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At the end of the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers led their opponents Oklahoma City Thunder with 4 points at home... See the latest and most complete novel
Although such an advantage is not great, it can at least allow the Cleveland Cavaliers, who play at home, to have an advantage at this time. Such an advantage is enough to allow them to continue to take the initiative in the next game.
After all, being able to take the initiative to control this game is very beneficial for the Cleveland Cavaliers to continue their 27th game.
So the Cleveland Cavaliers are of course very excited about this, but of course they also know that such a leading advantage is not enough for them to make too many achievements in this game.
Because the opponent may also overtake the lead all at once, after all, the score difference is only 4 points. If such an advantage is slightly made for the Oklahoma City Thunder, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will immediately lose all the lead.
This is certainly not what the Cleveland Cavaliers want to see. They have gained an advantage by working so hard in the first quarter, so they naturally don’t want to be easily ruined.
After all, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they don’t want to be the advantageous side by the opponent’s home court.
After all, the Quick Loan Center is the home court of the Cleveland Cavaliers, not the home court of the Oklahoma City Thunder, so of course, the Cleveland Cavaliers will not want to get any advantage by their opponents.
They don't want to be turned against each other, so at this time, they must continue to maintain their intensity in the game in the next game.
Otherwise, if the Oklahoma City Thunder rushes, the Cleveland Cavaliers will also face great difficulties.
This is unquestionable, so at this time, although the first quarter game ended, the second quarter game soon began.
Both sides are still extremely cautious, because obviously, whether it is the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Oklahoma City Thunder, they need to perform better at this time.
However, at this time, it is obvious that the Oklahoma City Thunder needs some good performances. After all, they are the side behind. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have a little lead, they are still the side ahead.
They took the initiative, and the current situation of the Oklahoma City Thunder is not that good. After all, they are behind away, and the situation is not good. Even if they don’t have many points behind, it is enough to make people feel unhappy.
After all, before this game began. They had said countless times that they wanted to win the game at home with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
So at this time, of course, they would not want the opponent to completely gain the advantage at the beginning of the first quarter...
Because this is not the Oklahoma City Thunder's purpose in coming to Cleveland at this time, they are trying to end the Clevelanders' record.
And they also believe they can do it, so at this time, of course, they don't want to just fall behind the Cleveland Cavaliers like this...
So when the second quarter started, the Oklahoma City Thunder immediately showed their aggressiveness.
This will of course become a problem for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After all, their current lead is not very big, so under such circumstances, the situation they are in cannot make them feel at ease.
So in this case, the Cleveland Cavaliers still have to be more careful.
Otherwise, maybe what is waiting for them is that they will be overtaken by the opponent not long after the start of the second quarter.
In this way, their performance and efforts in the first quarter will be turned into ashes.
The Cleveland Cavaliers don't want this result, so the pressure on Kyrie Irving will become very huge at this time.
Because Russell Westbrook's impact is really a bit unbearable to Irving, and Westbrook also makes Irving a little afraid on the defensive end.
So in the second quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers were not able to control the rhythm and situation of the entire game as well as the first quarter.
The Oklahoma City Thunder's performance during this period also made the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately frightened and sweated.
Because their situation became less wonderful under the impact of Russell Westbrook.
The Cleveland Cavaliers began to appear a little passive in the second quarter. Without Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard, and Kyrie Irving's performance after the All-Star Game was surprising, but his disadvantage compared to Russell Westbrook in terms of height tonnage was indeed a bit difficult for him to deal with it.
Originally, this job was from Danny Green, but now Green, Wu Dawei and others were resting under the basketball court together, so naturally he fell behind Kyrie Irving's hands.
Kyrie Irving felt very difficult without dealing with it for a few times. This scene was also seen by Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott, so at this time, Byron Scott naturally frowned.
Because he didn't want to see the slight lead his team got, he was soon completely ruined not long after the second quarter started.
Not only is this not good news, it will also make Byron Scott restless.
So, when he found out that his team could not gain the upper hand in the game at the beginning of the second quarter, he immediately knew that he seemed to have to adjust the team, and the current situation was really not good news.
But even so, Byron Scott did not want to change the strategies he had already formulated for this, nor did he want to disrupt his original deployment.
So, although he felt a little anxious at this time, he still watched the Oklahoma City Thunder play more and more powerful under the leadership of Russell Westbrook.
However, the Cleveland Cavaliers did not have many good methods for this. Because Byron Scott did not dispatch and did not request any suspension. In such a situation, the Cleveland Cavaliers would naturally become a bit precarious.
Although Byron Scott has led the team to the finals three times in the last four seasons, and has also won two championships.
However, his on-site command will always be despised by people, and think that his reaction is too slow. Many people believe that if it weren't for Wu Dawei's presence, then Byron Scott would have definitely been unable to achieve such great achievements in the past few seasons.
This has always been the criticism of Byron Scott, and it has been the case until now, although he is already a coach with two championships.
At this time, under such a situation, Byron Scott's criticized part undoubtedly played a role again...
The Cleveland Cavaliers also quickly lost their already narrow lead at this time. The 4-point advantage disappeared in an instant.
At this time, more than three minutes had passed in the second quarter. Although Byron Scott did not request any timeout during this period, it would indeed make him criticized, but at the same time, the advantages of these 4 points also helped the Cleveland Cavaliers spend this rotation period.
When the Oklahoma City Thunder equalized the score, the Cleveland Cavaliers also began to adjust the substitution. Wu Dawei boarded the court at this time. He didn't play long in the first quarter and was substituted in the ninth minute.
So at this time, when he appeared on the court, he didn't feel tired at all. He seemed full of energy after playing. Of course, it would bring some trouble to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who just equalized the score.
