When a person suddenly has passing and shooting skills, feels good, and plays reasonably, even a top defender like Iguodala is useless.

Tang Tian scored 12 points and 3 assists in the first quarter, helping the Pelicans lead the Warriors by 10 points with a score of 30 to 20.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Warriors, led by Barnes, once tied the score.

But after Tang Tian came back, the Pelicans' offensive remained undiminished, and they quickly re-established their advantage.

At the end of the first half, the Pelicans led the Warriors 55 to 44 by 11 points.

Tang Tian scored 18 points, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in the half, shooting 6 of 12.

An 11-point difference in the half is not particularly large. For both sides, if they want to win the game, they must look at the adjustment and performance in the second half.

"Coach, I'll defend Tang in the second half. I'm more familiar with him."

In the Warriors' locker room, Thompson volunteered to Mark Jackson.

In the first half, Iguodala's defense against Tang Tian could only be considered average.

"Well, Andre, you defend Gordon in the second half."

Jackson accepted Thompson's proposal.

Tang Tian is now the most headache-inducing player for the Warriors in this game. If they can defend him, the game will become much simpler.

Iguodala nodded after listening.

Although he didn't want to switch in his heart, he still followed the coach's arrangement.

After Jackson finished arranging the tactics for the second half, Iguodala chatted with Thompson alone.

"Tang should have gained weight. His confrontation is much stronger than before. You have to pay attention to this."

He told Thompson about his defensive experience in the first half.

Thompson nodded. He knew Tang Tian very well, so he just listened to Iguodala's suggestion.

The Warriors attacked first in the second half.

Iguodala received a pass from Curry and made a cut to the basket, but was blocked by Davis.

Switching to the power forward position, Davis' help defense ability was maximized.

The Warriors' offense failed, but they retreated quickly, not giving the Pelicans a chance to launch a fast break.

Holiday dribbled the ball to the front court.

At this time, Tang Tian saw that his defender had become Thompson.

He was overjoyed.

In the first half, although he scored a lot, his efficiency was not very high.

In particular, Iguodala's confrontation was not much weaker than him, and the physical battle between the two had a relatively large impact on his feel.

But Thompson was different. He was most familiar with Little Klay.

Thompson belonged to the academic school of defense. The reason it was called the academic school was because his basketball IQ was very high. His sense of position on the defensive end was very good, and he rarely lost his defensive position.

But the weakness was also obvious. Limited by his physical fitness, confrontation was the biggest weakness, and his defensive aggressiveness was not high.

He backed against Thompson and directly asked for the ball.

When Holiday passed the ball over, he turned to face the basket.

Thompson directly pushed forward with his body. He was indeed very familiar with Tang Tian, knowing to compress space to limit Tang Tian's pull-up jumper.

Tang Tian didn't pull up, but took a step to the left and directly broke through inside.

Thompson went up to confront him.

"Bang!"

But with a pain in his chest, he finally knew what Iguodala was telling him to pay attention to.

Tang Tian was much stronger in confrontation than during the offseason.

He maintained his defensive position, but was still knocked off balance.

Tang Tian drove to the basket, bumped Thompson away, and scored a layup.

Whistles sounded throughout the arena.

Tang Tian took the lead in scoring at the start of the second half!

In the Warriors' offense, Curry passed the ball to Bogut for the high post pick-and-roll, and he came out around David Lee's screen, hitting a three-pointer in front of Davis.

After changing his way of exerting force and getting rid of his ankle injury, Curry began to show his potential as a super shooter.

The Pelicans attacked to the front court again, and Thompson began to go around in front of Tang Tian to prevent him from receiving the ball.

Gordon and Davis played a pick-and-roll, and Iguodala chased from behind, blocking his shot out of bounds.

After the block, Iguodala hammered his chest.

He was exploded by Tang Tian a bit miserably in the first half. It seemed that there was no problem with his defense, but Tang Tian was indeed a bit of a tiger.

The Pelicans inbounded the ball from the sideline.

At this time, there was not much time left for the offense, and Tang Tian directly took the ball outside the three-point line for a one-on-one.

Davis took the initiative to set an off-ball screen.

Tang Tian took a step and directly pulled up for a jumper.

Thompson bypassed Davis' screen and pounced over.

Tang Tian deliberately waited a moment before shooting.

"Pa!"

Thompson hit Tang Tian's arm.

But after Tang Tian went up against the contact, the shape of his shot was not affected, and he still shot the ball out.

"Bang!"

The ball hit the backboard, rebounded, and then shot into the net!

3+1!

Cheers erupted from the arena.

"Kill this game!"

An excited spectator shouted.

Tang Tian had scored 5 consecutive points since returning in the second half, and he still had a free throw opportunity!

Davis also excitedly came over to bump chests with Tang Tian, even Little Shou Shou had moments of passion.

Mark Jackson frowned slightly on the sidelines at this time.

Thompson volunteered, and he originally thought it would make some changes, but from the current point of view, the effect might not be as good as Iguodala's.

Tang Tian's free throw opportunity.

He adjusted his breathing and steadily hit it.

60 to 47, the Pelicans still led by 13 points.

The Warriors played a low post tactic in the front court.

After the other players spread out, Lee singled Davis in the low post, turned around and scored, and also tricked Davis into a shooting foul.

Tang Tian stepped forward at this time to remind him of the timing of the block.

Although he practiced with him for an offseason in the summer, Davis didn't have the system, and progress still took time.

Lee made the free throw, and the Warriors narrowed the point difference back to 10 points.

The situation on the court remained deadlocked.

Thompson continued to go around in front of Tang Tian, and Tang Tian began to run off-ball.

Using Smith's screen to come out, he directly received the ball and pulled up for a three-pointer.

Thompson didn't foul on this shot, and his defense was very good.

"Swish!"

However, after the ball was released, it drew a perfect arc in the air and went directly into the net with a hollow sound.

Tang Tian was 3 for 3 since returning in the second half!

His feel was obviously better than in the first half!

Tang Tian also realized this at this time. Without the grappling entanglement of Iguodala, his feel obviously improved.

Curry broke through and passed the ball to Lee, and Lee's free throw line shot also went in. His feel in the second half was also very good.

But turning his head, it was still Tang Tian, still off-ball.

This time, he faked a pull-up jumper after receiving the ball, tricking Thompson, and then directly drove to the basket, jumping up and scoring with a two-handed dunk!

Scoring 10 consecutive points since returning in the second half!

There was no harm without comparison. After this substitution defense, people realized how good Iguodala's defense was in the first half!

Curry immediately scored a layup in the front court to respond.

The Warriors' entire team had a very good feel and state in the second half.

But it couldn't stand Tang Tian's hot hand.

Tang Tian played the entire third quarter. He bombed Thompson's head wildly and scored 20 points in a single quarter!

Little Klay, he was exploded again and again and again!

At the end of the third quarter, Tang Tian's personal score had reached 38 points, breaking the season high set in the opening game!