407. The last two minutes
Wu Dawei's rampage in the second half of the third quarter and in the fourth quarter was a surprise to the Miami people. They thought that after they had brought Dwight Howard, the Cleveland Cavaliers' inside trouble, they would be able to have a smooth sailing situation.
But obviously this is not the case! After Dwight Howard left the game, Wu Dawei supported the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home! Without his outstanding performance, it was obvious that the Miami Heat might even end the game directly.
Instead of being entangled with the Cleveland Cavaliers like now!
The game soon arrived in the final stage in a tense situation! Although the Miami Heat have been trying to end the game before the last moment of the fourth quarter, they still failed to get what they wanted!
Wu Dawei continued to show an extremely hot state in the fourth quarter, and it also made Miami people feel extremely headache in this game tonight!
The scores were always anxious under such circumstances. Although the Miami Heat overtook the score again in the subsequent games, they were still the same as before, and they were still unable to completely widen the gap in scores between the two sides!
In this way, the situation in this game will naturally be unclear. No one knows who can win the final victory of this game. Although judging from the current situation, the situation of the Miami Heat, which is obviously playing away, is better, but Dwight Howard is also at this time under the guidance of team coach Byron Scott, and is preparing to return to the basketball court.
And everyone understands what Dwight Howard's return means to the Miami Heat. They can no longer raid the Cleveland Cavaliers' inside line as before.
Because Wu Dawei is like an inside barrier, he can support the entire inside defense of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Of course, he is in the paint area of the Cleveland Cavaliers without him is two completely different looks!
So for the Miami people, although they are ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers at home at this time, this situation is not what they want!
"It can be seen that Miami people are starting to feel anxious!"
Charles Barkley, who was sitting on the sidelines, also saw the situation on the basketball court. Although the Miami Heat did lead the Cleveland Cavaliers at home with 110:108 on the basketball court by 2 points, as the game entered the last two minutes, the situation of the Miami people was not optimistic.
Although they were the leading side, they still had a fatal weakness in the paint area, that is, their strength was too weak! At this time, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott, who was standing on the sidelines, had also begun to wave on the bench, and Dwight Howard, who had already had a rest for more than a quarter of the game, finally stood up from the bench under the anticipation of Cleveland fans!
Then he took off his coat and trousers and walked to head coach Byron Scott to listen to his last teachings for him before the mall. For Dwight Howard, this game should have been a game he broke out. The weak inside player of Miami cannot stop Dwight Howard's strength and size.
The actual situation in the previous first half was indeed the case. At the end of the half game, Dwight Howard got the double-double data. From this point, some signs can be seen!
But just as Dwight Howard was about to make an explosive performance in the second half, he suddenly encountered targeted attacks from the Miami people, which caused him to leave the court early because of the foul...
When Dwight Howard walked down the basketball court helplessly, he certainly felt extremely frustrated. This game was so critical and was broadcast nationwide. Anyone knew that this would be the most important game for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the regular season stage of this season!
In such a major game, Dwight Howard was unable to play in one quarter of the game because of the foul. He could only sit on the bench and watch his teammates fight with the opponent and be helpless.
This feeling can be said to have caused Dwight Howard to be so suffocated, so when the team's head coach Byron Scott called his name at this time, Dwight Howard couldn't wait to stand up and run to the sidelines!
He wants to release all his aggrieved emotions before this at this time, and the target he released was of course the Miami Heat!
"Although the Miami people are now leading in terms of scores, they can never get rid of the Cleveland Cavaliers. This makes them feel more and more anxious! Because Dwight Howard is going to return to the basketball court! He will become another huge trouble in the Cleveland Cavaliers in addition to Wu Dawei!"
Although Charles Barkley often quarrels with others on the sidelines, he is a professional athlete after all, so of course he can thoroughly analyze the situation on the basketball court at this time.
Indeed, Dwight Howard is the most important reason why the Miami Heat feels anxious at this time, because they cannot cope with Dwight Howard's inside attack point on the basketball court. And if they want to continue to create Dwight Howard's personal foul at this time, it will be a very passive thing.
Now that the game has entered the last two minutes, the referees' every penalty may affect the trend and even the result of the entire game. So whether it is to protect their reputation or anything else, the referees will be very cautious about each penalty.
Because the video playback function can be used at this time, no one wants to have too many misjudgments and disputes. In the third quarter, the Miami people could rely on the superstar whistle of LeBron James and Dwyne Wade to solve Dwight Howard, but now it is obviously very difficult to work...
So although Dwight Howard had already committed 5 personal fouls before he was about to play at this time, the Miami people were not sure that they would be able to quickly get Dwight Howard out again...
Because this is not an easy task!
"Charles, although Dwight Howard will indeed have some impact on the situation of the game after he returns to the court. But I don't think the Miami people are troubled. Although they may not be able to defend Wu Dawei on the defensive end of this game, nor can they resist Dwight Howard's attack; but you should know that the Cleveland Cavaliers are also unable to resist LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and even Chris Bosh's attack on the defensive end!"
At this time, Kenny Smith, a partner who has always been a counter-tone with Charles Barkley, would naturally not remain silent. He immediately stood on the opposing position of Charles Barkley, and then said solemnly: "I don't think that after Dwight Howard came on the court, he could help the Cleveland Cavaliers overtake the Miami Heat! After he came on the court, I think the two teams were just a match!"
"Haha, Kenny, you are always so superficial!" Charles Barkley could not agree with Kenny Smith's argument that day. He immediately laughed and said: "Look at the performance of the two core Miami Heat now, LeBron James is indeed very popular tonight. He scored 39 points, and Dwayne Wade also contributed 27 points! But look at their shooting percentage, LeBron James is only 50% while Dwayne Wade is even less than 50%..."
"What's wrong with this hit rate? In my opinion, it's quite good to be able to score 39 points and maintain a hit rate of more than 50%!"
Kenny Smith immediately retorted, but this did not make Barkley feel embarrassed. He continued to laugh and said, "Yes, this is indeed a very good hit rate, no matter who it is on! Only when it is on Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, it doesn't look very good!"
Charles Barkley pointed to the statistics on the big screen at this time, and then continued: "Wu Dawei has scored 45 points now, and he has 18 points in the whole game! Dwight Howard also scored 18 points, and he made 7 of 8 shots!"
"That's the gap, man!"
Barkley laughed loudly, and the way he showed off his real information to refute Kenny Smith and left the other party speechless made Barkley feel very happy. But he had not had enough time yet. Ernie Johnson, who was sitting on the other side, laughed out loud and made a promise: "But the leading side is the Miami Heat now! Charles, although you seem to make sense, I still have to tell you a fact! That is, since entering the fourth quarter, the leading side is the Miami Heat for most of the time! Instead of the Cleveland Cavaliers where Wu Dawei is located!"
For the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is an indisputable fact that no matter how their core players perform, they are still behind!
Although Dwight Howard returned to the basketball court in the last two minutes of the game, they are still behind! This is the most important thing. If this backward gap cannot be recovered, then what if Dwight Howard restrains the Miami Heat again?
Chapter completed!