151. Defensive defense
The rest time between the two periods is not long. The two long time pauses are definitely not enough for players who have played for 36 minutes. Therefore, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides sent substitutes to leave more opportunities for buffering and resting for the main players.
But obviously, Kevin Durant recovered faster than Wu Dawei. After all, he did not need to focus on the defensive end and consumed much less physical strength than Wu Dawei, who had to contribute on both offense and defense. Soon, Durant was sent back to the court by head coach Brooks.
On the Cavaliers, Byron Scott did not send Wu Dawei back to the court one after another. At this time, more than two minutes had just been held in the fourth quarter. Scott was considering giving Wu Dawei a rest. After all, in the previous three quarters, Wu Dawei's playing time had exceeded 30 minutes!
But in the face of the Thunder's adjustment, Scott naturally had to respond. Kevin Durant is not a role player of the Thunder team, such as Sergi Ibaka, Sevlosa, and Meno. He is the core of this team; the core players of the opposite team will play early, and it is not impossible that the opponent wants to end the game early.
So, in order to prevent the Thunder from raids, Scott sent Williams and Valaijo back to the court, and at the same time, Graham, who was also strong in shape, defended Durant for a period of time and became cannon fodder.
The role of cannon fodder is only to block the gun hole. In fact, facing Kevin Durant, who is a big chunk of height and is better than himself, Joey Graham is helpless not only because he does not have Wu Dawei's prediction, but his confidence is also a little bit lower than that of Wu Dawei!
Every time, when he faces Kevin Durant's ball-holding attack, he will be so nervous that he will die suddenly at any time, and he will be successful if he fails. Every time he is beaten by Kevin Durant.
Therefore, in such a match, the 3-point gap is obviously nothing. The Thunder quickly caught up with the score, not only equalizing the score. Graham became less and less confident the more he played, which prompted Kevin Durant to become stronger and stronger in his offensive end.
Soon, the Thunders exceeded the score after equalizing the score.
At the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers, who led the Thunder at home with 82:79, were 2 points behind the Thunder after 5 minutes in the fourth quarter.
The disadvantage in the scene forced Cavaliers coach Byron Scott to request a timeout. When the players walked off the court, the Thunder's home court, the cheers were loud. Obviously, Oklahoma fans were very happy that the team could take the lead in the last quarter.
After all, at this time, there is not much time left before the game ends.
Bonnie Lauflin is still sitting in the audience. She has been watching this game from the beginning of the game now, and she is naturally very clear about the form of the two teams on the court, but she actually doesn't care too much about the disadvantages the Cavaliers are currently at.
What she really cares about was Wu Dawei, the performance of the signed player under her name. In fact, Wu Dawei's performance has shocked Raflin's performance. This has exceeded the scope of surprise.
When he recommended himself as Wu Dawei's agent, Raflin already knew that Wu Dawei was an extremely excellent and potential player. After all, he led the team to successfully snipe LeBron James at home, which made him famous for a while.
Especially at the last moment of the game, facing James' last attack, his final kill after counter-stole also made many people talk about it. But at that time, Raflin only had a rough impression of Wu Dawei. He was a young man with excellent defense and a Chinese player.
To be honest, she just thought Wu Dawei would have great commercial value at that time. Now, tonight's game has subverted Laflin's previous ideas. In her opinion, Wu Dawei's performance on the defensive end is completely phenomenal! Even if we look at the history of the league, such performance is difficult to find.
Therefore, for the next game, she is more looking forward to Wu Dawei's performance. Facing Kevin Durant in the previous time, he performed efficient performances on the offensive end, what kind of game will Wu Dawei play in the last time of the game?
Laflin has seen countless performances of dominating the game with offense, but she swears that she has never seen any scene of using defense to dominate the game with defense!
After the timeout, Wu Dawei was replaced on the court. There is no doubt that the game has entered the last 6 minutes, which will be the last battle of this game. Both sides sent their best players to the court and made their last try to win the victory of this game!
Both sides were all doing their best in the previous 40 minutes, and naturally, no one would give up the game at this last moment.
Wu Dawei has re-matched Kevin Durant. Durant has scored 30 points tonight. Such a high score has exceeded his average score this season. It seems that Wu Dawei's defense against Kevin Durant seems to have completely failed.
But anyone who has watched this game knows that the actual situation is not entirely true. Durant's 30 points were exchanged for his 22 shots, and some points were obtained when Wu Dawei was not on the court. The most important thing is that Wu Dawei has already covered Durant's two shots tonight, and also stole the ball from him twice.
Therefore, the showdown between them is the focus of the fans' most attention. Two almost young small forwards are in the same light. Perhaps Wu Dawei's criticism is more, but what cannot be concealed is his better performance one after another; and Durant, although the strongest No. 3 position in the league is now recognized as LeBron James, he is also using his performance, like James' throne to launch an attack!
After the timeout, the ball rights were first on the Cavaliers' side. The Thunder's just scored a goal for them, and soon, the Cavaliers used this wave of offense to tie the score.
After resting for more than ten minutes, Wu Dawei's physical fitness improved greatly. Although due to the head coach's requirement that he focus on defense, Wu Dawei no longer frequently runs back and forth at the bottom line to create space for action, he still actively came to the high position and played pick-and-roll for the players holding the ball.
After Wu Dawei became a starter and slowly emerged on the offensive end, this became a regular routine for the Cavaliers. With Wu Dawei's stability in mid-range shooting, the Cavaliers' pick-and-roll cooperation is always easy to control.
