue in the front court and singled out Beverley, Beverley pressed wildly, and the misplaced advantage turned into a disadvantage.

Salmons hastily shot wide.

Jordan Jr. wanted to grab the offensive rebound, but Anderson stuck him hard, and Brown took advantage of the situation to take the defensive rebound.

Louis Williams received the ball and pushed the defense to counterattack, and threw himself into the air for a layup in the face of Sun Yue's block.

As a result, he was directly knocked off the field, but the referee blew Sun Yue's defensive foul.

Williams didn't need his teammates to pull at all, and he got up from the ground and ran to the free throw line.

Two free throws and one hit, but the Cavaliers players have quickly returned to defense across the board, and they don't give the Rockets any possibility of playing fast offense at all.

The fans at the scene were inexplicably excited.

Although the starters are at a disadvantage, these substitutes come up one by one, as if they have beaten chicken blood, and they are all fighting desperately!

Cassel was recording his players' stats at the time, and he was finally able to take a break when it came time to make free throws.

At this moment, he turned his head to look at Tang Tian, his eyes full of admiration.

Everyone knows that a large part of the reason why NBA players play is money, but the head coach uses money to stimulate the performance of the players, and Tang Tian is afraid that he is the first in the NBA.

Let's not talk about whether the method is proper or not.

The effect is really immediate.