424. The sudden change
The Oklahoma City Thunder, who played away, scored the first goal at the beginning of this game tonight, which of course will not be good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers who played home. However, this will not affect the overall mood of the Cleveland Cavaliers, because the ball will naturally return to the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
After Kevin Durant scored the first goal of this game tonight, his confidence naturally increased! So when he returned to the defensive end, he was naturally very eager to fight!
After Wu Dawei passed half, Kevin Durant immediately chose to post it, although Wu Dawei didn't even control the ball at this time. However, Kevin Durant still posted it, trying to stop Wu Dawei from going into the inside, but there was still a big gap in tonnage between the two.
Kevin Durant has a long and thin figure, so of course he is not as good as some players who are as taller than him or even shorter than him in terms of strength.
However, at this time, Wu Dawei had no intention of squeezing into the inside, because Dwight Howard had already stuck Thunder center Kendrick Perkins behind him in the paint area, and then opened his hand to the outside to hold the ball. Kyrie Irving, who was holding the ball on the outside, asked for the ball.
The Cleveland Cavaliers usually handed over most of the first goal to Dwight Howard at the beginning. Although Wu Dawei often attacked at the beginning, most of the time, of course, Dwight Howard would still solve it.
After all, in the current league, there are not many players who can withstand Dwight Howard's attack. Although Kendrick Perkins is still very qualified as a meat shield, this time Dwight Howard successfully threw the ball into the basket after getting the ball!
Kevin Durant helped the Oklahoma City Thunder get a good start in the game, and Dwight Howard quickly helped the Cleveland Cavaliers equalize the score in the paint area.
2:2, the two sides tied, and the two teams stood on the starting line again. For both sides, the game started very well. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were the first to concede the goal, they quickly tied the gap in the score. Although the Oklahoma City Thunder took the lead, they were unable to defend the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense.
The game is not easier than they thought. The Oklahoma City Thunder returned to the offensive end, and Kevin Durant is still their first choice, but as a point guard Russell Westbrook also has extremely strong offensive **!
So when he got the ball, Russell Westbrook did not choose to pass the ball, but chose to attack directly!
Facing Kyrie Irving's single defense, Russell Westbrook has no intention of fear! Although Kyrie Irving is the new All-Star starting guard this season, Russell Westbrook has no intention of being timid about this younger junior!
After controlling the ball for half, he chose to launch an attack immediately! Although Kyrie Irving is also good at speed, he is incomparable to Russell Westbrook in terms of explosive power.
Soon Westbrook successfully hit the Cleveland Cavaliers' paint area, and also successfully avoided Dwight Howard's block, and then sent the ball into the basket!
The Oklahoma City Thunder made the first two shots in this game tonight! This allowed them to gain a lead again, and the 4:2 score made Oklahoma people very angry.
They quickly got into the state from the beginning of the game, which is of course a great deal for the Oklahoma City Thunder's performance in this game!
And in contrast, of course, the Oklahoma City Thunder will continue to score goals on the offensive end, which will naturally continue to transfer the pressure to the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, this is certainly not a good signal.
Fortunately, although the Oklahoma City Thunder played very sharply in this game tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home were not inferior!
Kyrie Irving last time chose to hand over the ball to Dwight Howard to solve it, and this time Kyrie Irving, who was pushed by Russell Westbrook on the offensive end, decided to do one too!
Kyrie Irving also faced Russell Westbrook's defense and threw the ball into the basket. He used an emergency stop jump shot to make Russell Westbrook unable to defend, and helped the Chinese men's basketball team equalize the score!
The score became a 4:4 draw, and the two sides once again tied. The game has just begun, and the competition between the two teams is unwilling to give in. No one is willing to fall into a disadvantage!
However, although the game was very fierce from the beginning, Wu Dawei obviously did not participate immediately, because the two attacks of the Cleveland Cavaliers had nothing to do with him. The first time was Dwight Howard's back-to-back single in the paint area, and the second time was Kyrie Irving's singles from the outside!
Wu Dawei did not participate in both attacks, which is not a common thing in the Cleveland Cavaliers' games, because in the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense, Wu Dawei's participation rate will be very high as long as he plays!
However, although Wu Dawei did not participate in these two attacks, Wu Dawei's teammates still scored the ball, and the current score is still in a uniform state. No one has the advantage, but the process of the game is of course somewhat different from what most people imagine.
Because most people imagined before the game, this game should be a match between Wu Dawei and Kevin Durant. Who knew that the game started for more than a minute, except for Kevin Durant's opening offense, the two people almost never collided in the other time!
This will somewhat disappoint those neutral fans who just want to watch the fun. At the same time, Kevin Durant does not want to see such a situation. So when the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook dribbled the ball through the halftime again, Kevin Durant took the initiative to come to the top of the three-point line and wanted to pass the ball.
