595. Old bones are not easy to chew
The San Antonio Spurs once again relied on a shooting from outside the three-point line to overtake the score.
12 to 10!
When San Antonio Spurs' Mark Belinelli hit a three-pointer through pick-and-roll and running again, the atmosphere in the entire Speed Loan Center became dull and no longer had the same mood as before.
For the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home, this scene caught them off guard.
Indeed, they never thought that the San Antonio Spurs would perform so well in the first game. Everyone thinks that they had just experienced such a cruel round of series before. In the first game of the finals, the Spurs might even strategically choose to give up.
But obviously, this is not what the San Antonio Spurs do. Their performance is surprising. At least at the beginning, their outstanding performance made the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home feel very uncomfortable.
The San Antonio Spurs undoubtedly played very well at the start, which is something that makes the San Antonio people quite pleased. For them, before the start of this game, almost no one was optimistic about their performance in the finals.
Except for the local fans of San Antonio ¥◇, almost everyone else believes that the San Antonio Spurs cannot cause too much trouble for the Cleveland Cavaliers in this round of finals.
I even think that it may be difficult for them to even lead in the finals, but at this time, their performance is enough to surprise people.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who started 12-10, played well enough for the San Antonio Spurs. Although the game has just begun, the San Antonio Spurs have already broken the view of them at the beginning, that is, they cannot gain a leading advantage in the game.
They are now leading, and they are temporarily the ones who have gained the advantage in the first away game. This is the most surprising thing.
This is certainly something that countless people can't think of, after all, the Cleveland Cavaliers performed so strongly in previous playoff games.
This alone makes the San Antonio Spurs' performance at this time feel a bit shocking.
After all, they are not just their own performance. As the core of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei helped the Cleveland Cavaliers score 8 points at the beginning.
His performance was excellent enough, but even so, the Cleveland Cavaliers still fell into a passive disadvantage, which surprised many people.
However, this situation has not happened in the past. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, the Miami Heat also suppressed the Cleveland Cavaliers in the game. But in the end they were completely defeated by Wu Dawei, who was in excellent form, at the last moment of the game.
This is what Wu Dawei is terrifying. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were at the disadvantage at the beginning, now, for the Clevelanders, they do not feel particularly worried.
Because they know that they still have Wu Dawei. No matter what, as long as there is Wu Dawei in the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup, the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely be able to make a difference in the game.
This has happened in many previous games, and in this game tonight, although the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently at the disadvantage, Wu Dawei's performance is extremely outstanding. This alone is enough to make Cleveland fans still maintain confidence in the team and the game while the team is at a disadvantage.
But no matter what, the San Antonio Spurs performed well at the beginning. At this time, it was a great thing for them to play away.
Of course, they would hope to continue such an outstanding performance, which is very important. For the San Antonio Spurs, they now have some opportunities to win the game.
Of course they know that such an opportunity is hard-won, so they need to seize such a hard-won opportunity.
They want to win the game. This is the most important thing. Although people are not optimistic about their performance in this game or even this round of the finals series, no matter what, the San Antonio Spurs players must do their best to win the game at this time.
After all, the reason they came to Cleveland was to be able to regain their home advantage here.
But Wu Dawei is still their biggest concern. For the San Antonio Spurs, Wu Dawei made 4 of 4 shots at the opening, leaving some hidden dangers for the San Antonio Spurs to win this game.
If they want to win this game, they must perform more powerfully. For Wu Dawei, if he can limit his performance, it will certainly be better for the San Antonio Spurs.
This is what they want, but Wu Dawei's inside and outside shots made the entire San Antonio Spurs feel very uncomfortable in the previous games.
They must solve such a problem, which is something that must be done for the San Antonio Spurs players; and at this time, when the San Antonio Spurs rely on Belinelli's two three-pointers to help the team turn the Bifa into 12-10, leading the home team really made the whole San Antonio Spurs feel extremely excited.
At the same time, Tim, the inside core of the team, was also thinking about how to make the team's next defense; this is a very important thing. After all, for the San Antonio Spurs, their attack performance is very good now, but at the same time, they also need some excellent performance on the defensive end.
And if Wu Dawei can be restricted, then it will be the best thing. So at this time, for Tim Duncan, he naturally hopes to build a barrier in the inside, at least to make Wu Dawei not so relaxed when breaking through the inside.
Of course, Tim Duncan knew very well that it was not easy to do this. Obviously, Wu Dawei's previous performance already shows that he was in good condition in this game tonight.
If he wants to limit his performance, it is absolutely not enough to rely on his own efforts. Tim Duncan knows that he still needs the help of his teammates.
However, at this moment, when Tim Duncan was still thinking about how to defend Wu Dawei, Wu Dawei had already taken the ball and entered.
His breakthrough was very sharp, and Leonardo had not reacted yet. Wu Dawei had already put the ball into the basket.
His breakthrough speed was so fast that Tim Duncan hadn't even come back to his senses. Of course, he was powerless to stop it.
It was under such a situation that Wu Dawei helped the Cleveland Cavaliers equalize the score.
12-12. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they would not have thought that they would become the backward side in this game, but the strong performance of the San Antonio Spurs did surprise them.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are now on their turn to do their defensive end, after all, the San Antonio Spurs' attack status in this game tonight is also extremely outstanding.
So of course the Cleveland Cavaliers must be extremely careful on the defensive end, otherwise, it may give the San Antonio Spurs another advantage in the score.
