575. After the first quarter
After the opening game of the third game, after experiencing the attacks between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks, or Cameron Anthony and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the turn of Wu Dawei's block made the Cleveland Cavaliers slowly gain the upper hand.
And when the Cleveland Cavaliers completely gained the upper hand in their home game, they naturally no longer want to give up the lead in the score to others!
After all, the key to this game is well known. In such a situation, if the victory balance shifts to you from the beginning and you don’t know how to hold on to it, then the Cleveland Cavaliers are not worthy of winning such a game.
Although the game has just begun at this time, it may be too early to talk about the victory of this game. But even so, this can explain some of the problems.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are originally a team that is very good at seizing opportunities. Judging from their performance at this moment, the Cleveland Cavaliers have played their ability to seize opportunities as always.
Otherwise, they would not have firmly grasped the leading advantage at this time. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are bound to win this game, playing at home again, and after the start, they have grasped the situation on the basketball court.
So, of course, they have no reason to give up the advantage of this game to the New York Knicks who are playing away.
For the New York Knicks, the situation in this game is certainly not as they expected. Although the team relied on the team's core Cameron Anthony's successive shooting at the beginning, it was difficult for the team to take the initiative in the game with just one superstar.
Moreover, at the beginning of the game, the situation became even more worrying. Even if Cameron Anthony could continue his hot touch to every minute and every second of the game, his physical fitness would definitely not be able to support Cameron Anthony for a minute of rest after playing the entire game.
So Cameron Anthony must need a rest, and what should the New York Knicks do when he is resting? It must rely on the performance of other players, but the problem is coming. In the game at this moment, except for Cameron Anthony, the performance and performance of other New York Knicks players is not particularly satisfying to the team's head coach Mike Woodson.
Because except for Cameron Anthony, the others did not perform particularly well on the offensive end, otherwise the New York Knicks would not be on the back side at once. And it also forced Mike Woodson to replace the team's sixth man, JR Smith, on the basketball court very early.
However, JR Smith's appearance did not bring much help to the New York Knicks, because his condition was not particularly good in this game tonight. At least when he first played, he did not show a particularly good state. Since the second round of the series started, JR Smith's performance in the last game was not satisfactory.
So at this time, the New York Knicks have always been the backward side, because only the core player Cameron Anthony in the team has performed well on the offensive end, and others have not been able to provide him with much help.
It is precisely because Cameron Anthony has never lost the chain in the first quarter that the New York Knicks have always been able to keep the score in hand, so that the Cleveland Cavaliers won't make the entire game as in the previous game as they did in the previous game.
However, even though the score gap was not widened all at once, the situation where the New York Knicks were lagging behind away still made the New Yorkers feel very unhappy.
The defeat in the last game made the New Yorkers hope to get back through their performances in this game tonight. Judging from the performance since the start of this game, it is obvious that although the New York Knicks were not beaten, they were still suppressed by the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home.
For such a situation, the New York Knicks, which aims to win this game, will of course feel particularly unwilling to accept it.
However, it is obviously the one who is most unwilling to accept that Cameron Anthony is the only player in the first quarter of the game. In the case of 10 minutes of the first quarter, he scored 12 points with 5 of 8 shots. After the New York Knicks were still 22:31 behind the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home with 9 points!
With his performance like this, his team was still behind and gave his opponent a full 9 points, and it was almost reaching a double-digit gap. How could such a situation make Cameron Anthony feel any satisfaction!?
Although it is not as good as in the last game, after the first quarter, it almost makes people feel desperate. But now the 9-point gap is a big gap in Cameron Anthony's opinion.
And when the second quarter is about to begin, he will not be sent directly to the court by the team's head coach Mike Woodson at the beginning of the second quarter.
Cameron Anthony is also very clear about his physical condition. If he plays the entire game without a minute, then whether he can maintain his current feel is not as confident as he can.
So of course, Cameron Anthony could not feel satisfied with such a first-quarter result. Because for him, he could only win but not lose in this game, but judging from the current situation, it seems that the New York Knicks can't control the situation on the basketball court well.
Because the situation in the game has always been controlled by the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks can only passively be beaten. Not to mention the turnaround, whether the score gap should not be widened when Cameron Anthony is not present is a very uncertain thing in the hearts of New Yorkers...
It wasn't smooth sailing for the New York Knicks before they came to Cleveland, and now, the situation seems to be no different from before the game begins.
Even Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines at this time, calmed down. Although the 9-point gap did not make people feel particularly desperate, it was definitely enough to calm down.
Because for anyone, being 9 points behind in the first quarter is not only a matter of chasing points in the future, but also somehow it can reflect the status of both sides in this game tonight.
At least from the first quarter, Cameron Anthony, the New York Knicks only performed well, while on the Cleveland Cavaliers, not only Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard, Kyrie Irving and others all performed well.
So the gap appears here. For the New York Knicks, the subsequent games will obviously become more difficult. If they cannot recover the score gap in the later games, then they will become more passive in this round of series!
Cameron Anthony was in a depressed mood when sitting off the court, but at this moment, Wu Dawei, as the core player of the Cleveland Cavaliers, was obviously much happier than Cameron Anthony.
Because his team is the leading side after all, and they are fighting at home, all the good news points to the Cleveland Cavaliers. So at this time, Wu Dawei was more happy than Cameron and Anthony when he sat under the basketball court.
The 9-point lead at least at this time, Wu Dawei would not have to sit on the court like Cameron Anthony, fearlessly. Before the score was caught by the New York Knicks, Wu Dawei could sit off the court with great peace of mind and even talk and laugh with his teammates around him.
After the first quarter, different emotions occurred between the two sides. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, seemed more relaxed, while the New York Knicks, who had been in trouble before the start of this game, was bleak.
Although this is not a game that will cause the New York Knicks to fall into the abyss, if this game is lost, it is still unknown whether the New York Knicks can accept the bitter blow of two consecutive losses.
And more importantly, the next game is also held at the Cleveland Cavaliers' home court, the Quick Loan Center, so if they lose this game, it is very likely that this round of series will become a 3:1 total score...
And if it really becomes a total score of 3:1, then it will be difficult for the New York Knicks to make a comeback again...
After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not new to the playoffs. As the defending champions of the league, if they are allowed to hold a 3:1 match point, then if the New York Knicks still want to go further in the playoffs, they can only wait until the next season. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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