Brooklyn Nets coach PJ Carlesimo, who was standing on the sidelines, stared anxiously at the situation on the basketball court. He looked up at the large ceiling screen above the Quick Loan Center, which showed the Brooklyn Nets' score so far against the Cleveland Cavaliers in today's game.

50:60, although the Brooklyn Nets' performance in the second half was much stronger than their performance in the first half. However, at this time, they were still the side behind on the basketball court, and the score gap behind was still as high as double digits.

The 10-point gap is not a number that can be easily surpassed, so at this time, it is inevitable that PJ Calessimo, the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, feels anxious.

Although the Brooklyn Nets have narrowed the score gap by 2 points compared to the end of the first half, it is obvious that the narrowing 2-point number is not enough at this time.

At least it is not enough for the Brooklyn Nets. They have played more than half of the third quarter, but the gap in scores has only changed from 12 points at the end of the first half to 10 points...

Such a gap in numbers will still make people feel frustrated. And more importantly, the third quarter game is coming to an end. If you continue to enter the second half with a double-digit gap, it will definitely be a huge bad news for the Cleveland Cavaliers!

In the fourth quarter, the harsh environment was completely unimaginable with the last 12 minutes left in the game.

So in PJ. Carlesimo's opinion, if the Brooklyn Nets still hold the hope of winning in this game, then they will have to make efforts from now on! They have to pay more than before, they need to catch the Cleveland Cavaliers off guard, and then take advantage of such a time to completely narrow the gap in the scores or even tie it!

Because only in this way can the Brooklyn Nets find a better opportunity to catch up with the score that is lagging behind at this time.

So PJ. Calesimo asked for a timeout at this time, the only thing that made him feel relieved was that when he saw his players walking down the basketball court, he still maintained his fighting spirit for the game.

This means that the players still have full expectations for today's game. Having the desire to win a game is an important reason for whether a team can turn the tables.

If they have no fighting spirit and no desire to win the game at this time, then the Brooklyn Nets will be close to explaining this game in minutes.

"We need to play passion! We have to play tougher than them! Keep hitting the basket. We have to try to compete for every rebound! Don't give the Clevelanders a chance to counterattack. If you can't grab the rebound, you can quickly retreat! Guys, there's not much time left, we need to have a raid on their hinterland! Take them off guard! We can, just like we did at the beginning of the second quarter!"

When the players were around him, PJ. Calesimo shouted loudly to everyone beside him. His expression seemed much more serious than before. He wanted to send a signal to every Brooklyn Nets player at this time, that is, they don’t have much time, and they must seize the next time!

If the Brooklyn Nets can no longer catch up with the score gap, then they will have almost no chance in today's game. So at this time, the Brooklyn Nets can no longer remain content with the status quo. They must take the initiative to attack at this time.

Even if the gap between the two sides cannot be filled in at once, the gap between the scores must be narrowed at least. Although the double-digit scores are stable enough, the problem is that this cannot bring too much help to the Brooklyn Nets who play away.

So at this time, it is already an imminent matter for the Brooklyn Nets. So for this timeout, Brooklyn Nets head coach PJ Calessimo not only gave the team an ultimatum, but also made some adjustments to the lineup on the basketball court.

At this time, he replaced the team's inside core Brooke Lopez's basketball court because in previous games, Dwight Howard and Wu Dawei frequently used the weak point of Brooke Lopez's slow movement speed, and used high pick-and-roll to complete the score on the offensive end.

So at this time, PJ Calesimo naturally could not let such a colander appear on the basketball court when the team needed to chase points... This must be an adverse effect, so he chose to replace Brooke Lopez with Reggie Evans.

Evans is the most vicious tough guy in this league and is also the object of hatred by many players in the league. From this, we can see how disgusting Reggie Evans will become on the basketball court.

Although he is not tall enough, he is a big guy, his strength is enough to make him fight against Dwight Howard, and he is much better than a big center like Brooke Lopez in terms of movement speed.

PJ. Calesimo also hopes that the team can improve the rhythm of the game and increase it to a faster pace after this timeout. Although this is also familiar to the Cleveland Cavaliers, this is the best choice for the Brooklyn Nets to catch up with the score gap at this time.

Although the opponent is also good at playing fast-paced offense and defense, if the Brooklyn Nets can play their own pace, they will still have an advantage and will have more and greater advantages!

Because of the fast-paced offense and defense, the passive side can always seem even more busy. If the Brooklyn Nets can play such a game after the timeout, they will have a good chance of completing a comeback at this time.

