327. The game begins
As the starters from both sides slowly walked onto the basketball court, this game, which was already very popular before the game, finally officially kicked off at this time.
For the Quick Loan Center tonight, all the atmospheres are integrated together and bring together a distinct theme, that is, revenge!
Whether it is the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home or the Miami Heat who play away, both sides are bound to win this game tonight, and both sides have full resentment towards each other.
Whether it is the grudge between the two teams or the personal grudge between the players, there is no doubt that they will make a temporary break in this game.
The Miamis want to win four consecutive victories against the Cleveland Cavaliers in this game, and the Cleveland Cavaliers hope to break such an embarrassing record in this game tonight.
So when this game begins, both sides will compete fiercely!
Both sides have their own outstanding features, but it is obvious that the Cleveland Cavaliers' advantage on the books will be even greater. Although the Miami Heat were composed of three superstars when they were in the group, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now in addition to Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, Kyrie Irving was also selected into the Eastern Conference starting lineup in the All-Star Game this season.
To a certain extent, Kyrie Irving is about to enter the ranks of superstars in the league! But his condition is a bit sluggish now, not as high-profile as it was at the beginning of the season.
The All-Star starting point guard desperately needs to reprove himself. And this highly-watched game is obviously a great platform.
However, the bigger theme of this game is the confrontation between Wu Dawei and LeBron James, the war between them. This is the topic and matter that has attracted the most attention of this game.
For this game, Wu Dawei and LeBron and James will have their own expectations. However, obviously Wu Dawei, who plays at home, will not hope that he and his team will repeat the mistakes they made two weeks ago!
After all, losing to the Miami Heat in three consecutive games this season is a great shame for the Cleveland Cavaliers! So for this game, when fighting at home, everything is very good, so Wu Dawei will not tolerate the result of failure again!
Compared to LeBron James and his Miami Heat, it is obvious that the Cleveland Cavaliers now need victory in this game to enhance the team's self-confidence! Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have eliminated the Miami Heat with a total score of 4:1 in the past two seasons, that is what they have done in the past.
The heroes don’t mention the courage back then. If the Cleveland Cavaliers faced the Miami Heat four times in the regular season of this season, they all ended in a final failure, then if the team met the Miami Heat in the playoffs this season, then it would obviously be awful.
So for this game tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers are more determined to win than the Miami people. And Dwayne Wade played with injuries in this game after all. No one knows what he will play. But one thing is basically certain, Dwayne Wade will definitely not fight as hard as before!
Because for him, if he is injured, if he is injured, it will definitely be a huge bad news! This is not only for him, but also for the entire Miami Heat!
This is of course a very beneficial point for the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home in this game tonight.
After all, some people in the opponent's lineup cannot do their best in the game. Of course, it is very helpful for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win this game.
Before this game began, before the team's head coach Byron Scott finally played before the game, he also emphasized the starting players that he should let Wade hold the ball more and attack Dwyne Wade more on his offensive end!
Although Pat Riley could not stop Wade from his will to play, he was a very prestigious head coach after all, so he arranged for Dwyne Wade as little as possible in this game.
Especially on the defensive end, Pat Riley did not arrange for Wade to defend the vanguard on the opponent's back line as before. In this game tonight, Wade was arranged to defend Danny Green.
Obviously, it is much easier to defend this more ambushed pitcher than defending the All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving!
When the players of both sides walked onto the basketball court one after another, the game was about to officially kick off. Dwight Howard and Joel Anthony stood in the center line, while the other players also stood their own positions and just waited for the referee to come to serve after they came on the court.
Bavita was the referee on duty tonight. He walked onto the court with the ball. With a whistle, the ball was thrown into the sky! Dwight Howard immediately rushed up, and Joel Anthony, who was standing in front of him, did not even jump, and gave the right to the first attack to the Cleveland Cavaliers who were fighting at home.
The moment Kyrie Irving got the ball in the backcourt, the entire Speed Loan Center was in an uproar. Although many fans who came to the Speed Loan Center to support the Miami Heat and LeBron James tonight, this place is the home court of the Cleveland Cavaliers after all, and of course, the majority of fans who support the Cleveland Cavaliers still occupy!
Amid the cheers, Kyrie Irving dribbled through half the game. Sure enough, it was not Dwyane Wade who came to defend him, but Chalmos Miami people hoped that while using the power of Dwyane Wade to win this game, of course, they should protect their team captain as much as possible.
The person who saw him defending was not Dwyane Wade, Kyrie Irving, nor did he attack Chalmos' defense. Instead, he handed the ball to Wu Dawei, who was mentioned outside the three-point line to catch the ball.
Since Wu Dawei played in the fourth position at this time, the person who came to defend Wu Dawei became Chris Bosh, a power forward player, and obviously when he came to the high position, he was not a place where Chris Bosh was very good at. Although he often played on the outside, it was active and at this time it was passive.
After receiving the ball, Wu Dawei did not immediately launch an attack on Chris Bosh's defense line. Even though the match between the two of them could even be said to be misplaced. However, Wu Dawei was still not in a hurry. He held the ball and glanced at Danny Green, who was ambushing outside the wing three-point line.
Danny Green understood and ran over immediately. At the same time, he followed the Miami Heat's super defender Dwyne Wade. When Wade followed Green to the top of the three-point line, he felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, after Green came to the top of the three-point line, he made a high pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei here! A high pick-and-roll. Although Chris Bosh was agile, Wu Dawei was obviously faster than him. At the moment when Green picked-and-roll, he moved horizontally towards the other side, which made Green block Chris Bosh suddenly.
In such a situation, Dwyne Wade, who caught up, naturally had to go to fill the position quickly. In this way, another misalignment was formed. Wu Dawei faced Dwyne Wade on the three-point line!
And the moment he faced Wu Dawei, Wade felt something was wrong, because he saw something else in Wu Dawei's eyes. Sure enough, after Danny Green made a misalignment with the pick-and-roll, he hurriedly ran to the other side to open up space for Wu Dawei, and at this time the other Cleveland Cavaliers players also opened up space for Wu Dawei at this time.
Obviously, after Wu Dawei faces Dwyne Wade, Wu Dawei is ready to start attacking! Of course, he will feel extremely difficult to face Wu Dawei. After all, Wu Dawei is much bigger than Dwyne Wade in terms of height and tonnage!
The two of them are not players of the same level at all, so Wu Dawei naturally would not choose to force his breakthrough at this time. He half-turned and began to advance into the inside!
At this time, Wade could not withstand Wu Dawei's advancement at all. He tried to interrupt the ball from Wu Dawei's hand, but obviously Wu Dawei protected the ball very thoughtfully and did not give Dwyne Wade any opportunity to take advantage of.
In addition, Dwyne Wade was injured, which made him even more afraid to exert too much force on the defensive end. Wu Dawei took advantage of Wade's current weakness and started exerting force without hesitation!
Wade dared not stop him at all. Almost in an instant, Wu Dawei squeezed into the paint area from outside the three-point line, and this place has always been the weakest part of the Miami people's defense area.
Joel Anthony is definitely the first-class guy. Although he is the main center of the Miami Heat, he only plays for a few minutes or ten minutes in every game. He is basically the existence of Kendrick Perkins of the Thunder... but Perkins can still defend the opponent's super inside line, and Joel Anthony is difficult to do this...
Chapter completed!