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To add insult to injury, the referee's whistle blew again, blowing Mobley for blocking a foul. With an incredulous look on his face, Mobley walked up to the referee and got into an argument with the referee, eventually being whistled for a technical foul.

After being blown T, Mobley was completely enraged and rushed directly in the direction of the referee, Allen quickly hugged him when he saw this, and several other players of the Cavaliers also surrounded him, trying to stop the situation from developing further.

And the head coach of the Cavaliers, Bickerstaff, also quickly called a timeout, submitted a substitution request to the referee, and replaced Mobley to protect him.

After this clash, the Cavaliers sent Isaac Okoro on the court to replace Mitchell, who was heavily guarded by Keldon, and sent Robin Lopez to fill the void on the Cavaliers' interior after Mobley's departure.

The Cavaliers are attacking again, and Garland has become the absolute core of the court at this time, and in Mitchell's absence, he can basically be said to have the majority of the team's possession, and his shot selection has become less cautious.

I saw that he first called Lopez to make a cover for himself, and then broke through to the inside line, completed a pull-up jump shot, and hit it steadily.

At this time, the second quarter of the game was also coming to an end, and Chang Tiancheng slowly advanced with the ball, consuming some of the time of the game, in order to compress the number of offensive rounds of the Cavaliers.

The rest of the Spurs realized this, and the five men on the court began to pass the ball back and forth, and finally with three seconds left on the offensive time, McDermott hit a three-pointer that eventually bounced off the frame, but left the Cavaliers with less than ten seconds to attack.

Garland broke through quickly, but Chang Tiancheng blocked his breakthrough route in advance, and in desperation, Garland had to pass the ball to Lopez next to him.

Unlike his older brother, Lopez Jr. has almost no three-point shooting ability, but seeing that the second quarter of the game is about to end, he has no choice but to throw a three-pointer in a hurry.

But to everyone's surprise, after rolling twice on the basket, this three-point shot actually scored, and even Lopez himself did not expect it.

So, at halftime, the Cavaliers led the Spurs by four points, 45-41.

At the start of the second half, the Spurs fielded their own bench lineup, keeping Collins and Diop on the court, while Julian Champagnie, Branham and Langford all came on.

The Cavaliers also sent substitutes, but in terms of the quality of the bench, the advantage of the Spurs side will be more obvious.

The two teams let the bench play half a quarter, while the Spurs took advantage of the bench to tie the score, and the score came to 58-58.

Taking advantage of a foul throw, Popovich requested a substitution, bringing Sochan and Keldon on the court first. Seeing this, Bickerstaff also sent Mitchell on the court, after all, the opponent has already sent a starter, if his side still uses full substitutes, in case the point difference is pulled away, it will be difficult to chase in the fourth quarter.

Chang Tiancheng stood up from the bench and was just about to warm up, but was pressed down by Popovich: "Chang, you don't need to rush to play, just rest for a while."

Chang Tiancheng first looked at Popovich, then at his teammates on the field, accepted Popovich's kindness, and sat down again.

"Chang, don't think I'm deliberately not letting you play. Popovich sat down next to Chang Tiancheng, "You played the first half, you have never played a full half in the NBA before."

Chang Tiancheng nodded: "But I don't feel tired, coach, if necessary, I can play at any time."

Popovich smiled: "Now we don't have a rush, we have sent two starters, and the other side just sent Mitchell." We already knew from the first half that Keldon was capable of causing Mitchell problems on the defensive end.

As soon as Popovich finished speaking, Mitchell on the court completed a breakthrough dunk, and the person he passed was Keldon. Obviously, during the break, Mitchell also adjusted his offensive thinking. Since he can't compare physically, then use speed and explosiveness to win!

Although he was slapped in the face, Popovich still had an expression of sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai. However, Mitchell's next performance was like a god, and he soon led the team to start the score with the Spurs, and the whole process seemed to be relaxed and freehand, and it didn't seem to take much effort.

The reason why this is the case is because Sochan replaced Collins, so that the Spurs' interior line began to become weak again. Mitchell can take the opportunity to break through Keldon directly at full speed, without caring about the interior defense behind him.

By the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers had an eight-point lead over the Spurs at 70-62.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, although Popovich still wanted Chang Tiancheng to rest again, under Chang Tiancheng's strong request, Chang Tiancheng was still sent on the court.

And the Cavaliers also sent a full main lineup, and both sides knew in their hearts that the first few rounds of the fourth quarter could decide the outcome of the game.

Chang Tiancheng advanced with the ball, Vassell and McDermott immediately pulled to the bottom corner, and the Spurs once again used a seven-second offensive formation. After a high-post pick-and-roll with Sochan, Chang Tiancheng faced Allen, chose to force a breakthrough directly with speed like Mitchell, and finally completed a light layup when Allen was about to block him.

At 70:64, the Spurs began to chase the score.

Mitchell continued to hold the ball, faced Vassell's defense, and directly turned his back twice, and then turned over and made a pick-and-shoot one after another, but I don't know if it was because the rest felt cold, and this time the shot was not made.

Sochan grabbed the defensive rebound and passed the ball to Chang Tiancheng, and the five Spurs began to charge together again, taking advantage of the gap when the Cavaliers did not return in time, Vassell hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Chang Tiancheng in the bottom corner.

At 70:67, the difference between the two teams was only three points.

Bickerstaff sat in the coach's seat, a trace of sweat on his forehead, and thought to himself: this seven-second fast-break system is really scary when the players are hot, and the eight-point lead is about to be erased all of a sudden.

The Cavaliers attacked, Mitchell passed the ball to Garland, who after bypassing Allen's screen, passed the ball back to Mitchell, who was already in the corner.

After Mitchell received the ball, he first sent Vassell flying with a false swing, and then confidently made a three-point shot.

The score came to 73-67.