513. Halftime
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were once the side behind at the beginning of this game, they were still the side behind until the second quarter.
However, in the second half of the second quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers relied on Wu Dawei's outstanding performance and his extremely strong dominance on both offense and defense, and chased back the score difference that had been lagging behind!
This is definitely a huge bad news for the Brooklyn Nets. Although they had a great start to this game tonight, they were not able to maintain such a leading advantage until the end of the half.
When the game ended at halftime, the score had already become 50:48. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers had the upper hand in the subsequent games, the Brooklyn Nets still did not give up. They tried their best to stop the Cleveland Cavaliers' pace, but in the end they entered the halftime break with a backward attitude.
For the Brooklyn Nets, although they only gave the Cleveland Cavaliers two points behind in the half, they still felt unacceptable.
After all, they had a huge lead at the beginning of this game tonight, but in a blink of an eye the situation they faced became extremely difficult.
Wu Dawei's efforts in the second half of the second quarter made the Brooklyn Nets lose their advantage in accumulating more than one quarter of the game. This is undoubtedly the most frustrating and disappointing for Brooklyn fans who came to the Barlek Center tonight.
Although he is in New York now, the Cleveland Cavaliers seem to have not been affected much. Although he and his team were not good at the start, they immediately turned their original disadvantage into an advantage in the second quarter!
At the end of the half-time game, the Cleveland Cavaliers turned over and became the leading side. This is of course a good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the first and first half of the second quarter, they have always been behind and tired of chasing the score. It is of course a great thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers to be the leading side at the end of the half-time game.
At the same time, it also makes people feel a little surprised at this time, because the Brooklyn Nets who played at home at the beginning were playing very well. No one would have thought that the Brooklyn Nets who played so smoothly at the beginning would actually be behind the Cleveland Cavaliers who played away at the end of the half-game.
Of course. There must be a large part of the reason for this, which comes down to Wu Dawei. Because Wu Dawei's performance in previous games can be said to have laid some advantage in leading at the end of the half-game.
At the end of the half-time game, Wu Dawei had already scored 25 points and 5 assists. His continued strong performance on the offensive end is a key to the Cleveland Cavaliers being able to gain an advantage in the half-time game. However, the more critical point is Wu Dawei's performance in the first half of the game. In addition to the half-time data of 25 points and 5 assists, Wu Dawei also grabbed 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks!
It was his unparalleled performance on the defensive end. Even when he met Deron Williams, who performed the best offensively tonight, tonight, Wu Dawei was able to use steals and blocks to give him some ruthless sensation!
It is precisely because of this that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to take such an unfavorable start to the first half. They still overturned the score at the end of the half.
So everyone knows that the Cleveland Cavaliers can lead the first half, thanks to Wu Dawei's performance. Naturally, at the end of the half, when the players from both sides entered the locker room, Wu Dawei was stopped by reporters.
The reporter's purpose of stopping him at this time is also very simple, which is to give him a half-game interview.
"Wu. You didn't play well at the start of this game tonight, but now you have taken the lead. Can you tell us?"
The reporter who stopped Wu Dawei for the interview quickly raised his question. He also knew that what the players needed most at this time was definitely rest, so he cut it short and asked the most critical question in the first half.
Wu Dawei took this for granted, saying: "We just did our own thing! At the beginning, the Brooklyn Nets once created a big problem for us. That period was the most difficult period in the first half. Deron Williams played an amazing performance in the first quarter, but fortunately we recovered. In the second quarter, the coach made us play more calmly, and we did it. We were no longer led by the Brooklyn Nets, which is very critical to us!"
"We played our own pace, which is the key factor in our ability to complete the reversal in the second quarter! This is what we did in the second quarter!"
Wu Dawei's answer obviously made the reporters who interviewed him feel more satisfied, because after Wu Dawei answered his question, the fans of the Brooklyn Nets at the entire Barlek Center stopped doing it!
Booties were everywhere, because Wu Dawei's answer seemed to ignore the Brooklyn Nets. They just needed to play themselves to win the game!
This will naturally make Brooklyn Nets fans feel a grudge, so they booed everywhere, but it did not have any impact on Wu Dawei at this time. Because when Brooklyn Nets fans booed, Wu Dawei, who answered the reporter's questions, ran into the players' passage.
Of course, he also needs a lot of rest at this time, so he would not pay attention to the booing noises of Brooklyn Nets fans at this time.
For him, what he needs now is a good rest. So he ran into the player channel, and naturally he couldn't hear the booing and anger sounded by the Brooklyn Nets fans at this time...
And the booing of Brooklyn Nets fans at this time cannot change the situation where they were 2 points behind at the end of the first half. They are still the side behind, and anger and anger cannot change the dilemma they are facing at this time.
But even so, when Brooklyn Nets fans heard Wu Dawei's words, they still couldn't help feeling angry about it!
Because for them, they had come to the Barrek Center with such great expectations. The situation now is obviously completely different from what they had imagined before they came, how could this not make them feel angry and frustrated?
However, although the current situation at the end of the half game is indeed very frustrating and depressing for the Brooklyn Nets, although they are now behind, at least they don’t have many points behind.
This will also lay the groundwork for the second half of the game. After all, the score behind is not too high, only 2 points. Although the backward situation makes Brooklyn fans feel very frustrated, the Brooklyn Nets actually have a good chance to turn defeat into victory in the second half.
But the premise is that they can no longer be fully controlled by the Cleveland Cavaliers who played away like in the second half of the second quarter. Because this is definitely a very uncomfortable thing for them.
Moreover, the reason why Brooklyn Nets fans have expectations for the second half of this game is not only because they are currently behind by only 2 points, but also because Deron Williams scored 27 points in the first half!
Although he felt extremely uncomfortable and difficult to play like in the first quarter after Wu Dawei came to defend him, there is no doubt that Delon Williams is still the player who performed the best offensively in this game tonight!
This is unquestionable, so his outstanding performance in this game tonight is also an important reason why Brooklyn Nets fans still have expectations for this game.
However, if the Brooklyn Nets want to reverse the decline in the game in the second half, they can no longer be led by the Cleveland Cavaliers like they did in the second half of the second quarter.
They need to play the rhythm of the first quarter, because in this way, they will have some chances to turn the situation back. However, Wu Dawei is still a problem that the Brooklyn Nets can't solve in this game tonight.
His performance in the first half made Brooklyn Nets head coach PJ Calesimo feel very tricky. However, for him, during the break, the focus of what he had to study would definitely not be on how to defend Wu Dawei, but how to reopen the situation, just like in the first quarter.
That is the key thing. When you are unable to solve a problem, opening a breakthrough from another place is the most correct choice. Instead of hanging yourself on a tree, this is not called persistence, it is called being stubborn! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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