The two sides then started the second game, with the Cavaliers holding a grand welcome ceremony at home.

When it was the Pelicans' turn to play, there wasn't much boos in the audience.

Because although the Cavaliers fans are fanatical, they still can't speak too badly about the Pelicans, they play beautifully, and they are still a group of young people, they seem to be vibrant, and there are no disgusting vices, even if you want to find a reason to hate the Pelicans, you can only say that they are too young.

There were no changes to the starting lineups of both teams today, with the Pelicans on the point guard Corey, scoring guard Granger, small forward Li Feng, power forward Al Jefferson, and center Pau Gasol.

The Cavaliers also started the regular game, with point guard Irving, scoring guard Marion, small forward James, power forward Kevin Love, and center Tristan Thompson.

The lineups and playing styles of the two teams, as well as the staffing, are very familiar, and today's game mainly depends on how the Pelicans adjust.

In the last game, David Blatter adjusted very successfully, both tactically and psychologically, and then the Cavaliers won the game, and now it is Van Gundy's turn to show Xiàn.

In terms of coaching skills, Van Gundy is not inferior to David Blatter in terms of tactics and experience, and David Blatter has never even relied heavily on helping the coach tactically, but David Blatter's players' psychological adjustment and on-the-spot adaptability are good.

In the last game, the Pelicans lost mainly not in tactics, nor in personnel, but in psychological adjustment.

The Pelicans have not fully adjusted psychologically today, especially the younger players, they have suffered a relatively big blow, and there are big ups and downs in this kind of game, this psychological endurance is not something that ordinary people can bear, and Corey and Marshall are still too young to bear more pressure psychologically.

In this case, both teams kicked off. In the opening game, the Cavaliers still took the lead in the basketball, and their interior advantage was indeed very obvious.

The first strategy of the Cavaliers at this time is to play the inside, at this time, it depends on the Pelicans in order to contain the Cavaliers' inside line, and immediately took a more detailed targeted defense, the previous two games have actually been done in the general direction, at this time the two teams can make up for most of the details, and there are more in strategy, between the psychology, the use of deception, these extremely subtle things.

At this time, the Pelicans defended the Cavaliers Twin Towers in a different way. For Thompson, it is mainly about going forward, and for LeFou, it is about delay.

The Pelicans' opening defense was still successful, the Cavaliers hit the first shot, it was very difficult to catch the ball inside, and in the end, Love barely shot from long range and missed.

The Pelicans' adjustments at the beginning had some effect, because the Pelicans had some new changes, and the Cavaliers definitely needed to adapt.

The Pelicans defended it and immediately advanced towards the opponent's half of the court after a round, and the Pelicans' first key word on the offensive end today was acceleration.

The best way to counter the Cavaliers' tall lineup is speed, and Corey took the ball and quickly attacked the Cavaliers' half court with Li Feng.

As soon as the two of them came up, they pulled the rhythm fast. Then at the moment when the knight's position fell, Li Feng immediately passed the basketball to Gasol, who ran quickly behind.

Gasol immediately showed his skills when he got the ball, cut to the basket, and scored two points with a half-hook.

The first round of the opening round. The Pelicans have really adjusted, and it really has an effect, and this is the effect of the key game adjustment.

At this time, in the domestic live broadcast room, Su Qun also said at this moment:

"The Pelicans finally played faster today. They should be quicker, and only then can they deal with the Cavaliers' tall lineup. ”

The knight also knew what was going on at this time, but at this time it was reflected that the knight and the pelican were different.

Knights are battle-hardened. There are many veterans, and these people are very, very strong in self-regulation, which is indeed incomparable to the Pelicans.

Although the opening game was hit, the Cavaliers twin towers were squeezed and difficult to catch the ball, and James also had the Pelicans' focus on taking care of it, but at this time, Irving's bad exploits were reflected, and he was very slippery on the court and ran towards LeFou.

Lefu passed the ball to Owen to make a cover, and Owen passed half of Lefou's body, took the ball and shot a three-pointer.

Although Owen is not as sharp as Corey's three-pointer, but Owen's three-point is more deadly, and no one has forgotten that Owen still has 0.4 seconds to kill, which shows that this stout man has a killer hidden deep in his heart.

"Huh."

Irving suddenly made a three-pointer when the Cavaliers were tied up by the Pelicans and couldn't fully adjust back for a while.

Irving's three-pointer was not just a cold shot, it helped the team get through a dangerous period of time.

Irving suddenly jumped out to disrupt the game, the Cavaliers gasped, and the Pelicans still followed the rhythm of the previous round.

The Pelicans took the ball and quickly pushed up, and after coming up, it was replaced by Al Jefferson plugging in the back row, and Al Jefferson took the ball and attacked the basket directly.