On the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott, as the team's head coach, still has no desire to make adjustments at this time. Although the team's overall performance in the third quarter actually did not satisfy him, the main reason is that the team can stabilize the situation on the basketball court, which is within an acceptable range of his!

So during this timeout, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott did not make any personnel adjustments. For him, the team only needs to continue to play according to their previous performance and condition in the next game, and there will basically be no problems.

So when the timeout came back, the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home continued their starting lineup at the beginning to play, while on the side of the Brooklyn Nets, their inside combination became a combination of evil men, Reggie Evans and Humphries.

As for the other three positions, no changes were made. Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Gerald Wallace were still connected together at three points.

"The Brooklyn Nets will definitely make changes after they come back from the timeout!" Charles Barkley sat in front of the commentator on the sidelines at this time and said: "Coach PJ. Carlesimo replaced their All-Star center Brook Lopez and replaced Reggie Evans. Oh my God, has he finally seen their loopholes and weaknesses on the defensive end!?"

Charles Barkley exclaimed for such an adjustment, and continued: "If PJ Calesimo's reaction was not so slow, then the Brooklyn Nets might not be behind the Cleveland Cavaliers so many points!"

When the game started again, the ball was in the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving continued to dribble the ball through the half, facing Deron Williams' defense. Although Kyrie Irving was always at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Deron Williams in today's game, at least in the third quarter, his performance on the offensive end was pretty good.

Although Delon Williams frequently held the ball and hit the defense line, fortunately, Kyrie Irving's self-confidence did not collapse. Although he was just a second-year player, he had experienced a finals last season, so his psychological quality was also excellent at this time.

Moreover, he had repeatedly relied on Dwight Howard's pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, so this time when Kyrie Irving dribbled through half the game, he still tried to make a pick-and-roll with Dwight Howard as soon as possible.

But obviously this time was far worse than the previous few times, because after Kyrie Irving once again threw away Deron Williams' defense through the pick-and-roll, his eyes were not as empty as before, but the appearance of Reggie Evans appeared...

Although Reggie Evans' tactical low post on the basketball court is completely incomparable to Brooke Lopez, at least in terms of movement speed, Reggie Evans still beat the latter.

So at this time, Reggie Evans blocked Kyrie Irving well and continued to break through the paint area. Kyrie Irving obviously did not expect such a result, so he was suddenly stunned at this moment...

At this moment, Reggie Evans in front of him pounced on him like a tiger! He pounced on Kyrie Irving. After Irene reacted, he quickly protected the ball, but he was already a little busy. At this time, Deron Williams, who had been thrown away by him before, did not give up on defense, and he also caught up at this time.

The Brooklyn Nets players are now thoroughly implementing the strategy that team coach PJ Calesimo has arranged for them before. That is, fight for every ball and never give up every defense!

The busy Kyrie Irving was completely unable to cope with this at this time, and the situation where he was double-teamed by two opponents also made the Cleveland Cavaliers teammates unable to help him well.

Because he had no way to pass the ball at this time, he was already very tired just by dealing with the robbery of Deron Williams and Reggie Evans...

In the end, Kyrie Irving was unable to beat four-handed with two fists, and the ball was successfully intercepted by the Brooklyn Nets!

The moment Deron Williams grabbed the ball from Kyrie Irving's arms, the team's head coach PJ Calesimo, who was already nervous on the sidelines, was extremely excited at this time!

Because this is tantamount to explaining that his previous timeout had at least a little effect. His previous substitutions also had some effect at this time! At least they defended Dwight Howard, who had been unable to defend before this, mentioned that after playing pick-and-roll at a high position, the Cleveland Cavaliers broke through with their teammates...

The Brooklyn Nets launched a fast break counterattack at this time, and Deron Williams ran wildly towards the frontcourt with the ball. In the end, it helped the Brooklyn Nets score two points, and the score instantly became 52:60!

The Brooklyn Nets narrowed the score gap to single digits again at this time. Although there are still 8 points, this is definitely a good start for the Brooklyn Nets!

This has no doubt about the motivational effect on morale, so at this time, when the Brooklyn Nets' fast break was successful, there were also cheering sounds on the sidelines of the Brooklyn Nets' players' seat!

And then, the corresponding situation is naturally the silent environment of Cleveland fans on the sidelines of the Quick Loan Center.

At this time, there were only 4 minutes left in the third quarter, and at this time the Brooklyn Nets broke the original stalemate again, which was undoubtedly a warning to the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Chapter completed!