Lu was thinking, James broke through and sent a second pass, and Whiteside received the ball and squeezed out Jokic's dunk with both hands and scored again.

5 to 10!

Whiteside took care of all the points after the Cavaliers' opening game!

In terms of cake eating ability, he is much better than Mozgoff and Tristan Thompson!

This 98 million is still useful!

However, looking back, Tang Tian continued to take advantage of Whiteside's weakness of slow movement and broke through to the inside to assist Davis in the middle distance and scored another 2 points.

Compared to offensive end, Whiteside's point that cannot be defended is even more fatal.

James continued to score a sprint and scored Whiteside!

He also thought about it. If Whiteside wants to play a role on the court, he has to make him attack more at the basket.

Whiteside continued to catch the ball, and Jokic reached out to stop the ball.

His offensive methods are single, without hooking or stepping, and he takes action after a strong confrontation.

"Bang!"

The basketball hit the frame.

However, he has a fast speed and needs to catch offensive rebounds after taking off for a second time.

At this moment, a figure rushed before him and flew into the bag with a rebound.

Tang Tian!

Jokic's body bounce speed was slow, and Davis was also killed by James. The Pelicans, like the previous few rounds, have difficulty protecting defensive rebounds.

But the Cavaliers missed Tang Tian!

Tang Tian, ​​who also needed to get the ball last season, had the ability to judge the rebounding point and defensive rebounding ability after having the rebounding master skills.

With height and bounce, he grabbed the ball before Whiteside!

A burst of cheers rang out at the scene.

Whiteside has previously grabbed offensive rebounds, and Tang Tian’s rebound protection is quite timely!

Tang Tian took the rebound and directly played the defensive counterattack. Boyang and Holiday had already rushed out, and even Davis squeezed away James and rushed forward quickly.

The Pelicans' defensive counterattack speed is significantly faster than last season.

Whiteside still had no time to retreat. The Pelicans played 3-for-2 in the frontcourt, Tang Tian made a double-team pass, and Holiday scored a layup after receiving the ball.

12-5, the Pelicans continued to expand their lead!

At this time, Lu stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips and frowned.

He is now extremely entangled.

After playing for more than five minutes, Whiteside's pros and cons for the Cavaliers are already obvious.

His offensive rebounds and his frontcourt advantage against Jokic are visible to the naked eye, but his defense is directly a loophole after being targeted.

If you can't get out of the position, you can't get back when defending fast attacks. This is no longer a round.

Whiteside played well with the Pelicans, which means that the Pelicans’ strengths and weaknesses are clear at a glance!

And it's obvious that the Pelicans are playing after the game!

It felt like you were saying, your 98 million yuan was wasted, your 98 million yuan was really wasted!

This seems to echo Tang Tian’s attitude before the game. The Pelicans really didn’t take Whiteside into consideration.

Because that is really not a threat, it is their breakthrough!

This is also Lu's concern, whether to continue to put Whiteside on the field.

If you continue to put it on the court, it means you will continue to be targeted by the Pelicans, but if you replace him, it means you will admit that the biggest signing in the summer has failed!

And this is not a game. If the two teams encounter each other in the finals, Whiteside will not even be targeted for a minute!

Fortunately, the rotation time of this quarter was soon, so he didn't have to worry about it. He put JR Smith and Tristan Thompson on the court, and let them replace Shampert and Whiteside on the court.

When Whiteside ended, he looked at Lu Yi unhappily, but he hadn't deducted it yet!

Lu went over to comfort him for a while, and then continued to look at the field.

22-11, the Pelicans unknowingly widened the score difference to double digits.

In the substitute connection, Delong's condition on the Pelicans is still average, with two shots outside the three-point line being a bit too big, and the Cavaliers beat him to counterattack.

James did not get off the court. After the first quarter, the score on the field was 28 to 20, and the Cavaliers were close to some point difference.

Stevens reacted quickly. Seeing that Deron couldn't play, he replaced Holiday at the beginning of the second quarter.

This substitution worked successfully, and at this time, another Pelicans veteran, David West, stood up.

Using Davis's restraint in the inside, he received consecutive passes and made mid-range jump shots, helping the Pelicans re-establish a double-digit advantage.

Seeing this, Lu was forced to replace James, who had only been resting for a minute, but Stephens immediately replaced Tang Tian!

You have your Zhang Liang plan, and I have my ladder passing through the wall!

In the opening game, Stevens had no intention of letting go!

The main players on both sides took the field early, and this quarter became a battle between the two sides.

James made a breakthrough layup, and Tang Tian immediately stopped and jumped on the answerball.

Davis' foul on the ball and made a layup, and scored 2 points. Irving immediately made the same breakthrough and made a foul on the same color.

In the offense, the defense of both sides is particularly important.

Whiteside didn't play much in the second quarter, and the Cavaliers' defense was still as bad as last season.

Although the Pelicans speed up, the system is still there. The Cavaliers' offense in this quarter is good, but their efficiency is obviously not as good as the Pelicans.

After halftime, the score on the field was 60-46, and the Pelicans took a 14-point lead!

"Alvin Gentry has a huge role in the Pelicans."

Entering the intermission on the field, Kenny Smith continues his professional analysis.

The Pelicans scored 60 points in the first half, which was a pretty high score.

The Pelicans' game last season gave people the feeling of offense and defense balance, pursuing offensive and defensive efficiency, much like the Spurs.

But after watching this season, positional combat tactics have been simplified and the speed and frequency of defensive counterattacks have been increased.

Although it is not as extreme as the Suns at the time, the team's offense has obviously improved.

The person who made this change happen was obviously the Pelicans' new first assistant coach Alvin Gentree.

Moreover, this change was quite successful in the first half.

Last season's finals, the Pelicans used the Cavaliers' best offense to win three consecutive games, and now it seems easier than that time.

Before the game, Whiteside said his joining would make the game easier.

Now it seems that he is only half right.

Because the team that wins easier is not the Cavaliers, but the Pelicans!

After returning from the break, Lu continued to put Whiteside in, and the Pelicans continued to follow the strategy of the first half and grabbed Whiteside to play.

The two sides' style of play are the same as in the first half, the difference is that the Pelicans' outside feels explosive in this quarter!

Tang Tian, ​​Bo Yang, Holiday, Jokic, and even Davis scored three points!

Lu saw that the situation was wrong and replaced Whiteside in advance, but it was too late!

In this quarter alone, the Pelicans threw 8 three-pointers!

After the third quarter, they also led the Cavaliers by as much as 24 points 95-71!

The Pelicans!

This is Kenny Smith's evaluation of the Pelicans' new season's playing style after watching this quarter!

Whiteside was extremely depressed off the court. He had only enough strength but no use of his skills!
Chapter completed!