At this time, Thompson then chased a foul accidentally, Al Jefferson went to the free throw line, and the Cavaliers quickly replaced Thompson with Haslem.

The Cavaliers' rapid substitutions, increasing the speed of the team, replacing Haslem, the Cavaliers on Haslem, the Pelicans' defensive pressure can be said to have decreased sharply.

The Pelicans' defensive focus was on James and Love, and in the face of strong defensive pressure, James passed the basketball to Haslem when he wanted to make a transition.

Unexpectedly, Haslem came out to take the ball and dribbled under his crotch, and seeing that Al Jefferson did not follow, he nervously shot a three-pointer.

Who would have thought that Haslem would shoot a three-pointer, even if he did, he would feel that he would not score, but the reality is so cruel.

Haslem actually scored a nervous three-pointer, and the Cavaliers didn't need to adjust at the beginning, and the role players suddenly became powerful, directly two three-pointers, and ate the advantage that the Pelicans had managed so hard.

6-4, the Pelicans were clearly more tactical reasonable, but they were led by the Cavaliers.

At this time, ESPN's Hubbie Brown could only say:

"The Cavaliers are indeed more comfortable on their home court, especially as role players, and they will definitely be better than playing on the road, and they can even play beyond the norm."

The Cavaliers' opening two role players first gave a little twitch, which made the Pelicans very difficult to deal with.

Against Irving and Haslem, you deliberately set up the defense and maybe that's it. Not defending may be pumped up.

So the pelicans don't have a good way at this time, so they can only pay a little attention.

Turning back to the Pelicans attacking on their own, the Pelicans are still playing at a fast pace, and the fast is a little simpler, because there are more complex movements, and the more actions must be slow.

Corey came up and made a simple block with Li Feng, and Corey broke through and turned around to pass the basketball to Li Feng.

Li Feng immediately misplaced to face Owen, and in the face of Owen, Li Feng naturally wanted to give full play to his height advantage and raised his hand to make a comfortable mid-range shot.

So far the Pelicans have had no problems offensively, no problems defensively, and the sudden fire from Irving and Haslem is also firepower that is beyond the calculation.

The Pelicans started the game without any problems, and the Cavaliers were in the Pelicans' half again. Love and James are indeed very well restricted.

At this time, James was still very unconvinced, and took the ball up and carried the defense a few steps to the vicinity of the penalty area, and the Pelicans players went up to wrap it, and James passed the basketball to Marion.

Marion faced Li Feng who was rushing out at this time, and with a tentative step at his feet, he actually pulled up a three-point shot.

Li Feng wanted to defend at this time, but it was too late, "Huh! ”

Marion also hit this three-pointer, and as soon as the game started, the Cavaliers came with three three-pointers in a row, and these three three-pointers were thrown out.

The Cavaliers fans at the Quick Loan Center were immediately excited, and the cheers of the entire stadium were one. In this way, the knight's momentum suddenly rose.

Van Gundy was heartbroken by this unexpected situation, because from the previous situation, the Pelicans didn't make any mistakes, but now the Cavaliers have unexpectedly had a role player convulsion.

This is the most hated situation as a coach. It is also one of the most difficult links to control, and the opponent's role players are powerful.

9-6, the Cavaliers unreasonably led the Pelicans by 3 points.

The pelicans were also a little shaken and anxious at this time, and it was impossible for the pelicans to be beaten like this without pressure.

The Pelicans are coming back here. They immediately hit an Al Jefferson low post offense as the Pelicans saw Al Jefferson's advantage over Haslem in the low post.

Although Haslem is mobile, he can do three and four. But he is neither a pure No. 3 position, nor a pure No. 4 position, before Al-Jefferson played Lefu was very difficult, but now with the change of Haslem defense, Al-Jefferson has a certain advantage.

Al Jefferson took the ball up and sat on Haslem two steps in a row, and then Al Jefferson took the ball and turned around to play a difficult basket attack.

But at this time, Haslem just shot a three-pointer, his attention has come up, when Haslem is into the groove, he is indeed a super trouble, just when Al Jefferson turns, Haslem is very strong on a broken ball, pressing his hand on Al Jefferson's ball.

Al Jefferson couldn't attack like this, so he could only pull back desperately, and the two of them pulled together, and then rolled to the ground together, and the heavy game really didn't give up.

Seeing that the players of both teams were about to rush up, they all lay on the floor to grab the ball, and the referee hurriedly came up to give a scrum.

Haslem and Al Jefferson battled for the ball under the Cavaliers' basket, and both of them had their own strengths.

Once the ball was out of the way, Haslem and Al Jefferson went to scramble for the ball together, and Haslem reacted a little quicker.

suddenly put the basketball into the hands of James behind him, James took the ball When the Pelicans' attention was focused on James, James took the ball and threw it forward, and Irving took the ball and rushed forward.

