134. It's all Hughes's fault for holding us back!_2

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Bobcats scored only 3 points, but the Cavaliers didn't do much better. They relied on James to break into the paint for a 2+1, and Varejao made two free throws from a second-chance play to score 5 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers caught up to 15 to 20.

After the break, the Cavaliers subbed in Donnell Marshall, Damon Jones, and Big Z. James and Hughes continued to play.

On the Bobcats' side, Bickerstaff anticipated the rotation plan of the opponent. They had faced each other three times in the past three months, and Mike Brown's strategies were too easy to figure out.

He didn't put in Zhang Yang; instead, he sent out Felton, Alan Anderson, Gerald Wallace, Melvin Ely, and Brezec.