477. Intermission
During the halftime break, Brooklyn Nets head coach PJ Calesimo's words to the players were the same as before in the game. He asked the players to play harder as much as possible, because only in this way can they get a glimmer of hope in today's game!
The players did not express any objection to this, because they really needed tougher basketball to get a glimmer of hope for them at this time. For the first half, the Brooklyn Nets players who played away from home were also very dissatisfied with the players from top to bottom.
Because this is completely different from what they imagined at the start of the game, the gap between 12 points behind in the first half is a very difficult thing for any player.
If you want to still be able to play a turnaround game under such circumstances, the Brooklyn Nets naturally have to play a tougher game. Only by playing harder attacks and defenses can the Brooklyn Nets prevent the Cleveland Cavaliers from becoming crazy in the second half of the game.
This is not only what head coach PJ. Kalesimo understands, but also the players understand it. In fact, entering the playoffs in such a game where you either die or I die. Many times, skills, tactics and overall strength will become less important, tough, fierce, courage, and perseverance. This is what the playoffs need most!
If you can do the above points, it will be of great help to the playoffs! If you cannot do the above points, then there is no doubt that the game will become more difficult.
The situation facing the Brooklyn Nets now seems very difficult. The 12-point difference is not a small number. For the Brooklyn Nets, they are playing away again. How to win back the score in the second half of the game is the most troublesome thing for them.
Because they really can't think of a good way to do this, they can only try their best to change themselves. As for whether they can actually gain what effect they can gain in the second half of the game, all this can only depend on the Brooklyn Nets' own luck.
Although the 12-point gap will not make the Brooklyn Nets feel disappointed or even despaired about the next game. The 12-point gap is indeed a very frustrating score gap, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are playing at home again.
Everything now is very unfavorable for the Brooklyn Nets! Fortunately, the fifteen minutes of the halftime break gave Brooklyn Nets players great help. At least such a buffer can give them a temporary breathing opportunity at this time.
At this moment, the Cleveland Cavaliers players who were sitting in the locker room seemed relatively relaxed at this time. In the first game of the playoffs, a 12-point lead was established in the first half, which was undoubtedly a very good start for the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home.
Because maybe they can successfully win this game in the second half with such a score advantage. This is very possible. After all, just from the first half game, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an absolute lead!
Although the game had some turbulence at the beginning of the second quarter. The Brooklyn Nets once narrowed the score to only 4 points in a very short period of time, but the Cleveland Cavaliers finally stabilized the situation and expanded the gap in scores between the two sides again.
So in general, such a first half game was very successful, which naturally made the Cleveland Cavaliers players feel extremely happy when they get rest time.
Because they didn't have much concern, the Cleveland Cavaliers were almost in a crushing state against the Brooklyn Nets in the first half! The Brooklyn Nets had no sound except for the horn of counterattack at the beginning of the second quarter.
Almost all the first half of the game was the Cleveland Cavaliers controlling the rhythm of the basketball court. For most of the time, the Brooklyn Nets were just the side that was desperately chasing.
Of course, such a situation will not put too much pressure on the Cleveland Cavaliers players at this time. After all, the Brooklyn Nets have almost no strength to resist when they are doing their best!
Of course, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they can play more calmly.
However, there will certainly be depressed people in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving will not have a good time every time he meets Deron Williams this season, and the situation in this game this afternoon does not seem to have improved at all.
For Kyrie Irving, of course, he wants to change this situation. Of course, he wants to have no opponents against the Brooklyn Nets like Wu Dawei, and can bring great help to the team on both offense and defense.
However, it is obvious that this afternoon's game, at least in the first half, Kyrie Irving was willing but not capable enough. So for the second half game, although Kyrie Irving was very eager to complete the counterattack against Deron Williams, it is obvious that according to Deron Williams' performance in the first half game, he is still in great shape today. Kyrie Irving wants to complete the counterattack against Deron Williams under such circumstances, the difficulty of the Brooklyn Nets is not lower than that of Wu Dawei, who was completely helpless in the first half game...
So it is obvious that Wu Dawei will still be the protagonist of this game. Moreover, since there are no players in the Brooklyn Nets who can compete with him well, perhaps this game will become a one-man show belonging to Wu Dawei alone in the end...
This is very likely to happen, because judging from the first half, no matter who the Brooklyn Nets replaced to defend Wu Dawei, they obviously did not achieve very good results.
Most people will definitely not believe that the Brooklyn Nets spent a first half game or even the past season, and such a problem could not be solved. It was only after fifteen minutes of the halftime break!
If this can be done, then the Brooklyn Nets would not be ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference at the end of the regular season of this season, and they would not even be able to get the home advantage in the first round...
So, for the Brooklyn Nets, the problems they are actually facing are still very serious. At least they cannot solve the problem they are facing immediately, so if they want to recover such disadvantages and losses in the second half of the game, perhaps they need to find another way.
As the leading side, the Cleveland Cavaliers obviously won't have so many worries. Because they played such a leading advantage in the first half, they only needed to continue their performance in the first half game in the second half. It was obviously much less difficult to win today's game than the Brooklyn Nets!
The team's core Wu Dawei is in such an excellent state. Before he even fully exerted his strength, the Brooklyn Nets could no longer stand it. Not to mention the team's inside core Dwight Howard also scored 9 points and 12 rebounds in the first half!
Whether it is Wu Dawei or Dwight Howard, their performance in today's game was very eye-catching, and it is also the most important weight for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win this game!
There is no doubt about this. Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's outstanding performance ensured that the Cleveland Cavaliers could still be confident about it after the second half of the game!
Because their performance is the confidence to win the Cleveland Cavaliers, and similarly, as the core player of the Brooklyn Nets, Deron Williams' performance is also the confidence to win the Brooklyn Nets.
His performance in today's game was obviously very outstanding, which also gave the Brooklyn Nets the idea of turning around in today's game.
After all, Deron Williams' last time he played against the Cleveland Cavaliers is still vivid in his mind! If he could continue the performance of the game in that second half, then the Brooklyn Nets would not have no chance in this game.
Because the playoffs are sometimes not just a contest between two teams, the personal performance of superstars can also reverse the situation of the entire game in many cases.
So for the Brooklyn Nets, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, they will not give up this game easily. Not to mention that before this game, there were so many people who thought they would be swept out by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
So if you can slap these people hard after the game, what a pleasure it would be for the Brooklyn Nets!
Chapter completed!