Corey defended in the past, and Irving didn't need any skills, just relied on his own body to push forward against Corey.

Corey couldn't stand it at a glance, so he could only use both hands and feet to focus on delays, Corey delayed Owen, and Li Feng quickly went over to the bag.

Li Feng was very ferocious and timely, and at this time Irving could only pass the basketball to Marion, who followed up behind.

Marion took the ball like a duck and shook off the figure-eight steps and broke through to the basket, Granger hurriedly went over to block, Li Feng also ran over to wrap the clamp again, Marion originally did not have too strong layup ability, but at this time, Marion was at the moment of turning, a hook layup.

The basketball actually bypassed Li Feng and Granger's bag and obediently got into the Pelicans' basket.

Marion actually came to score a difficult goal, and the atmosphere at the home of the Cavaliers seemed to erupt like a volcano.

The center of gravity of the entire quick loan center is a cheer. The Cavaliers' home momentum came out, and as soon as the Cavaliers opened, they ushered in a high dynasty of their own.

This is very difficult to deal with, because the Cavaliers are the role players who break out of the small universe first, so the Pelicans' defense has no choice.

While Van Gundy hesitated and the Pelicans players were overwhelmed on the court, the Cavaliers continued to take advantage of the victory.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Pelicans by eight points, 30-22.

The Pelicans actually played well in the first quarter, the goals that should have been scored were scored, and the tactics that should have been played were handled, but the Cavaliers' home court was too powerful. Scored too many goals that should not be scored, the Cavaliers played in an extraordinary state, and the Pelicans could only respond in an extraordinary state, but now the Pelicans' state can only be said to be normal, and the Pelicans' players have not completely come out of the last loss.

Coupled with Van Gundy's hesitation in tactical adjustments, the score was quietly opened.

At this time, Hubbie Brown is saying:

"There were some surprises on the court today, and the Cavaliers' role players started to come into play, which is an unpredictable risk that will test the coach's response to that risk."

Hubby Brown, who has also been a head coach himself, is naturally well aware of the difficulties. Reggie Miller also said on the side:

"It's true, but at this time, the Pelicans still have to stabilize, as long as they are stable, there will be a chance in the future."

Reggie Miller is also a scheming guy, and the advice he gives is also very pertinent.

On the bench. Van Gundy finally couldn't hold back, and he began to set up new defensive tactics for the team on the sidelines.

Van Gundy couldn't bear it this time, and the Cavaliers bench players became invigorated, and he began to deploy a stricter man-to-man tactic.

Van Gundy was also helpless. He's afraid that if the Cavaliers' role players continue to play like this, they will definitely get out of control.

However, this arrangement of defense also destroys the defensive system that was previously arranged. The Pelicans are still taking risks, because the defense against the Cavaliers' core players is much weaker.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pelicans kicked off first, and Marshall faced Waiters to get the ball at this time.

While Marshall was looking for someone, he suddenly softened his own dribble, and just like that, Waiters' man arrived.

Because the Cavaliers' players were in high spirits at this time, they were also in very good shape, and Waiters suddenly cut off Marshall's basketball, turned around and went to the Pelicans' halfcourt.

Marshall made a mistake here, and when he turned to chase after him, Waiters slowed down slightly as Marshall was about to catch up.

Then stick to Marshall, get up a one-handed quick buckle, "Bang dang!" ”

At the beginning of the second quarter, Waiters came up with a fast-break dunk, and the Pelicans' desire to regroup was interrupted before they could get up.

Van Gundy hurriedly jumped up at this time and let the team go on steadily, if the Cavaliers were allowed to play like this again, the Pelicans would be scrapped again today.

The Pelicans played according to the steady dìng, and Marshall took the ball and immediately played with Love to block and dismantle tactics.

Marshall followed the routine and passed the ball to Lefu behind after the breakthrough, and the moment Lefu got the ball, Haslem pounced quickly.

Love couldn't make a shot, so he could only dribble a step forward against Haslem's defense, and then made a pass to Turner on the wing, Turner took the ball or in a sullen state in the last game, holding the ball and not attacking himself, and instead passed the ball to Granger in the back.

Granger saw that time was running out when he took the ball, and he could only jump back to shoot a mid-range shot against Mike Miller's defense.

Gran's shot was short, the bounce was still not strong enough, and the Pelicans didn't improve on the offensive end.

On the Cavaliers' side, Haslem won the rebound and dribbled towards the Pelicans' half.

Haslem played at a No. 4 position, and he rushed over with the ball and easily caused the Cavaliers' misalignment, as well as confusion in the retreat.

It was at this point that Haslem made a ground-hitting pass and the basketball went to Mike Miller, who cut in from behind.

