The Pacers' two three-pointers were the first to win, but immediately, they did not respond well to the opponent's three-point defense. Instead, James found an opportunity to counterattack successfully after consecutive breakouts.

"It seems that the Cavaliers' response is better. At least they did not let Lin dominate the penalty area in the inside. But think about it, in dealing with the Cavaliers' conventional tactics, pick-and-roll breakouts, the Pacers just let the opponent perform their tactics again and again!" Bill Walton frowned, and was a little unfavorable about the Pacers' current defensive strategy.

Obviously, McMillan doesn't want Lin Sen to be too tired on the defensive end. If James and Irving are allowed to attack the inside without restraint, Lin Sen, who has been repairing the defense and assisting the defense, needs to consume how much physical strength it will take to complete the defense. So on the outside, the Pacers start to rotate continuously, so for Pacers who are accustomed to this tactic, they can easily find empty seats!

Irving once again received a pass from James in a relatively comfortable position. He raised his hand and swung Eric Gordon, who had rushed past the rest of the defense, and then rushed directly into the inside.

Lin Sen's backup defense came quickly, but this best defensive player was unable to complete this backup defense. He walked in the air and folded it. Irving's bounce ability was not much better, but the movements he could make in the air always felt that there were more than many other players who jumped much higher than him. He avoided Lin Sen's block in the air and completed a layup.

Lin Sen shook his head helplessly. He almost controlled most of the positions in the penalty area, but he still could not stop Irving's layup. The angle of this layup was very tricky and fast. The important thing was that I was deceived by Irving's fake layup movement when he first made a backup. He did not have time to complete the backup defense that he should have completed. This was the biggest problem.

Although Lin Sen has not made significant progress, it can be seen that Irving's singles ability is obviously even further than last year's, and his grasp of layup time and angle is obviously better!

Lin Sen was a little anxious. There were few such situations. It was not uncommon for the Pacers to be suppressed just now. In the previous two rounds of games, this scene would occasionally be seen. The Pacers were suppressed slightly at the beginning, but this usually does not exceed one quarter, and the Pacers will fight back the game.

But something is wrong at this point in time. The game has reached the second quarter. When the outside is in good condition, the Pacers are still 7 points behind. Because Lin Sen's performance tonight is average.

Lin Sen, who averaged 30 in the first 8 games, only scored 7 points when he was over halfway through the second quarter! His score was not even double-digit, and facing the Cavaliers who were very weak inside, this state was not right.

"Is Lin preparing to show mercy tonight to his old club?" Bill Walton smiled. Apart from this, he didn't expect any reason Lin Sen would play so badly when facing the Cavaliers, whose strength is much worse than the Raptors.

Tyron Lu doesn’t have many offensive tactics, but on the defensive end, he does a good job. JR Smith, Shampoo, Jefferson, no matter how the personnel on the field are replaced, there will definitely be responsible for the pincer attack. TT ensures that he will not lose his position at the first time. After all, he is not slow in his footsteps!

Lin Sen's hooking feel tonight was very average! Several times before double-teaming hooking failed to hit. This made Lin Sen very depressed about his performance tonight.

Rachel is not as excited as Bill Walton: "Lin's performance is very bad. This is their home court. If they lose one game first, it may be difficult to make them continue to win this series!"

In the second half, Lin Sen obviously increased his personal offensive time, and he finally regained his touch on the offensive end in the second half. He was in good condition in the mid-range shot and the basket, and made consecutive hits.

Unfortunately, on the defensive end, Lin Sen's condition is either very average or the opponent is clearly avoiding Lin Sen's attack. As long as Lin Sen goes to snatch James, this all-around small forward with a wide vision will find the Pacers' space. His height is much taller than the point guards who broke through before. Rondo and Lowry are not weak in passing. If you really want to say, the biggest difference between the two people is that James has sufficient vision to pass the ball while Lin Sen is fighting hard to defend, while the two defenders who are less than 190cm tall are difficult to do. They are more organized outside and breaking points.

Lin Sen can attack, but the Pacers' top defense in the league has no way to go against the opponent's attack! George and Lin Sen's joint defense were cracked one by one by one by James' pass.

Lin Sen scored 14 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and the score difference came from 7 points to 13 points. The Cavaliers scored 33:27 in a single quarter. They were not afraid of the opponent's attack, because as long as their dual cores were present, it would be difficult for them to attack poorly. The two of them were not comparable to the Raptors' pair of garbage brothers before.

In the fourth quarter, it was not just Lin Sen. George also stood up, and even played better than Lin Sen. But this could only face one thing. It was difficult for them to get a advantage when they played against each other. In the fourth quarter, both sides were very efficient. After George also stood up, their opponent finally got a 55-start.

This time the Pacers played no worse than the Cavaliers, but the problem was that they were 13 points behind in the first three quarters! This is a bad thing. The Pacers had to play dominant defense to recover the score. The problem was that except for Lin Sen and George, the others did not do well in defense tonight, and the Cavaliers' offense choice was some other players.

The Pacers' calls began to gradually become smaller! The score difference was still around 10 points, but as time went by, the advantage of these 10 points remained until the end of the game.

James scored 26 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds in the game, with a triple-double. George and Linson's defense did not limit him. Scoring 26 points is not much, but the efficiency of 10 of 19 shots is very high, and there are 11 assists. The Pacers' double-player defense plan for James at the beginning did not have the expected effect.

In addition, Irving also broke through CJ Myers. When he was against the Raptors, he restricted Lowry, but now it seems that Irving's strength is really higher than Lowry. He is just a simple scorer, scoring 34 points from 13 of 22 shots.

These two players combined for 23 of 41 shots and scored 60 points with high efficiency, so it's no wonder that the Pacers lost the game!
Chapter completed!