Of course, Wu Dawei has to keep up at this time. One of his biggest tasks tonight is to help the team watch and defend Kevin Durant, the Thunder team's big killer! Because as long as he can curb some of Kevin Durant's performance on the offensive end, the Cleveland Cavaliers will have more chances to win this game tonight!
The previous defensive failure also made Wu Dawei stronger at this time! He would not hope that Kevin Durant would throw the ball into the basket one after another under his defense, just like the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat.
That feeling will make people feel speechless, so Wu Dawei definitely doesn't want such a situation to happen again! For him, Kevin Durant is also a big concern like James, and compared to LeBron James, who can be said to be a player in the Middle Ages, Kevin Durant may be the superstar who wants to tremble with Wu Dawei's entire career!
So the battle between the two must have sparked!
But from the past games, it is obvious that Wu Dawei has already led Kevin Durant with more advantages. As the defending champion of the league this season, plus the MVP winner in the finals last year, Wu Dawei is of course ahead of Kevin Durant in any aspect.
And the same Kevin Durant also gritted his teeth for Wu Dawei snatching the O'Brien Cup from his head last year! So tonight, of course, he would want to beat Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers!
Especially at the opening game, Kevin Durant completed a shot above Wu Dawei's head, which also helped the Oklahoma City Thunder take the lead in this game tonight.
Now, after receiving the ball, Kevin Durant naturally hopes that he can continue to score goals for the team. Although Wu Dawei's defense is right in front of him, his previous easy score has undoubtedly given Kevin Durant more confidence.
So after getting the pass, Kevin Durant immediately chose to attack without hesitation! Kendrick Perkins mentioned the high position to make a wall for Kevin Durant, and his huge body immediately blocked Wu Dawei's way.
Kevin Durant took this opportunity to quickly take the ball and get off the ball. Dwight Howard was forced to make up for defense. However, compared to Wu Dawei, Kevin Durant is not afraid of Dwight Howard's defense. Although he is taller than himself, Kevin Durant, who is tall and long, is still very confident in breaking through his defense.
And after taking the ball, Kevin Durant easily grabbed the lead in the confrontation with Dwight Howard. After rushing into the paint area with one step, he used his long arm to exceed Dwight Howard's blocking range!
He made Dwight Howard far beyond his reach, and then Kevin Durant tried to throw the ball into the basket with a licking basket! This was almost another successful attack, but just when Kevin Durant gently picked the ball towards the basket with a light finger...
Wu Dawei suddenly appeared on the wing of the paint area! He jumped up suddenly. He waved his big hand and directly slapped the ball out of the paint area!
Wu Dawei's blocking helped the Cleveland Cavaliers reject Kevin Durant's attack, and there was no doubt that this was a sudden blocking! No one expected that Wu Dawei was blocked by Kendrick Perkins before!
But in fact, after being blocked, Wu Dawei did not give up on defense. When he saw Dwight Howard making up for defense and Kevin Durant insisted on cutting into the inside, Wu Dawei no longer trembled with Perkins, but hurriedly ran into the paint area!
The moment he ran over, Kevin Durant was already pushing Dwight Howard's body tried to use a layup on his hands to send the ball into the basket. How could Wu Dawei tolerate this situation?
He jumped up and slapped the ball out! Michael Beasley got the ball at this time. Amid the cheers of Cleveland fans in the entire Speed Loan Center Arena, the Cleveland Cavaliers fought the defensive counterattack they were best at!
Michael Beasley ran wildly with the ball and finally rushed into the Oklahoma's half-court position, then threw the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk!
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers did not take the initiative before, it was undoubtedly after this defensive counterattack led by Wu Dawei, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally got some advantages at their home court.
4:6!
After falling behind twice in a row, the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately changed the situation on the basketball court with a block that Wu Dawei gave from the paint area!
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who are at home, have gained a leading advantage, and this advantage allows them to take the initiative in this game. Because Wu Dawei's sudden blocking this time undoubtedly made the atmosphere of the entire Quick Loan Center crazy!
For the Cleveland Cavaliers, this blocking can be said to have broken the calm situation at the beginning of the game!
Although Wu Dawei still has not scored a point so far, it is obvious that his blocking has a great impact on the game. Looking at the sudden boiling situation on the sidelines, you will know the impact of this ball on the game situation!
The Clevelanders felt happy because of this offensive and defensive round, so the Oklahoman naturally became the unhappy side. Especially Kevin Durant, as the person involved who was directly slapped by Wu Dawei, Kevin Durant's mood must be in no way good at this time!
His depression almost popped up the moment he was slapped by Wu Dawei and made a layup!
Chapter completed!