James threw the ball out, and Al Jefferson clicked the basketball, although Al Jefferson didn't break the basketball into his own hands, but he pointed the basketball out of bounds, and Al Jefferson destroyed the Cavaliers' offense.

In this way, it not only weakened the Cavaliers' time, but also disrupted the Cavaliers' rhythm, the Cavaliers' sideline tee time was running out, and Shambaugh forced a three-pointer shot, but the result was missed.

The Cavaliers had this kind of forced unreasonable shooting, and the Pelicans' defensive goal was basically achieved.

The Pelicans got the backcourt rebound, and then immediately advanced quickly, the Pelicans because they were young, so even with two big inside, the speed was very fast, they were even faster than the Cavaliers, Pau Gasol ran to the Cavaliers' half one step earlier, and finally stuck the position before Lefou.

At this time, Knight made a decisive pass, Pau Gasol took the ball and turned directly to a small hook, because his position was too deep, and Lefu had no choice, Pau Gasol and the Pelicans finally completed a low-post offense, so that the Pelicans opened with a 6-0 Cavaliers, which was a good start for the Pelicans, but it gave the Cavaliers a big blow.

For this game, David Blatter and James both said that they would not treat it in a unified manner in the face of the media before, but now on the court, there was a slight disturbance, David Blatter did not stand on the sideline and shouted, but immediately called a timeout, which shows that David Blatter's attention to this game is different from what he said in front of the media.

The Cavaliers called a timeout so early, which also made the fans feel a little succulent, and everyone also realized that today's game was different from the past.

Charles Barkley, who was in the commentary seat at this time, said on the side:

"For the current result of today's game, I think the main reason is that the Cavaliers did not do as well as the Pelicans before the game, and the Pelicans had a perfect prediction of the Cavaliers' main tactics, but the Cavaliers didn't do it, so the Cavaliers' opening game was very difficult."

"yes, the Pelicans played a little bit more holistically today. The knights are a little scattered, and the chemistry is not good. ”

Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley criticized the Cavaliers together at this time, and there was also a mess on the domestic forum, and there were many James fans in China, and there were many James fans at this time who encouraged the little emperor.

"Long live our emperor, my emperor v5"

"Come on, little emperor, wait."

Compared with James's fans, there are more fans of Li Feng in China, Li Feng is a national treasure here, and now seeing Li Feng and the little emperor together, many Chinese people hope that Li Feng will pull James, the first person of the young generation, off the horse. So at the same time on the forum, many people are shouting.

"Come on Li Feng, hit the emperor, defeat him, the Chinese are the kings of the world."

"Li Feng rose up and let the American emperor see the power of the Chinese Tyrannosaurus rex."

The fans on both sides have different starting points, so the content of the shouts is also different.

On the bench on both sides, David Blatter discovered that the Pelicans' basic tactic is to play the inside line, and once the strong inside line fails, they will move inside and outside. The strong and weak sides shifted, so he immediately asked the players on the defensive end to cut the connection between the two inside and outside lines, and once the package was clamped, a closed area was formed.

On the offensive end, David Blatter saw the Pelicans' offensive prediction of the Cavaliers. But David Blatter is not a coach who is good at attacking, and his approach to the offensive end is to strengthen the offense of Shambaught and Irving, asking these two to take the opportunity to take the initiative to attack and share the pressure on James.

And on the Pelicans' side. Van Gundy responded to the changes with no change, and now it was David Blatter's turn to adjust, so he waited for David Blatter to make a move first.

Pause back. The Cavaliers' sideline ball, this time Tristan Thompson passed the basketball in, and James took the ball and hit a high block.

But this time James was particularly ferocious, and pushed Roten to the back when he took a step forward, when the Pelicans pounced on James, James passed the basketball to Shambaugh in the bottom corner, and Shambaught took the ball to remember David Blatter's words, and took the ball and forcibly rushed to the basket, because the Pelicans players had gone to defend James before, so that Shambaugh rushed up Pau Gasol only fouled.

The Cavaliers finally found a chance to score points and went to the free throw line, and Shambaugh also hit both free throws steadily, and the Cavaliers finally scored two points.

After the Cavaliers scored, the Pelicans immediately chased back, at this time the Pelicans still played inside, opening to put Al Jefferson and Li Feng outside, Netero quickly used Pau Gasol to pull towards the two bottom corners, in the process, Pau Gasol suddenly rolled over on the edge of the right side of the box to get stuck position.

