Half time, back to the break room. Although the lead ended the first half with a 5-point lead, the 76ers players were not too happy, after all, everyone knew that 5 points were not safe, especially for the Cavaliers with James, it was a score that could be tied or even overtaken in two rounds.

That said, the situation in the first half was a great thing for Brett. Players like Brown and Zhang Zifeng who experienced last season's playoffs are very relieved.

Although the regular season performance is good this season, the playoffs are not quite the same as the regular season, and Zhang Zifeng has always had doubts in their hearts about whether the 76ers can be qualified to compete with the Cavaliers in the playoffs.

But this season against the Cavaliers has proven that they are now capable of wrestling with the Cavaliers and are eligible to compete for a championship.

Brett. Brown clapped his hands and shouted, "Cheer up, the second half is the key to the outcome, especially in the third quarter, the Cavaliers will definitely make changes, but we have to follow our tactical ideas, keep an eye on other people, and force James to play alone." Drag him down, exhaust him, victory is ours! Got it? ”

"Yes, Coach!" The players shouted in unison.

Brett. Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and Rondo and said, "Jack, Rajan, you two are the key, you must watch Smith and Irving, and don't let them help James." ”

Zhang Zifeng and Rondo nodded in unison.

Cavaliers' lounge, Tyron. Lou's brows furrowed.

The 76ers' tactics were very successful, forcing James to play alone in the first half, and now where his age is, he can't play the whole game like before.

Now his fitness is in crisis.

Tyron. Lew swept over his teammates, who could step up and share the burden for James at this time.

In terms of strength, Irving and Love have had this strength in the past, but since partnering with James, they have ......

Don't talk about it.

James showed his all-roundedness, but he lowered the strength of his teammates by a notch, making their style of play monolithic, and no longer had the performance of the previous offensive segment.

The most obvious example is Bosh and Love, who used to have low-post offensive skills and dared to play the ball on the inside, but now they are increasingly floating on the outside to shoot three-pointers.

It's all like a pitcher, and then it's like running to the inside to play strongly, even if it used to be ten percent of the skill, now there are only five percent left, how to hold the ball and attack under the high-intensity defense of the playoffs.

Derek Williams used to be with Chris. Paul's defender is even capable of overpowering his opponent in the confrontation between the two.

But since leaving the Jazz team, Wang Xiaoer's New Year is not as good as a year!

It's basically scrapped now.

Tyron. After Lu scanned it, he found that only Jefferson was left to use.

Although he is a veteran, he should be able to use his experience!

At the start of the second half, players from both sides took to the field again.

The game restarted and James sat on the sidelines to rest. Richard Jefferson came off the bench.

As soon as they came up, the knights were strong, and they obviously accelerated their passing cooperation. After Owen got inside, it was rare to pass the ball.

Grant tried to defend Jefferson, but was blocked by Thompson, who hit a shot.

It came up with a 2-point, and the Cavaliers made it clear that they were going to give James time to rest.

It was the 76ers' turn to attack, and as soon as Rondo received the ball, Irving came up to mark the defense.

Before Zhang Zifeng passed half time, Smith began to defend.

The whole court is pressing? Or is it the whole audience marking?

Rondo lowered his body to protect the ball, and Irving's marking could only interfere a little, but it couldn't break the ball in his hand.

Zhang Zifeng got rid of Smith in the front court to receive the ball, pretended to break through, just took a step, but immediately retracted, used the feints of the body to deceive Smith, entered the penalty area, jumped, and showed signs of shooting, but it was a horizontal pass in the air, passed to the hands of Ibaka, who cut inside and ran out of the vacant position.

Ibaka received the ball and burst through the middle and dunked it in with one hand.

Back on the defensive end, it was a surprise to the Cavaliers at the beginning that gave the opponent a chance to take advantage of.

Now that the 76ers are back in earnest, after a solid defensive line, Jefferson can't compare with James at all, plus he is a veteran, and under Grant's entanglement, he can't attack.

Irving missed, Jefferson made a layup and was blocked, and Love hit a basket. The Cavaliers couldn't score for a minute and a half minutes.

The Cavaliers' offense suffered setbacks one after another, and the 76ers took the opportunity to play a small climax, 61:50, leading by 11 points.

Tyron. Coach Lu frowned slightly, he knew that he had to get other players to step up and help James at this time, but he made changes several times, but it didn't work. For a while, he didn't have a good plan to change the situation in front of him.

Helpless under Tyron. Coach Lu called a timeout and replaced James on the court.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Brett. Brown shouted at his players, "Good, we've forced James to sit on the sidelines and rest, now we're going to drag them down with offense." Attack with them, and we will defeat them with attack. Sharic, you up, speed up the attack! ”

Replace Knoll and bring on Sharic.

The 76ers players are back on the court, and the game starts anew.

James came up, jumped up a meter from outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer.

Rondo dribbled the ball to the front court under the interference of Owen, and immediately passed it to Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng recruited Sharic as a cover.

Sharich came up to block Zhang Zifeng, and seeing that Zhang Zifeng was about to bypass, James hurriedly came up to make up for the defense.

Zhang Zifeng sneered, pretending to shoot, but jumped up but passed the ball to Sharic, who was pulling back and forth.

After receiving the ball, Saric jumped up and shot directly, and the ball went in.

Pick-and-roll!

Everyone understands this simple tactic, Cavaliers coach Tyron. Lu knew at a glance that this was definitely not an impromptu idea, it was definitely specially trained.

The blocking and dismantling cooperation of Sharich and Zhang Zifeng is like a sharp knife, directly inserted into the Cavaliers' biggest shortcoming-Thompson.

Since the start of the summer, Thompson's form has plummeted. The momentum of desperately defending and actively grabbing rebounds in the past is not seen at all this season, and some have just become a colander on the court.

Thompson couldn't prevent Sharic, and when he changed guards, he couldn't prevent Zhang Zifeng.

The 76ers' blocking and dismantling are impressive, especially in front of Zhang Zifeng and Sharic, who are both guys who can shoot suddenly, which makes the Cavaliers' weaknesses undoubtedly exposed.

The Cavaliers were desperately biting the score under James's desperate efforts.

The game with the 76ers fell into the hardest tug-of-war, and the Cavaliers kept desperately trying to tie the score, but the 76ers didn't give the Cavaliers a chance at all.

At the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers trailed the 76ers by nine points, 74-83.

Before the start of the fourth quarter, James also shouted encouragement to his teammates, asking them to be more resolute on the offensive end.

But the effect is very unsatisfactory, and it can only rely on James to support it.

With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, James' gasps slowly grew louder, and he struggled to play this game.

The more James went to the back, the more physical strength became more and more weak, and he kept making mistakes.

James misses the shot, the ball bounces twice off the basket, and then goes out - rebound!

The competition under the basket is extremely fierce, Ibaka, Grant, Zhang Zifeng, Rondo, each of them is actively grabbing rebounds.

They jumped up at the same time to grab a little basketball.

The Cavaliers don't have James, but only Love and Thompson are fighting hard.

Although Ibaka is not the tallest, his explosiveness and bounce are the weapons that make him the rebounding king.

After bouncing continuously, Ibaka finally snatched the ball.

Zhang Zifeng received the ball and immediately attacked quickly and made a layup. At 92:80, the lead was 12 points.

What to do, now the knight is in a very bad situation. At this time, Taryn. Coach Lu called a timeout.

James probably knew his own situation, and he grabbed Irving's shoulders with both hands and shouted, "Kyrie! You're going to have to show the momentum that you had in the finals last season and play a little bit more resolute. It's up to you to take control of the ball! OK？ ”