At the 10th minute of this quarter, the score on the court was 26:24, and both sides began to rotate.

Blatt chose a 9-man rotation. The Trail Blazers were relatively bold. Coach Terry still conducted a 10-man rotation tonight.

For the Cavaliers, James and Irving stayed on the court and replaced Timofey Mozgov, James Jones and Matthew Dellavedova.

For the Trail Blazers, Wang Zelin and Lillard stayed on the court, replaced by Yi Jianlian, Batum and Carter.

When Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian were present together, the scene ushered in a climax, especially the domestic fans on the other side of the ocean, who frequently refreshed their screens.

When the Cavaliers had the ball, James no longer held the ball too much, but stood on the wing to contain it. At the same time, he was also responsible for switching defenses at any time.

Obviously, Wang Zelin, who scored 15 points in a single quarter, made the Cavaliers extremely fearful. Even if James performed well and scored 12 points personally, this was not the reason for Wang Zelin to score consecutively.

The actual core of the Cavaliers' offense during this period of time is Irving.

This man, known as the "Mamba Disciple", played a straight ball from the right wing to his teammates, holding the ball for a single.

After a series of quick turns and sudden stops, Irving shot backward from mid-range.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball space pocket.

Wang Zelin is also trying to contain the Blazers' offense.

Just like James, the Cavaliers' attention to Wang Zelin's defense has skyrocketed. If he wants to continue to maintain a high offensive efficiency, he must put in some effort.

But it's too early now, and it's not yet time for him to fully exert his strength.

At this time, Lillard was the main offensive point on the court for the Trail Blazers, but his breakthrough layup was blocked by James who was pushed to the fourth position and quickly assisted in the defense.

Mozgov grabbed the rebound and the Cavaliers fought back defensively.

Irving took the lead and left everyone behind. He received a long pass from James and was about to lay up...

"Careful! Kevin!"

James caught a glimpse of Trail Blazers No. 36 running towards Irving, and the two were getting closer, so he hurriedly reminded him.

But his cry was too late.

"Snapped!"

At this time, an arm as thick as an iron rod stretched out towards Irving's head, firmly nailing the basketball to the backboard.

At this time, the ball bounced off the basket and was caught by him.

He didn't play fast break because the rebound was too deep under the basket and he couldn't take advantage of it by playing fast break.

The Blazers prepared to attack and set up their positions.

Carter, Batum, and Yi Jianlian all spread out, with Wang Zelin in a high position on the weak side.

Lillard played a strong side single, faced Irving and pushed forward quickly, but was blocked by Irving. He turned around and rushed past the opponent and rushed to the basket.

At this time, James dropped Yi Jianlian and wanted to shrink the defense, but Lillard passed the ball to Yi Jianlian in the bottom corner. James quickly turned around, extended his long arms, and interfered forward.

James was just overjoyed when there was a bang, and the Cavaliers' basket was smashed.

He turned around quickly and saw Trail Blazers No. 36 hanging on the Cavaliers' basket.

It turned out that Yi Jianlian's ball was a fake shot and he assisted Wang Zelin to complete a beautiful alley-oop.

"Hey, this ball is so beautiful! Zelin and Arab League's first cooperation tonight! Hey, the dunk is so beautiful!"

In the direction of the imperial court, Zhang Lili was dancing excitedly.

"Yes! And it can be seen from this pass that the stability and organizational skills of Arab League in catching and shooting in open spaces have indeed improved during the two seasons he played for the Trail Blazers, which made James dare not let him go.

We saw such a wonderful alley-oop! Now I am really looking forward to the Changsha Asian Championships in September this year and the Olympic Games next year!"

Sun Zhengping next to him was also smiling from ear to ear.

In the Cavaliers' last attack of the quarter, Irving once again shook off Lillard, received the ball and passed the ball to James on the outside.

Under the spotlight, James took a long shot at the buzzer...

Strike again!

It can only be said that James' three-point shooting in this year's playoffs is really solid, and his three-point shooting bag is probably really lost!

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 28:26.

The Trail Blazers are ahead, but some of the lead is negligible.

After only one game, whether it was the players' performance on the field or the psychological game between the coaching staff, everything was on display, and the players enjoyed watching it.

And they discovered that this kind of enjoyment was not just for one quarter...in the second quarter and the third quarter, both sides were showing off their tricks, and the fight was very lively.

