285. Provoked
Starting at 12:0, after the timeout, this is perhaps the hardest start the Cleveland Cavaliers have encountered in the last nine games since the start of the second half of the season. Their matchup was No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, and their superstars were in such a good state in this game tonight!
All of this caused great trouble to the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time. They did want to win this game, but the current situation is extremely unfavorable for them!
Because the New Yorkers have gained the upper hand from the beginning, this is a very headache. After all, the New York Knicks are not ordinary people now, and they are currently the top team in the Eastern Conference.
They were 12 points behind at the beginning of a game. There is no doubt that the Cleveland Cavaliers have gone in trouble. Because 12 points behind is not just a number behind, but it also means that the New York Knicks, who played at home in this game tonight, is in a surprisingly good state!
So even after the timeout, the situation facing the Cleveland Cavaliers was very annoying and urgent. Fortunately, after the timeout, the Cleveland Cavaliers had the ball rights in their hands, and at least the ball rights still allowed them to see hope.
At this time, the most important thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers is to narrow the 12-point gap that is behind to only 10 points or even 10 points!
Kyrie Irving controlled the ball for halftime. He had a shooting experience before, but unfortunately the shooting was miserable. Although the overall condition of the Cleveland Cavaliers since Wu Dawei's comeback has been very good, Kyrie Irving's performance has been quite struggling, as if he was about to get lost and could no longer play the same performance as he did in the first half of the season.
He now urgently needs to find his way to play with Wu Dawei again, but it is obvious that tonight is not the best time. So at this time, Kyrie, who controlled the ball and passed half of the game, did not greedy for the ball, but quickly chose to hand the ball over to Wu Dawei who was raised to catch the ball at a high position.
Wu Dawei didn't feel very good at opening tonight. His first shot was also off the basket, but it was not disturbed by defensive players, but it was purely his own problem.
Eman Shampoo is shorter than Wu Dawei and not as strong as Wu Dawei. On the defensive end, he will be very difficult to face Wu Dawei. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have made adjustments, they have also started to play a big team with four small teams. Wu Dawei was mentioned to the fourth position. It is logical that it should be against Cameron Anthony in the whole game. However, at this time, the person responsible for defending Wu Dawei at the high position is still the Eman Shampoo before!
Shampoo felt the pressure when he stood in front of Wu Dawei. Although Wu Dawei had not yet gotten any point on him, his taller and strong figure than Shampoo was enough to make him Alexander on the defensive end.
When Wu Dawei held the ball at a high position, other players of the Cleveland Cavaliers did not come up to cooperate with Wu Dawei, but hurriedly opened up space for Wu Dawei to fight.
Because of the difference between Wu Dawei and Eman Shampoo in terms of personal tonnage and height, when the Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott made a move on the offensive tactics, he said bluntly that as long as Wu Dawei faced Eman Shampoo with the ball, he would let Wu Dawei fight him firmly!
Because there is a huge gap in tonnage between the two. So it is not too difficult for Wu Dawei to fight Eman Shampoo alone. Wu Dawei did this before, but he was avoiding Eman Shampoo's shot after his defense, but he did not have a headscarf.
It was purely because of his own hand feeling. Now Wu Dawei once again faced Eman Shampoo with the ball at a high position. But within his sight, he passed the figure of Eman Shampoo in front of him, Wu Dawei easily saw a contemptuous smile.
Although Cameron Anthony has been brought to the three-point line by Michael Beasley, he can still feel his presence at the edge of Wu Dawei's sight!
This is a smile that made Wu Dawei unhappy, but the presence is so strong! The whispers of Cameron Anthony before on the pause also made Wu Dawei feel angry!
Until the rise of Wu Dawei in the previous seasons, until the radiant 2012 year last year, who dared to speak loudly in front of Wu Dawei, let alone despise Wu Dawei and his team like Cameron Anthony before.
This is something that Wu Dawei cannot tolerate. So when he saw Cameron Anthony looking at him, Wu Dawei did not hesitate at all and started suddenly!
Although Eman Shampoo in front of him had done enough defensive preparations, when Wu Dawei started, he realized that all the work he had done before was futile!
As soon as the two of them accepted, Wu Dawei forced Shampoo to leave, and then Wu Dawei took the ball and rushed into the inside! At this time, Cameron Anthony, who had been paying attention to Wu Dawei near the three-point line, quickly surrounded him at this time!
It is absolutely impossible for him to let Wu Dawei score easily. At this time, Wu Dawei broke through Eman Shampoo, and then he was about to rush into the paint area, so naturally Cameron Anthony could not let Wu Dawei rush in so easily!
At this time, he surrounded Wu Dawei at the fastest speed and soon appeared beside Wu Dawei. In this way, he would naturally hinder Wu Dawei's travel speed, and at the same time, Tyson quickly retracted to the basket!
In an instant, the space was squeezed, which naturally increased Wu Dawei's hope of scoring in the paint area in disguise. However, at this time, Wu Dawei was not greedy for the ball, but threw the ball with the right hand and directly distributed the ball to Michael Beasley on the wing three-point line!
After receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, Beasley jumped up immediately, and threw the ball towards the basket. Then he swung it and the ball passed by!
3:12!
This was the first time the Cleveland Cavaliers scored in this game tonight, and it also made the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers who were standing on the sidelines relieved. Wu Dawei's assist helped Michael Beasley easily complete the shooting and a wonderful breakthrough pass.
