At halftime, the Cavaliers led 57-50, thanks to a long-range three-pointer from James just before halftime. It can be said that the Bobcats were able to fall behind by single digits in the first half was a success, but this was not what Jackson and Chang Wei expected, and they were worried that the Cavaliers would play a small climax in the third quarter and take the game away.

"Chang, did you say that I insisted on playing against the Cavaliers before the game?" Jackson looked confused, after all, this was only his first season as head coach of an NBA team, and self-doubt was inevitable in the face of disadvantage.

Chang Wei smiled and didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Then do you think it's normal for us to be 7 points behind?" ”

"It seems a little abnormal," Jackson muttered, scratching his head, "that we should be a double-digit behind...... So you're trying to tell me that we made the right decision to fight against each other? But now it doesn't seem to have an advantage in the attack! ”

"It's hard to see if the attack has an effect in the half game, so it's better to stick to this path first, and it's not too late to finish this game. If you want to work a little bit more on the defensive end, start with the next game! ”

Chang Wei's words made Jackson feel a little relieved, he felt that what Chang Wei said was indeed very reasonable, if he suddenly changed the plan made before the game now, whether it had any effect or not, the players would definitely not be able to adapt quickly, and it might be self-defeating when the time comes. Forget it, let's do it first, and see the effect in the second half, the team won't necessarily lose!

To show his resolve, Jackson made changes to his starting lineup for the second half, decisively replacing Ariza with Capono in hopes of strengthening his three-point shooting from the perimeter. If it weren't for Ellis being the core of the Bobcats' bench, Jackson might even have him start the second half.

Capono's start didn't ease the defensive pressure on Roy, but his three-point shooting is exactly what the team needs right now. Although Roy, Jack and even Milicic can shoot three-pointers, Capono is professional after all, his defense, dribbling and organization are very average, and the only thing he can do is the three-point shot, which is why Chang Wei recruited him.

Roy naturally understood the coach's intentions, and after the start of the second half, he first strengthened the breakthrough and fully channeled Capono's firepower, and then used his scoring ability to involve the defense and let himself get more space to break through. A lot of the time, as long as Capono has the intention to catch the ball, Hughes can't pull out to help defend inside, and one of Gooden and O'Neal will also be moved to the high post because of the Bobcats' pick-and-roll, which means that both Roy and others can get a lot of opportunities to attack the basket.

Compared with Roy's tandem, James still holds the ball and plays alone like in the first half, although the shooting is average, but the breakthrough can be said to be the top in the league, and the ball passed is just right. However, because of the active running of the Bobcats players, basketball will most of the time go back to James's hands, allowing him to hold the ball and work alone, which is also the way the Cavaliers have always played.

It is the perverted physical fitness of James who can carry such a heavy task, and if others have already asked for a break, only he is still happy to continue to use his body to chisel through the Bobcats' defense, and then send the ball to the basket in various ways. Of course, this is also because O'Neal was taken care of by the Bobcats double bag in this game, otherwise he could also share some of the pressure on James under the basket, but then the Bobcats would be even more stretched.

This is also the conclusion reached by Jackson and Chang Wei before, O'Neal has entered the twilight of his career, although the data is still impressive, but it is not impossible to prevent him. James is completely different, he entered the league in 2003 and is in the rising stage of his career, and his physical fitness is second to none in the history of the league, which is not something that can be easily prevented, if you really want to defend, it should be possible to pack a three-man package, but the possibility of doing so is zero.

Roy and James are still secretly battling, but Roy has focused on organizing the offense, and James is more inclined to score. Speaking of which, the Bobcats' role player strength should be above the Cavaliers, but unfortunately the Cavaliers' high-end combat power is too strong, otherwise the Bobcats really have hope of winning this series, and the top stars can decide the outcome of the game.

Originally, Cappono was still unknown, and he didn't play well in the regular season, and Jackson only put him on the bench for Chang Wei's face. It is true that Cappono's three-point shot is good in training, but the game is different from training, and he has not seen a player who hits hundreds of shots in training but can't shoot in the game.

But Jackson didn't expect Capono to be able to play such a good performance with the defensive intensity of the playoffs. Only two-thirds of the way through the third quarter, he scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from beyond the three-point line and didn't make a single two-point shot. Capono's three-pointer helped the Bobcats keep the score tight, and whenever the Cavaliers wanted to hit a small highlight, his three-pointers always demoralized the opponent, and forced the Cavaliers to expand their defense near the three-point line so that the opportunity for others came.

With Capono's 18-point performance in the first quarter, the Bobcats tied the Cavaliers at the end of the third quarter, much to the surprise of commentators at the scene, who thought the new team should not have such a strong offensive firepower. But that's the way it is, even if Capono couldn't make six three-pointers in a single quarter in the rest of the game, he still really contributed to the team in this quarter and brought the two sides back to the same starting line.

However, Chang Wei knows very well, let alone the next game, even if Capono can't continue the hot three-point feeling in the next quarter, the Cavaliers have begun to consciously limit him, and excessive physical consumption has also become a problem that plagues him. It seems that the final quarter still depends on Roy's play, this guy contributed 18 points and 9 assists in the first three quarters of a quasi-double-double, while also scoring 5 rebounds and 3 steals, and James's personal score has exceeded 30 points, and it is impossible to say who is superior or inferior.

These two players, as team leaders, will inevitably carry the team in the fourth quarter and will likely return to the direct conversation that began at the beginning of the first quarter. If it was someone else, Chang Wei would certainly have confidence in Roy, but it would be difficult to say in the face of James.