This time, it was still Wu Dawei. He made a successful pick-and-roll for Williams at a high position. While blocking Harden, he also forced Sevlosa to make up for the defense of Williams. Williams's return pass gave Wu Dawei the opportunity to shoot at an open position near the free throw line.
The hand rises, the ball falls.
89:89.
The score was tied again, and the Thunder did not complain, and their baseline served quickly. After halftime, Harden handed the ball to Durant. Durant, who had already scored 30 points in this game, his offensive performance still feasted Oklahoma fans tonight, but what everyone hoped was that he could beat Wu Dawei.
Especially after Wu Dawei continued to play blocks or steals on the defensive end, the resentment of Oklahoma fans has become increasingly greater. Lavlin is also looking forward to this collision, just like the Oklahoma fans around him.
Durant holds the ball at a high position. He is not used to playing singles with his back and forth at 210 cm tall. The facts of every game have proved that he is a better outside player. Durant has always been good at attacking from the outside, and tonight is no exception.
Durant's confidence had long been restored to his confidence when he scored on the offensive end. At this time, facing Wu Dawei, Durant knew that he was obliged to do so and the team needed him to lead him to victory. Therefore, he could not have been too terrified to attack because he had been blocked in front of Wu Dawei before!
Similarly, Wu Dawei, who was repeatedly told by head coach Scott during the timeout, naturally had the belief to defend Durant's offense. He also knew very well that the team now needs its own defense.
So, two people who had the same belief and wanted to lead the team to victory made moves almost at the same time. Kevin Durant held the ball, and suddenly his left hand waved to the right, and then half-sided, then held the ball in his right hand, and launched an attack into the paint area.
This was a disguised situation quickly enough, but he still couldn't escape Wu Dawei's judgment! He also responded accordingly at almost the same time, and Wu Dawei followed Durant!
The two men's bodies were entangled and intertwined, and they rushed into the paint area. Almost at the same time, Oklahoman cheers sounded outside the field because Kevin Durant jumped up!
In the paint area, he raised his right arm holding the basketball high, and jumped up with a grim look!
At this moment, his fierce look seemed to possess Westbrook, who was injured in the first quarter!
"Deduct him! Kevin!"
Oklahoma fans couldn't help but roar. Obviously, everyone would not forget the painful appearance of Westbrook when he was injured in the first quarter.
"roar!"
The cheering of off-court fans encouraged Kevin Durant's momentum. He roared angrily, looked at the basket close at hand, and raised his right hand and buckled it down!
"roll!"
However, Wu Dawei is still the last barrier in front of Kevin Durant! No matter how powerful his voice is, it turns out that ignoring Wu Dawei's defense and forced dunk is an absolutely wrong choice!
The basketball was only a strand of hair left from the basket, and was ruthlessly blocked by Wu Dawei's big palm!
Then, with a muffled groan, Kevin Durant used all his strength to get the ball closer to the basket. Although he surpassed Wu Dawei too much in terms of size, Wu Dawei was enough to completely defeat him in terms of strength!
He was covered. Next, the Cavaliers' counterattack! This is where the Clevelanders are best at. After Wu Dawei landed, he grabbed the ball. Then he pushed forward two steps and saw veteran Jamison running in the front, Wu Dawei threw the ball into the frontcourt.
Jamison's three-step layup, and after the timeout, the Cavaliers scored 4 points in a row, and they seemed to be dominating the game again!
“OH!NO!”
The sighs surrounding Laflin's ears made her amazed at Wu Dawei's energy on the defensive end and once again contributed a wonderful block at such a critical moment. Laflin's view of Wu Dawei was one step further.
Although the Thunder lost the lead in the blink of an eye, the game continued and they still had a chance.
After half of the game, the Cavaliers were still on the verge of the ball. Head coach Scott's yell on the sidelines made them dare not take it lightly because of a goal lead.
Williams followed Harden with all the steps. Although it was difficult for Williams to defend Harden's breakthrough, at such a critical moment, he naturally did not dare to relax his vigilance. Harden was wandering on the three-point line and was ready to exert force at any time. Williams was facing a big enemy.
At this time, Durant suddenly ran to Harden and made a pick-and-roll for him. Williams was blocked by Durant's body and could not find Harden's figure. He hurriedly walked around and saw Wu Dawei snatching a step, blocking Harden's breakthrough. Then, Wu Dawei turned around without looking back and ran towards the inside line. At the same time, Harden threw the ball into the sky with one hand.
This is not a shot. When Williams turned his head with the basketball, he found that the basketball was flying over Wu Dawei's head running towards the inside. Then, Williams saw Durant in front of Wu Dawei.
This is an air relay!
Everyone saw Harden's intention of the ball, and the Oklahoma fans on the sidelines were even more excited. At this time, if an all-in-one connection could be completed, how could it be to boost morale!
Durant rushed into the paint area again, and then he jumped up, his open right hand was about to catch the ball in the air, and all the excitement was about to arrive in the next second. At this moment, before Kevin Durant's dark palm, a yellow arm appeared in front of him, and then, intercepted the basketball!
All the cheers that were about to say ended suddenly at this moment, and the ending that no one expected was a silent ending. When Wu Dawei landed on the ground again, the ball in his hand was shocked by everyone.
It seemed as if before all this, he knew that an air relay would happen!
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