At this time, the Pelicans hurriedly sent the basketball to Pau Gasol's hands, and Pau Gasol took the ball and died, at this time the defensive effect of the Cavaliers' arrangement was reflected, and when Pau Gasol took the ball, the Cavaliers immediately wrapped Paul Gasol in a small area and cut off his contact with the outside.

Pau Gasol is not the kind of center who takes the ball and doesn't pass the ball out, he needs the ball, but he is not greedy for the ball, a card bag is coming, and it is immediately passed out, but the Cavaliers' isolation tactics are very successful, and the ball passed by Pau Gasol was immediately destroyed by the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers also destroyed a Pelicans offense.

At this time, the Pelicans repeated the previous mistake of the Cavaliers, running out of time to kick off the sideline and missing the shot in a hurry.

The Cavaliers also defended against the Pelicans, and the defense succeeded once, and this change was very obvious on the court, so as soon as the Cavaliers defended successfully, Barkley immediately praised and said:

"David Blatter is such a good defensive coach, if I were the general manager I would hire him as the team's defensive coach, but I would never hire him as the head coach."

"It's good that James likes him."

When Kenny Smith said that, the Cavaliers immediately counterattacked, and the Cavaliers gave the basketball to James in the second half, and then Irving and Shambaught immediately went back to hang the two bottom corners, and then Love got stuck under the basket, and Tristan Thompson came up to give James a high post cover.

The Cavaliers' side is still the most obvious high-post blocking tactic, but it is just that the blocking and dismantling person is replaced by Tristan Thompson.

James broke through and turned back and handed the basketball to Tristan Thompson, who came up for a layup, but he missed the shot under the Pelicans' defense. The ball was given to the Pelicans almost for nothing, although the Cavaliers are the hottest team in the East this season, Kenny Smith and Barkley shook their heads again and again when they saw the Cavaliers' offense playing so badly.

In terms of offensive tactics, the Cavaliers are really not very good, which is why Barkley looks down on David Blatter.

The Cavaliers are good defensively, but the offensive tactics are simple, and the Pelicans grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and pushed forward extremely quickly overall.

At this time, the pelicans show that they are well-trained, and they automatically find a position during the run. Li Feng took the initiative to sink to the bottom corner and immediately pulled over a piece of defense, and Knight, who was running behind, quickly passed the ball to Al Jefferson who ran over.

Al Jefferson saw that Pau Gasol had taken this opportunity to get stuck in the basket, and he took the ball and quickly plugged the basketball to the low post.

Before, the Pelicans had to be in the halfcourt and couldn't get the position, but now in the fast running, the offensive and defensive transition of the Cavaliers Pau Gasol finally got the ball.

Pau Gasol was fit enough and strong, and the immediate attack on the back immediately caused a foul on Lefou.

Seeing that Love can't withstand Pau Gasol's offense, and the Pelicans will definitely seize the opportunity to continue to play this kind of quick low-post counterattack. David Blatter, who was on the side, did not hesitate at all and immediately changed players.

Taking advantage of Pau Gasol's time at the free throw line, he brought on Vallejo and replaced Love. With Tristan Thompson at the No. 5 position, David Blatter's nose on the defensive end is a hundred times stronger than his nose on the offensive end.

This substitution was also praised by Xu Jicheng in the domestic broadcast studio, and Lao Xu immediately said at this time:

"David Blatter's substitution was timely. Although the game has only been played for 3 minutes, it is already obvious that Lefu can't keep up with the rhythm of the Pelicans, and he can't prevent Pau Gasol. The only thing David Blatter can do at this time is to make substitutions, and Lefu is really old. ”

Xu Jicheng finally said the big truth, Lefu is really old now, it seems that he is so tall, at this age, the already slow pace is even slower, which is a huge loophole for the team.

Pau Gasol also made steady shots from the free throw line, continuing to hit both free throws, so that the Pelicans still led the Cavaliers by six points 8-2.

At this time, the Pelicans do have a huge suppressive force for the main offensive part of the Cavaliers, and under this suppressive force, the role players of the Cavaliers must stand up.

The Pelicans' pre-game arrangement today is all on the main tactics of James and the Cavaliers, for Irving's back, the Pelicans did not arrange it at all before, just when the Pelicans hesitated a little, Irving turned around and made a jumper, and finally scored the first sports battle for the Cavaliers.

After Irving scored these two points, James also immediately yelled at Irving, Irving's offense is still very crucial, and it is a great help for the Cavaliers to open up the situation as a whole.

