469. The Brooklyn Opportunity
After the start of the game, the Brooklyn Nets who played away quickly stabilized again. The score was not continuously pulled away by the Cleveland Cavaliers at the beginning, which is good news for the Brooklyn Nets.
After all, they wanted to win this afternoon and take the lead in the series. However, it was obvious that the situation at the beginning of the game was different from the Brooklynians' safety.
The Cleveland Cavaliers were in the first form and naturally took the lead in this game. This was something the Brooklyn Nets could not stop, but fortunately they still quickly stabilized their position.
The score gap has not been widened, which means that the Brooklyn Nets still have a good chance to become the final winner in this game.
After all, this game is just the beginning. For the Brooklyn Nets, although they became the disadvantaged side at the beginning, they still returned to form very quickly.
The game was not like the Cleveland Cavaliers played at the beginning, and they were completely in control of their hands at once. With the recovery of the Brooklyn Nets, the Cleveland Cavaliers naturally could not play as they did before.
The score gap has also begun to be slowly fixed, and the game has gradually entered the normal track. But in general, the wave of high-end games played by the Cleveland Cavaliers at the opening still allowed them to gain a great advantage in the game played this afternoon!
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had the lead from the beginning, did not take this opportunity to completely expand or widen the gap in the scores. However, they maintained the leading advantage at least from beginning to end.
Such an advantage ensures that the Cleveland Cavaliers can always be in the lead in this game. This is also a very important thing for winning a game. So at this time, although the Cleveland Cavaliers were unable to use the momentum they played at the opening to make the Brooklyn Nets surrender, they still firmly grasped the advantages on the basketball court.
They are now the controller of the game rhythm, and although the Brooklyn Nets' subsequent efforts did not make the game lose its suspense, they were also completely unable to gain even a little advantage in the game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers took this to control the situation. In the first quarter, they did not give the Brooklyn Nets any chance to play away. They grasped such an advantage well, and the entire first quarter was under the control of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Wu Dawei used this wave of Xiao Gaochao to play in the beginning. In the first quarter, he continued to become the core player of the Cleveland Cavaliers on both offense and defense.
In the first quarter, Wu Dawei played for 8 minutes and scored 9 points, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks for the team. He continued to show his comprehensive skills, which also helped the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter of this game this afternoon. The Brooklyn Nets, which was ahead of the away game at 26:16.
When Wu Dawei left the court to rest in the eighth minute, the Brooklyn Nets had not even scored twice! From this we can also see how Wu Dawei performed!
Not only Wu Dawei's performance was excellent, but other players of the Cleveland Cavaliers also performed well. It is precisely because of this that the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers Byron Scott, who only played eight minutes in the first quarter, returned Wu Dawei to rest in advance.
In the playoffs with a compact schedule, Byron Scott, as the team's head coach, of course, has to seize all opportunities to help several core players of the team relax and rest.
After all, the importance of physical fitness will become more and more prominent in the playoffs! In particular, the Cleveland Cavaliers are another team that wants to successfully defend the league championship this season, so the issue of physical fitness reserve is even more critical for them!
If you cannot maintain a good physical reserve in the playoffs, then no one will know that wherever the team plays, it will collapse. So the situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers is so good now. Byron Scott naturally needs to seize the time and give Wu Dawei, the team's first core, a little more rest. After all, Wu Dawei had just experienced a major operation before his comeback this season.
Moreover, since the Cleveland Cavaliers want to compete with the Indiana Pacers for the third place in the Eastern Conference, Wu Dawei has almost never received any special rest time since his comeback.
So at this time, Byron Scott quickly let Wu Dawei come out and take a break. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers did not rely on the wave of small high-chao played at the opening at this time, they quickly established any absolute advantage in this game.
Although they have not been able to establish any absolute advantage, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still relying on the previous wave of small high-chao and always have the leading advantage!
That's why Byron Scott dared to let Wu Dawei go out to rest so early. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they also need to regain their strength at this time and then prepare to continue to attack the Brooklyn Nets' position in the next second quarter.
Not building an advantage directly at the beginning will of course make the whole Cleveland Cavaliers feel very regretful, and it will also give the Brooklyn Nets some chance to breathe.
When Wu Dawei came out to rest, it was obvious that Brooklyn Nets head coach PJ Carlesimo saw not only a chance to breathe, but also a chance to take the opportunity to overtake the score.
Wu Dawei's fate means the decline of the strength of the Cleveland Cavaliers. At this time, PJ Calesimo, as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, certainly it is impossible for him to keep watching his team at a disadvantage in the game.
For him, when Wu Dawei got out, it will be a godsend opportunity for the Brooklyn Nets who are playing away! If they can seize the opportunity to fight against the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time, maybe they can catch up or even overtake the score before the Cleveland Cavaliers react.
After all, the gap between the two sides is somewhat in double digits, so the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely have some slackness. If the Cleveland Cavaliers relax, then isn’t this a perfect opportunity for the Brooklyn Nets!?
If they can seize such an opportunity, it is not impossible to reverse the decline of the game at this moment! So for PJ. Calesimo, of course, he must make good use of the period when Wu Dawei was resting at this moment.
Of course, for the core players of the Brooklyn Nets, it is impossible for them to have too early or too much rest time at this time. Because they must maintain their advantage over the Cleveland Cavaliers on the basketball court at this time, several core players Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Brooke Lopez will definitely stay on the basketball court at this time.
Fortunately, PJ. Calesimo was not at the forefront. Although he left Deron Williams and others on the basketball court, the older Joe Johnson changed the course according to the normal rotation.
Because in this way, the team can always continue the strong lineup on the basketball court in the first half of the game. It is not that when Deron Williams and Brooke Lopez were resting, there was no strong point in the attack on the basketball court, and the Cleveland Cavaliers were beaten to the wave...
This is the only way PJ. Calesimo can think of now. Otherwise, if the game continues at the pace of the first quarter, it will be a very difficult thing for the Brooklyn Nets to achieve the victory they had imagined before the start of this game.
If the Brooklyn Nets still have the desire to win this game, then all they can do is to take advantage of the time when the Cleveland Cavaliers are preparing to start rotation and launch a large counterattack!
Only in this way can they find a glimmer of life and turn this game back. Otherwise, if the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to play like this, the Brooklyn Nets will really face suppression in the whole game.
Everyone understands how outstanding the Cleveland Cavaliers are when they are on the court. As a player with excellent offense and defense, Wu Dawei is both dominant on both offense and defense.
Although it is not to say that the Brooklyn Nets did not have the chance to complete the reversal when Wu Dawei was on the court, it was obviously much more difficult than when Wu Dawei was not on the court!
So of course, now is the best opportunity for the Brooklyn Nets! If you can take advantage of this period of time to reverse the decline, then it is of course the best choice for the Brooklyn Nets!
Chapter completed!