But obviously in this game tonight, although the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense played extremely smoothly after the start, when they came to the defensive end, they were indeed a little uncomfortable when they faced the attack from the San Antonio Spurs.
The San Antonio Spurs once again succeeded in the attack. After the game began, both sides seemed very confident about their attacks.
This makes the situation of the game extremely anxious. Before the game starts, almost everyone is unable to have such a scene after the game starts.
Because most people think that the Cleveland Cavaliers will undoubtedly win the game, but judging from the form after the game begins, it seems that the situation is not developing towards such a situation.
The San Antonio Spurs' tenacious performance surprised many people. Of course, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the obstacles they are facing now will become even greater than they thought.
But they won't do anything about it. After all, it's more difficult than this. The Cleveland Cavaliers have encountered countless times in the playoffs this season.
So they didn't worry too much about this, but no matter what, they still had to be cautious enough about it.
After all, the San Antonio Spurs now have the initiative, so they will definitely have a more advantageous side than the Cleveland Cavaliers.
For the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is not a good thing to play such a performance in their first home game in the finals.
Because the Cleveland Cavaliers don't want any trouble at their home court, after all, they are confident before the game begins.
But now for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is obvious that the opponent's strong performance caught them off guard, but they still want to be the winner of this game.
This is unquestionable. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they only have one goal in this round of series, which is to win the series and then nothing else.
But it is obvious that the format is not so beneficial for the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time. Even though Wu Dawei's performance is excellent, they are still in an unfavorable situation for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Because the San Antonio Spurs' outstanding performance did make the Cleveland Cavaliers feel very difficult. In the whole first quarter, it was difficult for them to find a good opportunity to reverse the situation.
Although the score gap has never been big, and it can even be said that there is no gap, being at a disadvantage will still make the Cleveland Cavaliers feel uncomfortable.
"Oh~ The San Antonio Spurs tonight were simply shocking! Their performance was great, especially at the attack end. Facing the combination of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, they still maintained an extremely high attack success rate."
Charles Barkley couldn't help but be amazed at this time by the San Antonio Spurs' extremely strong performance after the opening.
This is indeed an opening that many people have not thought of. The Cleveland Cavaliers did not become the leading side at the beginning as people expected.
On the contrary, they seem to have some disadvantages. This is indeed something that makes the Cleveland Cavaliers feel uncomfortable, but for the Cleveland Cavaliers, of course, they will not feel hopeless because of this.
After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory in the playoffs this season is enough to build a huge enough psychological advantage.
Such a mentality will not collapse easily. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, although the game started not so smoothly.
But they still have great confidence in this game, because after all, they are playing at home, and although the San Antonio Spurs gained an advantage at the beginning, their advantage was not as huge as they imagined.
For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are at home. As long as they are not widened too much by the San Antonio Spurs, they will certainly have a chance.
And for them, they themselves are very confident about this. Wu Dawei's presence makes the Cleveland Cavaliers players not have much worry.
But Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott, who was standing on the sidelines, was indeed very dissatisfied with the team's performance.
He frowned and looked at the situation on the basketball court. Although his team was not widened by the score gap, you should know that they were the side of the home court and were given such a lead by their opponents San Antonio Spurs at home. It is of course an unacceptable thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers players.
After all, they were confident that he would win this game before the start of this game. But now, the situation is obviously very unfavorable to them.
In such a situation, the mentality of the Cleveland Cavaliers is of course slightly different from before; of course, the more different one is definitely the San Antonio Spurs players.
After all, before this game began, they thought that they must have played in a backward situation in this game. But obviously the current situation is completely different from what they think.
Although the opponent has been chasing behind them, the San Antonio Spurs are now leading the side with the advantage of the game, something they had never expected before.
This is certainly a great thing for the San Antonio Spurs, and they certainly like this feeling.
For the San Antonio Spurs, this can even be regarded as an unexpected surprise, and of course they like this unexpected surprise very much.
However, the only thing that the San Antonio Spurs players who will play away now is whether they can continue to continue this state in the next game.
After all, this game was played at the home court of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Wu Dawei's condition was not bad at all in this game tonight.
The 8 points he scored in a row at the beginning have always made the San Antonio Spurs feel lingering fear.
For the San Antonio Spurs, this has always been their biggest concern. As the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Vicky has been thinking about such a problem before the start of this game.
Of course he has no solution, but now, for him and his team, it seems that this is the only problem they have to face now.
How to limit Wu Dawei's momentum in helping the Cleveland Cavaliers catch up with the score seems to be what the San Antonio Spurs, which is the dominant side, needs to consider at this time.
But Vic has been clueless until now. Of course, he doesn't want Wu Dawei to score like this, but he does not have a very good candidate.
Leonard is already very outstanding, but who told Wu Dawei to perform at an epic level this season?!
The immature Leonard was played by Wu Dawei in the malfunction, which was predictable by Vicky, but he didn't have many ways.
However, it is obvious that the troubles faced by the Cleveland Cavaliers who are playing at home at this time are much greater than those of the San Antonio Spurs.
After all, they do not have the advantage in the competition now, which is the most annoying thing.
If the Cleveland Cavaliers cannot catch up with the score as much as possible, their prospects in this game tonight will become very unfavorable.
After all, they did not gain the leading advantage as they imagined, but instead they were given the lead by their opponents.
This result is indeed surprising, but it also a good reminder for the Cleveland Cavaliers that although the San Antonio Spurs are an old bone, they are not an easy-to-bite bone! (To be continued...)
...
Chapter completed!