Pat Riley finally agreed to the bet with Barkley, but the content of the bet was completely different. Barkley bet that Wu Dawei's performance would continue to be outstanding, while Pat Riley was the Heat's record would be better than last season after the traded Wu Dawei.

"Isn't this just nonsense?" Charles Barkley scoffed at the bet Pat Riley said. "If the Miami Heat can't even enter the Eastern Conference semi-finals now, they might as well play in the WNBA."

Let’s not talk about the bet between Pat Riley and Charles Barkley. When people’s crazy praise for Wu Dawei gradually weakened with time, Wu Dawei found that he still could not escape the questioned fate.

Due to the war of words that were provoked by the media, Wu Dawei was hated by many James fans, so many people criticized him. Of course, most of the people who questioned and hated him now are LeBron James fans.

For most basketball fans, Wu Dawei's performance in the Cavaliers' Heat match was a complete surprise. Many of them did not think that Wu Dawei, who could perform well in both offense and defense, only ate dumplings once during the holidays. Is that the player who blocked James three shots in one game really that?

Soon, Wu Dawei gave the answer.

After finishing the home game with the Miami Heat, the Clevelanders took three days off and welcomed their next home opponent, the Atlanta Hawks.

A team that is truly talented, talented but always lacks an excellent point guard to integrate them. This is also an important reason why the Atlanta Hawks have been in a high position since their rise. Everyone knows that their senior management is keen on choosing forward players with naive potential, and is stingy in giving a high pick to a point guard.

If they were the first to be Chris Paul, not Marvin Williams, then think about what kind of existence this team with Horford, Josh Smith, and Jo Johnson would become in the East!

In the game on December 4, the Clevelanders who arrived still sat on the Quick Loan Center. Wu Dawei performed well in the last game and led the team to defeat LeBron James and his Miami Heat, allowing the Clevelanders to continue their concentration on basketball in their amateur interests.

The moment Wu Dawei ran out of the player channel, the cheers of tsunamis were deafening. Although the team's current offensive tactics core is Morris Williams, gradually, Wu Dawei has gradually become the most popular player of this team.

The competition begins at 9 p.m. local time.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup still follows their previous personnel; while the Hawks are center Al Horford, power forward Josh Smith, small forward Marvin Williams, and two defenders are Joe Johnson and Jeff Teague.

In fact, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott attaches great importance to this game. After winning the game against the Miami Heat, the Cavaliers' record is currently 13 wins and 11 losses, ranking seventh in the East; while the Atlanta Hawks squeezed out the Magic yesterday and ranked second in the East with a record of 17 wins and 8 losses.

That is, if the season ends now, the Atlanta Hawks will be the Cavaliers' playoff opponent.

So, Byron Scott does not pay less attention to this game than the previous one. He is ready to study this talented team on the front line.

"We have to slow down the pace! The Atlantas are good at launching fast attacks, Jeff Teague is a very fast defender, and you should pay special attention to this. But their positional battle is a mess, Jeff Teague is not an excellent organizer. So, we have to fight them! But we can't lose our defensive counterattack, which is our advantage. I hope everyone can concentrate all their attention on the defensive end and don't let the Atlantas score easily. Their offensive efficiency is currently in the top three in the league, but I don't want this to be an excuse after the game! We are not worse than them!"

This is the strategy of head coach Byron Scott for this game. Although Morris Williams has not been in good shape recently, Williams is still able to handle it easily when facing a rookie like Jeff Teague.

The Cavaliers controlled the rhythm at the beginning, and the young Teague was completely unable to organize an effective offense on the offensive end, so the Atlanta people could only rely on the individual singles ability of their forward players.

Wu Dawei was brought to defend the Atlanta's offensive arrow by head coach Scot in this game, Joe Johnson.

Obviously, he continued his good form in the last game, and Joe Johnson must have watched that game and also had some understanding of Wu Dawei's defensive ability. Wu Dawei only allowed this super scorer who averaged more than 25 points per game to score 2 points in the first quarter. He scored 5 points.

Such a performance made Cleveland fans who came to the scene to cheer for it very happy, because it at least proved that Wu Dawei's performance in the last game was not accidental.

The Cavaliers also played a wonderful offensive and defensive performance in the first quarter. At 25:14, they established an 11-point lead in the first quarter. This advantage made the Clevelanders more comfortable in the second quarter, and they continued to expand their lead at home.

When the second quarter ended, the Cavaliers, who were at home, had already led the opponent by 13 points with 48:35! Wu Dawei still firmly restricted Joe Johnson's performance on the defensive end. At the end of the half, the Eagles scored only 5 points, while Wu Dawei himself scored 9 points in the half.

The Hawks launched a counterattack in the third quarter. Josh Smith scored points on the offensive end at the beginning of the third quarter, scoring 6 points in a row, allowing the Atlanta to narrow the gap to single digits at once.

On the defensive end, the old Antoine Jamison was completely unable to limit the dynamic dunk king, so head coach Byron Scott asked for a timeout and asked Wu Dawei to defend Smith. Joe Johnson, who was originally Wu Dawei to defend, was handed over to the team's second position Anthony Parker.

Wu Dawei once again reassuring the Cleveland fans on the scene. After the timeout, Wu Dawei staged a good show on the defensive end, which not only helped the team create several opportunities for defensive counterattacks to widen the gap, but also successfully defended Josh Smith's seemingly about to explode.

This is a game that was destined to be a footnote to Wu Dawei's wonderful defensive show from the beginning. Wu Dawei's defense against two offensive arrowheads of the Atlanta Hawks throughout the game is the key to the Cavaliers' victory.

It just coincided with the tactics that Scott had arranged before the game. When the Cavaliers coach watched the game video alone after the game, he suddenly realized that Wu Dawei seemed to be slowly moving towards his tactical core.

The most exciting part of a successful defensive counterattack tactic is the moment of counterattack, but the core content is the successful defense before the counterattack!

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Chapter completed!