Just when Irving scored, the home court of the Quick Loan Center was also cheering, and Kenny Smith also praised Irving at this time:

"It's important for Irving to take the initiative to stand up, and now James needs a point that can contain the opponent, and I hope he can continue to play."

Just when the knights were celebrating, the Pelicans immediately advanced up quickly, the Pelicans' counterattack grabbed the rhythm behind other people's butts, it was very powerful, the Cavaliers were also a little unbearable, the Pelicans passed a few passes to the basketball over, and then passed the ball to Pau Gasol on the inside first, but at this time the person who defended Pau Gasol became Tristan Thompson, Tristan Thompson's speed was much faster than Lefou, Pau Gasol did not get stuck in a good position, and returned the ball to Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson was full of the ball outside, and Hickson and James immediately caught up, and Al Jefferson's inside singles were very lethal.

Just as they were saving Al Jefferson, Jefferson passed the ball directly to Li Feng, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, and Li Feng took the ball and shot a three-point shot.

Although Li Feng's three points were a little drawn, such an empty opportunity still had to be thrown, and with Li Feng's shot, the three-point shot hit steadily.

"Huh!"

At this moment, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 7 points 11-4, and Irving finally played an open game to score, and now the Pelicans have returned a 3-pointer. In terms of momentum, the Pelican still pressed the knight to death.

In the past two seasons, the Cavaliers have been a strong team in the league, and it has always been smooth, and it is rare to encounter this kind of deflated and breath-holding time, but today I met the Pelicans with Li Feng, and they actually played so aggrieved.

James can't accept this a little, anyway, he is also the chosen son of the league, he is the pride of the sky, how can he let the Pelicans play like this. There's no room for a counterattack.

With these thoughts, James arrived at the Pelicans' halfcourt, immediately jammed Roten near the baseline and asked for the ball to play alone.

Irving passed the ball in, James did not have the skill of attacking in the low post at this time, he took the ball and immediately turned into facing the basket, taking a step under his feet, and then getting up a mid-distance, facing an offensive player of James' level, Luo Teng did not have much to do. You can only watch James shoot and hit.

James scored the first sports battle, just look at the cheers of the entire quick loan center, James himself got the score, and he also felt much more comfortable.

James scores. But he wasn't careless, he knew that the Pelicans were good at playing offense and defense combined with the opponent's unstable sneak attack, so after scoring, James immediately shouted:

"Delay them, get back on guard. Quick back defense. ”

Under James' shouting, the Cavaliers really blocked the Pelicans' rapid advance outside the three-point line this round.

However, at this time, the state of the Pelicans has come up, and the Pelicans have played very well in front of them today. The shooting percentage is good, and there are few turnovers, you must know that the Pelicans are a young team, and when the morale comes up, they can play some very good balls, and now the feeling of the Pelicans is a little up, Knight took the ball on the right side and crossed with Roten to cover, and Roten took the ball and passed it to Pau Gasol as the axis inside.

Pau Gasol pretended to shoot a fast pass to Al Jefferson, who took the ball and did not stop turning around and passing to Li Feng, who was empty outside.

The Pelican's continuous passing, no one dribbled the ball all at once, it was all through guò running and air cutting, and the other party was mobilized, and all five people were touched by the basketball, and finally the basketball was just empty in Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng just put a three-pointer, for a convulsive like him, put a three-pointer, and if you give him a vacant position, his shooting rate will be extremely high, so this time Li Feng fired again, and it was a three-point shot with a "bang".

Li Feng threw two three-pointers in a row, and the Cavaliers scored two 2-pointers in a row, so that the Cavaliers did not catch up with the score, but let the Pelicans widen the point difference, and their morale was not boosted.

After David Blatter arranged the defense, there was a brief improvement in the defense, but at this time, Li Feng drew three points, and the situation changed again.

David Blatter was also a little at a loss, he never thought that the Pelicans would play so well today, with the Pelicans' shooting rate and state in the first quarter, if they can't be controlled, they will definitely dig a big hole for the Cavaliers that is difficult to fill, but how to control it? It's a bit embarrassing for David Blatter.

At this time, the Cavaliers advanced again, which was somewhat empty, although the Cavaliers had James, although they had a good record, but they did not have the crazy energy of the Heat, and they encountered more powerful and difficult opponents, and they habitually relied on James, so at this time they quickly handed over the basketball to James.