Mike Miller doesn't have a great attacking power with the ball right now, but he also showed his strength at this point, which is the ability to pass the ball.

Mike Miller, who received the ball in the air, turned his hand and passed to Dellavedova on the baseline, and Dellavedova took the ball just in the open space and threw out a three-pointer.

"Huh."

Dellavedova also hit a three-pointer, and the Cavaliers broke out desperately at the beginning of the second quarter.

At this time, the knight showed an aura that almost wanted to eat the pelican alive, and Van Gundy saw that the situation was getting worse and worse.

He hurriedly called a timeout to replace Li Feng, and a head coach like David Blatter immediately replaced James, and at this time, David Blatter gave James the task. It was not to attack, but to defend Li Feng.

At this time, David Blatter also saw that since his team had entered the track and found the state, as long as it was controlled by Li Feng, the game would already be nine out of ten.

So at this time, you can free James from the offensive end and let James put it into the defensive end, you must know that James is also a player who enters the defensive line.

David Blatter's series of operations are adapted to local conditions, which indeed reflects David Blatter's status as a grandmaster.

Li Feng must have shouldered the heavy responsibility of attacking after being replaced, but the first moment Li Feng got the ball, James immediately posted it.

A paranoid person like James is very good at defending in terms of personality. The general defensive master is the kind of person who is very paranoid, can compete with himself, and prefers to compete with others.

And James is such a person, and now he can finally release it on the defensive end. Immediately, it was like a poisonous snake sticking to Li Feng's body.

James is physically excellent, defensively conscious, and has an overwhelming personality, and he comes up with a single defensive level. But it is said that Li Feng has encountered one of the strongest people, facing this kind of defense, even Li Feng. was also affected by some influences, and a mid-range jumper was also missed.

Li Feng was sniped by James here, and Li Feng had another disadvantage in beating James. is that James can make a big defensive move, because he is a superstar, and the referee will not blow him under normal circumstances, and it is extremely difficult for Li Feng to cheat and foul on James.

Li Feng, who was given high hopes by Van Gundy, was sniped by James on the court.

The momentum of the Pelicans' counterattack was hit again, and Hubi Brown on the sidelines applauded continuously.

"The Cavaliers use one superstar to defend another superstar in a special period of time, which is a clever move, and at this time, James can put all his energy on defense, while Li Feng has to take care of offense and defense, which is quite a big advantage for the Cavaliers."

The Cavaliers made a brilliant move, which was a disaster for the Pelicans.

The Pelicans suffered a series of blows, in the cheers of the opponent's home court, the morale of the whole team was low, but at this time, the Cavaliers rolled over like a storm again, the Cavaliers came over this time, Henson accidentally let Thompson turn around under the basket and run backwards under the basket.

At this position, Waiters on the outside threw the basketball into the air, and Thompson got up for an aerial relay.

"Bang dang!" With a bang, the knight's air relay also came, and at this time, the quick loan center was completely crazy, and the state of the whole team up and down the knight came up.

The Cavaliers are powerful at home, the time and place are favorable, Li Feng is entangled by James, and the scoring efficiency is reduced, so that the Cavaliers in the first half ushered in a big outbreak, the Cavaliers have a convulsion, no one can score, no one is not a dangerous killer.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Pelicans by as many as 22 points with a score of 63-41.

In the second half, Li Feng led the team to catch up desperately, but the difference was too big, and the Cavaliers' bench players played too well today, and the game was over, and there was still an 11-point difference between the Pelicans and the Cavaliers.

The second game of the Pelicans was still a big defeat, definitely a big defeat, and it was a crazy flat to be taken advantage of by the Cavaliers at the home court.

After such a game, the Pelicans lost two games in a row, something the Pelicans had not encountered before in their journey to a crucial game.

The Pelicans are in crisis, and at the same time, the media is bombarding the Pelicans, frantically chasing the defending champions, belittling the Pelicans regardless of the facts, saying that the Pelicans don't deserve to win, and almost everyone says so.

On and off the court, the Pelicans have encountered a crisis, the big score is behind, the media is not optimistic, the Cavaliers are strong, in this case, many players within the Pelicans have retreated, they mainly think that they have played to the Western Conference finals, and they have played well enough so far, and the Cavaliers are too strong, and the next win or loss will depend on the destiny of God, this negative air appeared in the Pelicans' locker room.

Li Feng didn't know what he was pursuing, whether it was greatness, or whether it was recited by thousands of people, or if all he needed was to calm his heart.

In short, Li Feng couldn't accept the current situation, the failure made him uncomfortable, and Li Feng also boosted morale many times in the locker room, wanting to pull the team back to the normal track.

When interviewed by the media, Li Feng also swore to the media:

"Winning and losing are common, and defeat makes us want to win more." (To be continued......)