On the Cavaliers side, it is basically certain that Cousins ​​will not only be unable to defend against Wang Zelin, but will also find it difficult to open up the offensive end and maintain efficiency.

Under the successive persuasion of Tyronn Lue and James, Cousins, who longed for the championship, agreed to the fake and real substitute play style, and tried to miss playing time with Wang Zelin as much as possible. The first task tonight became leading the second team to fight.

On the one hand, in addition to Cousins, the Cavaliers also have two powerful insiders, Mozgov and TT. Especially Mozgov, who is 2.16 meters tall and weighs 130 kilograms, looks like a big white bear. His low post

The top defense is not necessarily worse than Cousins.

Moreover, this Mao Xiong National center is originally from a blue-collar background and has more defensive experience than Cousins. While constantly providing Wang Zelin with physical confrontation, he can also avoid getting into foul trouble.

Simply, Tyronn Lue persuaded Blatter and asked him to send Mozgov to confront Wang Zelin head-on. He didn't care about how good his defense was, but just wanted to consume more of the latter's physical energy.

Not to mention, Tyronn Lue is truly worthy of the name of a genius coach, and this move actually worked wonders.

Even Mozgov couldn't guard Wang Zelin, who had already scored 32 points after three quarters. However, Cousins, who led the second team in the second and third quarters, played more and more well on the bench.

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With Cousins' 19 points and 8 rebounds in two quarters, the Cavaliers finally solved the problem of not being as good as the Trail Blazers in terms of offensive firepower.

After three quarters, the two teams were tied at 87, returning to the same starting line.

Nowadays, the situation of the game is unpredictable. After entering the final period, it may only take a few rounds, or even one or two rounds, to determine the winner.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Because of this, the head coaches and players on both sides are highly focused.

Although the first game was just a test, the stalemate situation in front of them made everyone understand that the team that wins the first game of the series is likely to have a considerable psychological advantage in the subsequent Allah series.

In other words, both sides will try their best to win in the final quarter!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the head coaches on both sides inadvertently increased the number of player rotations.

The high-intensity confrontation consumes a lot of physical energy of the team, including the number of fouls committed in many more games than in previous games.

But the same thing is that the two teams still take the lead alternately and are in a stalemate.

This game lasted for more than 4 minutes, and the two teams were still competing with substitute lineups.

In the last round, with Carter's three-pointer from the corner, the Trail Blazers led the Cavaliers by 5 points at 99:94.

In the next round, no one could figure out what Jr. was thinking. After reaching the frontcourt, before his teammates could stand up, he suddenly made a move, as if he wanted to grab a three-pointer.

This operation happened so suddenly that not only the commentator Harlan and others, but also James, who had just rested for a minute on the bench, was a little confused.

But the ball has been shot, and James can only hope that Jr. can score.

"Clang!"

The result was a slap in the face, Jr. had to pay for his boss.

At the basket, Garnett collected the rebound and got the first data of the night.

5 points? It’s not too little.

Coach Terry looked at the situation on the court, holding his chin in his hand and thinking deeply.

At this moment, Coach Terry called a timeout in advance, then called all the main players to his side and said directly:

"Next, I need you to go all out!"

Noticing the fiery look in the coach's eyes, Wang Zelin and his teammates quickly realized that they were about to fight for the bayonet in advance!

"Do you have any confidence?"

"Yes!" x5

There was a sudden roar from the Trail Blazers bench, which made Tyronn Luton on the opposite side feel uncomfortable. He seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly came to James' side.

James, who had just rested for more than a minute, looked up and saw Tyronn Lue with a solemn expression, and a bad thought flashed through his mind.

"LeBron, the other side is going to fight hard, we need you very much now!"

"Jordan can still average 37 minutes per game at the age of 39, and Karl Malone can still average 38 minutes per game at the age of 37, including players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. As one of the greatest players in history, sometimes you have to play longer.

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Tyronn Lue said bluntly, blocking all James' reasons in a few words.

As a result, people saw James, who had just been off for less than two minutes, stand up from the bench again.

Amid the cheers prepared at the scene, Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge and Wang Zelin took the field together.

The Cavaliers also made substitutions, with the lineup of Irving, Jr., James, TT and Cousins ​​taking the field.

Both sides brought out their strongest lineups, and the game officially entered its most anxious moment.
To be continued...