Finally got rid of James, and seeing Ibaka save again, James decisively chose to pass.

Just as Ibaka hurried back, the ball was unexpectedly passed to the outside.

It seems that James also knows that Thompson is not in good shape this season, not to mention Thompson's lack of offensive ability.

James would rather choose Smith than give the ball to Thompson.

The ball was in Smith's hands, and Zhang Zifeng hurried up. Smith was guarding the ball, generally looking for a breakthrough.

Smith failed to break through several attempts, and the ball was almost broken off by Zhang Zifeng.

Seeing Irving running over, Smith hurriedly passed the ball over.

Owen received the ball and went inside, but Rondo judged correctly and stuck in position early, and Owen's breakthrough was unsuccessful.

Owen is best at fast attacking from defense to offense, and positional warfare is a little worse.

After a spin on the outside, the ball was back in James' hands.

Grant had already taken his seat, and he was waiting with a sinking waist.

Seeing that James was about to fight hard, Grant immediately prepared to meet him.

Behind Grant, Ibaka is eyeing the box, and Zhang Zifeng is also ready to come over at any time on the side.

James suddenly accelerated, turned around, changed direction, shook off Grant, jumped up when he entered the restricted area, and grabbed the ball with one hand and made a tomahawk dunk pose.

Seeing James's movements, Ibaka was very angry, "Don't think that you can dunk on Lao Tzu's turf!" ”

Ibaka rushed over and jumped up, his arms as much as he could, to be sure to give James a look.

Flying in the air, James saw Ibaka's block, used strong waist and abdominal strength, stayed in the air, collected the ball, curled his abdomen, carried Ibaka, and hooked the ball to the basket with a lever.

The ball went in, and the Cavaliers scored.

"Damn, this guy is too strong. There's no way to put pressure on him! Ibaka looked at the falling ball and shouted reluctantly.

Again and again, letting this guy score the ball in front of him, if not a dunk, embarrassed Ibaka.

Commentator Barkley shouted, "Sure enough, he is the first person in the league, even if he is trapped, even in front of Ibaka, James can still send the ball in!" ”

Kenny. Smith shook his head and said, "While James is doing well, it's not what he wants to see. If James continues to play like this, by the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers will be in trouble. Now the rest of the Cavaliers have to step up, take the pressure off James and give him time to rest! ”

As long as the Cavaliers attack, the 76ers will definitely guard the other players tightly, forcing them to pass the ball to James and let James play alone.

But if James plays alone, he will definitely be dealt with by Grant and Ibaka, and in terms of James's strength, although he can still defeat the joint defense of two people.

But it would be a serious drain on his energy.

Moreover, Grant and Ibaka are both the kind of players who are excellent defensively, and if James wants to tear down their defense, it will not only seriously deplete his physical strength, but also easily cause turnovers. Hit rate drops.

Grant is like a spider desperately entangled with James, and Ibaka is like a wolf, as long as James breaks through, he will pounce on the inside line at any time to make up for the defense and flank the opponent.

The two of them are reasonable, but they still can't completely block and kill James.

But it doesn't matter, they don't believe that with such a tough defense, James can still hold out to the whole court.

The 76ers were determined to drain James' physical strength.

"The pace of the game is not on the Cavaliers' side!" Seeing this, Kenny Smith said.

"Yes, Cavaliers coach Tarron. Lou must get along with each other, or the knight will be in danger! Barkley shouted, "The 76ers haven't put out their best score-grabbing lineup yet!" ”

On the court, James took a shot under the interference of Ibaka and missed the shot.

Fortunately, the rebound was grabbed by the Cavaliers' Love, and he avoided Noll's block under the basket to score 2 points.

Brett standing on the sidelines. Brown saw it angry and shouted, "Watch out for rebound protection!" ”

At this time, the Cavaliers coach finally made a substitution.

Smith down, Korver up.

Zhang Zifeng saw that he wanted to strengthen the attack when he replaced him with a shooter?

But I'm not going to let you mess with the 76ers' setup.

The game restarted, and the Cavaliers' strategy was to speed up the pace of the game, hoping to open up the perimeter and lighten the burden on James.

James broke through the inside line and split the ball, and when Korver just received the ball and wanted to jump up and shoot, Zhang Zifeng was already entangled.

Korver is a sharpshooter, but he is average physically, has average offensive ability with the ball, and is a very off-ball pitcher who needs to be fed the ball.

Zhang Zifeng stubbornly grasped the weakness of Korver's weak offensive ability with the ball, and used his speed advantage to constantly harass the opponent and did not give Korver a chance to shoot.

It didn't take long for Tyronn Lue to discover that his substitution of Korver didn't make any difference at all.

In terms of shooting, Zhang Zifeng did not lose to him at all. And compared to Zhang Zifeng, Korver's shooting speed was not fast enough, and Zhang Zifeng was in a hurry to interfere with his shooting.

When returning to the defensive end, Zhang Zifeng didn't say that he ran without the ball and threw off Korver again and again. Even if it is a singles strong eat, Zhang Zifeng can beat Korver.

Rondo, as an excellent playmaker, saw that compared to Irving, Korver's side was more leaky in defense, so he hit the ball and handed it to Zhang Zifeng and let him focus on Korver's side.

After only two or three minutes of substitutions, Tyronn Lue saw that Korver was simply eaten to death by Zhang Zifeng, the offense was not helpful, and it was another big hole in defense.

Tyron. Lue had no choice but to slap himself in the face, replacing Korver and bringing Smith back on.

As the minutes passed, the 76ers relied on Zhang Zifeng's excellent performance to lead all the time, and the difference reached 11 points at the time.

In the 9th minute of the second quarter, 76ers head coach Brett . Brown rotates personnel and gives players rotations to rest.

Zhang Zifeng went off the field and replaced him with Gerard Henderson. Compared to Nick Stauskas, the veteran is more trustworthy at this time.

Zhang Zifeng sat on a chair and took a towel to wipe his face, and said to the coach: "Coach, I can play the whole game!" ”

Brett. Brown laughed: "It's not time to give it your all, and we're still ahead, so get more rest, and the fourth quarter is the time to decide the win!" ”

Zhang Zifeng looked at the game on the field, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!" ”

At the moment, the situation on the court is a little delicate, and the 76ers with Zhang Zifeng and without Zhang Zifeng are not exactly the same team.

After Zhang Zifeng went off the court, the 76ers' offense was frustrated, and the Cavaliers began to recover the situation point by point, and the rhythm fell into their control.

Especially after Zhang Zifeng went off the court, Smith immediately became very active. Hit two three-pointers in a row to help the team narrow the gap.

At this time, the first half was over, the score was 47-52, and the 76ers led by five points.