James took the ball and immediately made a beautiful breakthrough from the high post, directly attacking the Pelicans' basket, the Pelicans could only quickly shrink back at this time, abandoning a certain outside defense, James saw that his teammates had a chance on the baseline, and he immediately passed the ball to Hickson who had a vacancy, but Hickson was not an offensive player, and he missed the mid-range shot with the ball.

The Cavaliers' offense is at a stalemate, while the Pelicans are playing well.

David Blatter clearly saw that the Pelicans took a series of ways to contain James, and at this time James needed help, and the Cavaliers should put Irving on the court, although it was only more than 5 points in the first quarter at this time.

By the sixth minute and 20 seconds into the game, the Pelicans had already scored 20 points, and the Cavaliers had only scored 10 points, and the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 10 points halfway through the first quarter.

In this way, the Pelicans are even more like cooking oil, and the whole team is as excited as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers suffered this kind of blow, and the whole team looked indignant, they are a strong team in the East, they are a strong contender for the championship, they are a team living in the spotlight, such a team met the Pelicans and was beaten out of breath, and the Cavaliers' players were not convinced.

But at this point, they had no idea of it. They can only live in the spotlight because they are James's teammates, and they have nothing to do with their ability, in other words, their ability and fame are not commensurate.

Irving is a typical representative of this kind of thinking, if there is no James, he is just a guard who can score, there are at least five or six such players in the league, but when he stands by James's side, he becomes an All-Star, an All-Star. He thinks he has the strength of an All-Star.

Irving has a biased understanding of his own strength, and the Cavaliers as a whole have a biased understanding of their own strength, from fans, to players, to general managers, they all expect James to save the team, save a qiē, and save everyone at every critical moment. In the end, they can also get a piece of the pie, but no one has thought about whether they can really help James. Especially at critical times.

Today the Cavaliers encountered a hard idea, and it was Owen who could help James a little.

At the sixth minute and 20 seconds of the first quarter, the Cavaliers took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to swap Irving onto the court.

As soon as the Cavaliers had Irving, their tactics changed. Because Owen has the ability to fight alone.

That's why the Cavaliers came back, and James came up with the ball and rushed forward, while the Pelicans blocked the middle. James immediately passed the ball to Irving, who took the ball and dribbled in and made a pull-and-go jumper to score two points easily.

With one more Irving, the Cavaliers' offense has finally eased, and Irving has the ability to score independently.

But the Cavaliers have Irving, but the Pelicans have Love, and after a while, Love will also return to the court, and Love and Henson will cooperate to play the bench lineup, which also offsets the threat brought by Irving's return.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 12 points, 34-22.

At the end of the game, TNT's reporters naturally didn't touch James's mold, and they came to interview Li Feng.

"Li Feng, you played well in the first quarter today, leading the Cavaliers by 12 points, do you have any secret to being able to do this?"

Li Feng will not answer this question seriously, answering this question is equivalent to exposing the knight, Li Feng immediately said:

"Oh, we played well today, my main task was to open up space for my teammates, pass the ball properly and then defend well, James played well today, he passed the ball well."

Li Feng said something that didn't match the answer at all, and there was nothing he could do to get the reporter, so he had to continue with the second question:

"Li Feng is said to be candidates for MVP this year and James, what do you think about this matter?"

Li Feng does know about this, but it's still a little too early to talk about it, this award has always been given to the best team in the player who contributed the most, and now the season has just passed more than half of the season, and it has not been completely finished, so this question is a little too early, so Li Feng said:

"I'd love to win this award, but almost all the players want to win it, and I have so many opponents to beat, definitely not just James, you have to make me think about that."

Li Feng is comfortable in front of reporters, not at all like the youth of the past, this is not that Li Feng has lost his character, but he has more wisdom, which is what Buddhism says about Prajna, a way of dealing with things.

After dealing with reporters, Li Feng returned to the bench, and now the Pelicans' bench is a piece of jubilation, they played too well in the first quarter today, the whole team cooperated well, the defense was not out of position, the turnover was low, and the shooting rate was high, so they could lead the Cavaliers by 12 points so easily, you must know that although the Cavaliers rely on James, they are also a strong team.

Just when Li Feng came back, Van Gundy came over and grabbed Li Feng and said:

"Feng, I'll let you play early in the second quarter, I hope you can get into the state early, it's the state of doing your best, we need to completely destroy the opponent."

Van Gundy is now looking for Li Feng to say this, which shows one thing, Van Gundy is not ready to wait, and is ready to take advantage of this great opportunity to let Li Feng play hard for a while, and take the knights away with the whole team in waves. (To be continued......)