However, while Wu Dawei was on the court, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Brooks also brought Kevin Durant, the team's core player, to the court.
As the trump card of their respective teams, the two will definitely meet all the time, which is undoubtedly a matter of no doubt.
So at this time, when the two people meet again, the game will naturally return to the theme of the two of them.
After Wu Dawei and Kevin Durant came onto the basketball court at this time, they naturally hoped to provide great help to their team.
After all, the score at this moment has become a draw, so for both sides, the next game will be an opportunity.
Of course, both sides will do their best. Kevin Durant was suppressed by Wu Dawei in the first quarter, so his team was also suppressed by the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home. So when he faced another opportunity, he certainly didn't want to miss it.
So at this time, for Wu Dawei, Kevin Durant will definitely be fully fired. And his defense will face another challenge.
As for whether he can defend it, it is an unknown thing.
Of course, in the first quarter, Wu Dawei, who seemed to be more successful in defending Kevin Durant, was of course confident at this time.
Whether it is from the previous matches or just the performance of the first quarter tonight, Wu Dawei certainly has the upper hand.
So for him, of course he will be fully confident at this time. He continues his performance in the first quarter and also slightly limits Kevin Durant's performance in the next game.
But at the same time, Kevin Durant was not afraid at this time. After he reappeared, he had only one goal, which was to help his team gain the advantage in the second quarter.
He did not perform well in the first quarter under Wu Dawei's defense; however, Kevin Durant believed that he could perform much better in the second quarter than in the first quarter.
The score at this moment has become 38:38. Russell Westbrook's previous performance was very exciting, and it was somewhat a bit difficult for the Cleveland Cavaliers to resist.
The score was equalized, and the Oklahoma City Thunder naturally had the opportunity to overtake the score in the next game.
And they thought so, so after the game started again, although they did not have the ball in their hands, they still seemed eager to try on the defensive end at this time.
Because their morale is booming at this moment, of course they will not retreat.
After the game started again, the Cleveland Cavaliers also came in such a situation and quickly passed the half.
Their current situation is not very good, but fortunately they still have the ball rights. After the game restarts, they have the opportunity to get the advantage of the score back into their own hands.
So at this time, when the Cleveland Cavaliers brought the ball through half the game, the first choice for the ball was of course to hand it over to Wu Dawei.
After all, he is the most outstanding player in the entire Cleveland Cavaliers. He is also the core of tacticality, so the ball was naturally handed over to Wu Dawei at such a critical moment.
Wu Dawei must be the best choice, and when Wu Dawei got the ball at this time, Kevin Durant naturally pressed it tightly at the first time.
At this time, of course, it was impossible for him to let Wu Dawei score easily, after all, the score at this moment was tied.
Both sides are standing on the same starting line, so Kevin Durant certainly would not want to waste such an opportunity like this, even if he is not particularly good at defense. At this time, Kevin Durant will do his best to prevent Wu Dawei from scoring on the offensive end.
After all, if Wu Dawei scored at this time, wouldn’t it mean that all the efforts made by the Oklahoma City Thunder will be gone?
This is not something that the Oklahoma City Thunder can accept, so at this time, Kevin Durant naturally has to do his best in this defense.
And Wu Dawei would not easily choose to retreat when facing the opponent's tough defense at this time.
Faced with a tough defensive attitude, Wu Dawei must of course be tough. Although Kevin Durant's height is indeed inferior to Wu Dawei, the same is true. His strong body will also make Kevin Durant feel uncomfortable.
Wu Dawei himself is very clear about this, so at this time, when he is holding the ball and trying to attack, the method he chooses is to attack the basket toughly towards the inside!
Because when Wu Dawei squeezed hard into the inside, Kevin Durant could not stand it at this time.
Because his body is too thin, it is even more so than Wu Dawei... So in such a confrontation, Kevin Durant naturally showed a situation of retreating steadily...
He could not properly curb Wu Dawei's pace of advancing to the inside, so the situation of the two men's duel naturally began to develop in a direction that was not conducive to Kevin Durant.
However, at this time he still tried his best to try to push Wu Dawei out, but obviously the gap in strength and tonnage made Kevin Durant completely unable to do this.
Wu Dawei took advantage of his absolute strength and directly advanced into the paint area at this time. And the moment Wu Dawei started to attack, other players of the Cleveland Cavaliers opened up space for him for personal singles.
So at this time, even though Kevin Durant is at a disadvantage, it is difficult for other Oklahoma City Thunder players to come and make up for him and assist in defense.
Because other Cleveland Cavaliers players are far from the singles at this time, if other Oklahoma City Thunder come to make up for defense, it will suddenly give other Cleveland Cavaliers players the opportunity to shoot open.
Everyone knows very well that Wu Dawei is not a person who can force himself. If his teammates appear in the right position and the right time and have an opportunity to shoot at an open position, then Wu Dawei will definitely pass the ball out.
And by that time, maybe things will get worse.
So at this time, although other Oklahoma City Thunder players wanted to help Kevin Durant come to help defend, they were willing but not capable.
In this way, Wu Dawei's advancement was extremely smooth. He quickly squeezed into the paint area. Although Kevin Durant still resisted Wu Dawei tightly at this time, trying not to allow him to easily complete the score, Wu Dawei still relied on a turn and easily got a chance to take action.
Wu Dawei chose to shoot with a hook shot. Without any hesitation, he threw the ball towards the basket. At this time, even though Kevin Durant was tall and his arms were long, he could not stop Wu Dawei from throwing the ball to the basket...
The ball flew up at this time, and Kevin Durant could only watch the ball fly to the basket, and the next second, he heard a brush sound coming from the top of his head.
Although Kevin Durant did his best, he still couldn't stop the ball from entering the basket, and the Cleveland Cavaliers naturally took the lead again! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!