James broke through on the frontcourt and scored a goal, helping the Cavaliers continue their scoring run.

But turning around, Tang Tian made another pick-and-roll pass to Davis, who scored another 2 points.

Lue and Drew stood by the court with solemn expressions.

After so many rounds, as long as they weren't stupid, they already knew that the Pelicans had prepared a response in advance.

The Warriors' set of tactics was no longer effective against Tang Tian.

Whiteside's shot in the frontcourt missed, and returning on defense, Tang Tian made another pull-up jumper after a pick-and-roll.

8 to 4, the Pelicans firmly occupied the initiative on the court.

"This is unreasonable."

Lue was still puzzled.

Even if the Pelicans knew the tactics in advance and trained in advance, it was impossible for them to have no effect at all.

"Maybe, our defensive ability is not as good as the Warriors."

Drew hesitated for a moment and said.

He was a smart guy.

The same tactics, used by different people, would have different powers, even drastically different.

The simplest example was the Princeton offense of the early century. The Kings played it very smoothly, but the Rockets used it mediocrely.

The biggest reason for this was the players.

The Cavaliers' wing and overall defense were a bit worse than the Pelicans and Warriors.

Lue was stunned for a moment, but then belatedly realized it.

The tactics that Lue and Drew had prepared before the game had completely failed. After the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by 9 points with a score of 30 to 21.

The fans at the scene were still waiting.

They didn't know about the game between the two teams. They were just waiting, waiting for the targeted tactics that Whiteside had mentioned.

The Pelicans scored 30 points in the first quarter, and Tang Tian contributed 10 points and 5 assists alone.

In their opinion, the Cavaliers definitely didn't use that tactic.

After all, this kind of thing was a trump card, something to be used at a critical moment.

So they kept waiting.

In the second quarter, Lue and Drew changed their tactics. Instead of targeting Tang Tian with a specific defense, they adopted a simple one-on-one marking strategy.

The Pelicans' response meant that they neither defended Tang Tian nor the others in the first quarter, so they changed their approach.

As a result, in the second quarter, Tang Tian got more shooting opportunities and scored 16 points and 2 assists in a single quarter.

Under his leadership, the Pelicans led the Cavaliers by as much as 15 points at halftime, with a score of 58 to 43.

Tang Tian was in hot form in the first half, scoring 26 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 block, and he had no turnovers!

The fans at the scene were whispering in confusion at this time.

The rhythm of this game was wrong!

Tang Tian was close to 30 points in the first half, and the Cavaliers were also behind by as much as 15 points.

Why wasn't Lue using that targeted tactic?!

The game entered halftime, and not only the fans at the scene, but even the fans on the hotline started to discuss it.

Were the Cavaliers going to stage a second-half comeback like the Pelicans?

"Could it be that the tactics were used, but they didn't work?"

Some fans raised doubts, but they were quickly drowned out by other voices.

How was that possible!

Tang Tian had been in hot form from the start and hadn't been restricted at all. This was completely different from Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.

No one would believe it if you said it was used.

After the discussion, the fans almost unanimously believed that the Cavaliers were holding back a big move, waiting for the cooldown.

In the second half, James and Irving led the Cavaliers to launch an 8-2 run at the start, narrowing the point difference to single digits.

The fans at the scene and on the hotline were very excited.

As expected, their guess was correct. The Cavaliers were going to replay the Pelicans' desperate comeback from the previous game!

But at this moment, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

The Pelicans strengthened their defensive intensity, and the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency declined.

Tang Tian stood up again, combining breakthroughs, shots, and passes, and countered with an 8-0 run, widening the point difference again.

And they never allowed the Cavaliers to close the gap again.

As the start showed, the Cavaliers' condition tonight was much worse than in the previous game.

The offensive wave at the beginning of the third quarter was just a reflection of James and Irving's personal abilities.

By the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers were almost 20 points behind!

At this time, not only the fans at the scene and on the hotline, but even the photographers gave Lue a close-up for a long time.

It seemed to be urging him.

What about the promised tactics? Use them quickly!

Lue looked at himself appearing on the LED screen, his expression a little embarrassed.

What was wrong with this guy's head? Why magnify me at this time!

The team was not in good shape, what was the point of looking at me!

Look at James!

In the opening stage of the fourth quarter, J.R. Smith went crazy and led the team to close the gap again, narrowing the point difference to within 15 points.

But when the main players from both sides returned, the Pelicans steadily held their ground and maintained the point difference until the end of the game.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Cavaliers on the road with a score of 110 to 96, winning another game and taking a 3-1 lead in the series!

Tang Tian felt hot and scored a big triple-double with 41 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists! Davis also had 31 points and 11 rebounds.

The two played with the feeling of Jordan + Pippen, and the Cavaliers completely lost their temper.

After the game, everyone looked confused.

What about the promised targeted tactics?!

What about defending Tang Tian?!

There was nothing!

Was it just a scam!

"This is probably just a smokescreen..."

"Yeah, Tang is the number one player in the league. He might be restricted once, but he won't be restricted a second time?"

"No, if you look closely at the replay, the Cavaliers defended like the Warriors, but it didn't work at all!"

"You're still sticking to your point of view, I'm going to watch the replay."

"Huh! It's true, looking at LeBron and Whiteside's defensive positioning, it's the same as the Warriors, but...it's completely useless!"

"Is this the legendary, I'm in! You're in?"

"I suspect you're driving, and I have plenty of evidence!" (driving = making sexual innuendos)

"This is really boring after a shiver, the Cavaliers' targeted tactics are too bad, there's no feeling at all!"

"This is going to be bad, 1-3, the legendary targeted tactics are just air."

"The championship belongs to the Pelicans!"

"I suddenly think it would have been better not to sign Whiteside, this guy is really poisonous!"

"LeBron 'Never Take the Blame' James?"

"Win the game LeBron is awesome, lose the game teammates are trash, so real."

……

As soon as the game ended, the discussion on social media had reached a peak.

But after the fans found that the Cavaliers' targeted tactics had completely failed, they were very pessimistic about them.

However, the atmosphere at the Pelicans' post-game press conference was very lively.

Leading 3-1, the Pelicans have a match point and are only one step away from defending their title.

"What is your biggest feeling about this game? This is the game in which the team suppressed the opponent throughout the game in so many Finals games."

A reporter from TNT asked Tang Tian.

"Um...I think its game intensity is lower than our team's training games."

Tang Tian thought for a while and then said.

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