"You are afraid of me, otherwise you won't pass the ball. Coward!"
However, when Wu Dawei got an assist, he was still ridiculed by Cameron Anthony when he was about to run back. Originally, Wu Dawei was very dissatisfied with Cameron Anthony, but now he came to his eyes to mutter, so Wu Dawei was naturally very annoyed.
He glared at Cameron Anthony fiercely, but he didn't know how to refute the other party. He found that as the side who was behind, he had no confidence in doing anything in front of him.
Cameron Anthony looked at Wu Dawei's expression. The other party didn't know how to answer his appearance, which made Cameron Anthony look even more proud. The ball rights were changed, and the New York Knicks got the ball rights. Their guard Raymond Field quickly dribbled the ball through the half. Then, like Kyrie Irving before, he quickly handed the ball to the team's core Cameron Anthony.
After the Cleveland Cavaliers adjusted their lineup, Wu Dawei naturally appeared in the position against Cameron Anthony. At this time, Wu Dawei was responsible for defending Cameron Anthony, and such a matchup made Charles Barkley on the sidelines look forward to it.
When he saw Wu Dawei standing in front of Cameron Anthony, Charles Barkley couldn't help laughing and said, "Cameron Anthony's good luck is over!"
Just as Charles Barkley finished speaking, Cameron Anthony, who got the ball outside the three-point line, once again completed the shooting at the three-point line with the help of the team's inside center Tyson Chandler!
Another shot outside the three-point line! And this time, Cameron Anthony was still full of confidence in this! The moment he shot, he felt that the ball was about to enter, and after the ball flew for a while, he did make a sound and crawled into the basket!
This is the thirteenth point that Cameron Anthony scored in this game tonight! So far, the New York Knicks have only scored 15 points, and his performance is still very hot!
Even in Wu Dawei's defense, Cameron Anthony continued his outstanding performance before this.
When the score was rewritten again, it became 3:15. Although Michael Beasley had just received a pass from Wu Dawei to contribute a three-pointer to the Cleveland Cavaliers to break the scoring drought, he also narrowed the gap between the two sides to only single digits, but when it comes to the return, Cameron Anthony used the same scoring method to win back!
This scene made the New York fans on the sidelines very excited, and the screams burst out again, and compared with the previous few times, this time will undoubtedly become even more boiling!
Because this time, Cameron Anthony shot three-pointers in front of Wu Dawei and all New York enemies! The meaning contained in it is naturally completely different!
"See, this is the choice of a man!" Cameron Anthony, after the ball shot, ran to the backcourt, did not forget to pretend to be -b at Wu Dawei. He opened his hand and laughed at Wu Dawei.
This really made Wu Dawei feel even more unhappy. He was already a little upset about his performance in this defense, and Cameron Anthony's words were like adding fuel to the fire. Isn't this equivalent to saying that Wu Dawei is not a man in disguise...
However, the previous projection by Cameron Anthony was indeed quite helpless. Because Cameron Anthony used Tyson Chandler's pick-and-roll to shoot behind Chandler, such a projection was extremely difficult, but who is Cameron Anthony in such an outstanding state at present?
However, this cannot be an excuse. Wu Dawei doesn't like to make excuses. He was also angry by Cameron Anthony, so after halftime, he once again took the initiative to run to the high position to get Kyrie and Irving, who was holding the ball, wanted to pass the ball.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Dawei chose to forcibly break through Iman Shampoo's defense. New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson obviously understood this very well, so when Wu Dawei broke through Iman Shampoo's defense, he was once again attacked!
Although Cameron Anthony was once again led to a position near the three-point line by Michael Beasley, when he saw Wu Dawei breaking through Eman Shampoo's defense, he immediately rushed over again!
Although Wu Dawei is now lowering his head and breaking through with the ball, when he sees Cameron Anthony rushing over, Wu Dawei can even feel the ridicule on his face.
Immediately afterwards, Cameron Anthony's previous series of provocative words about himself continued to flow into Wu Dawei's mind. So even though Cameron Anthony was blocking in front of Wu Dawei, Tyson Chandler attacked on the wings, and Eman Shampoo was chased behind him!
But Wu Dawei still chose to rush into the paint area at this time, and then he stopped the ball directly, then raised the ball into the sky, and a figure whizzed past his head!
Tyson Chandler, who rushed from the flank, was the first to fly away, then Wu Dawei then raised his hands with the ball into the sky, and then another figure flew over his head. This time, Iman Shampoo was rushing from behind Wu Dawei.
And just as the moment Shampoo fell, Wu Dawei finally jumped up! At this time, Cameron Anthony, who was very cautious beside him, also seized the opportunity and jumped up quickly!
He was waiting for this moment, so he kept holding on and not jumping, just to block Wu Dawei. Now, watching Wu Dawei jump in front of him, the basketball in his hand was not far away in front of him, and Cameron Anthony had great confidence in blocking the other party.
He waved his hand and suffocated, but found that he was not suffocating. Wu Dawei avoided Cameron Anthony's cover as if he had eyes on his head, and then he heard the sound of a whistle being blown beside Cameron Anthony!
Then, he found that Wu Dawei in front of him hit Eman Shampoo in the process of falling, and threw the ball into the basket with a pull-up layup that jumped on the spot! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!