186. Difficulties

Wu Dawei instantly helped the team reverse the situation on the court after he came on the court. As the outside world praised him more and more, Wu Dawei seemed to have more and more ability to influence the game.w w.  . That is, commonly known as dominance, although perhaps using this word on Wu Dawei's body now will make many people feel ashamed.

But there is no doubt that Wu Dawei does this often in the game. This is also a headache for Pacers coach Vogel. Before the game, his research on Wu Dawei seemed to have not even had a slight effect in the game.

This forced Vogel to replace Danny Granger after the Cavaliers made another offensive end, allowing him to replace Paul George. Although Granger did not gain an advantage in the first quarter of the match against Wu Dawei, at least Granger's psychological quality and technical maturity were much better than George.

As the boss of the team, Granger is obviously not comparable to Paul George, a first-year rookie.

Although Wu Dawei has never told the outside world that he is the boss of this brand new Cavaliers team, this title has undoubtedly been gradually recognized by people. Because as long as anyone who has watched the Cavaliers game since the beginning of the season, he can feel that the Cavaliers are playing around Wu Dawei.

He has participated more in the team's offense. The cooperation with the defenders at the high position and the cooperation with the inside players at the low position has gradually become the Cavaliers' more important offensive tactics. Even though the offense is still not Wu Dawei's strength, Scott still puts many of the resources in the team on Wu Dawei as always; not to mention on the defensive end, as the Cavaliers' defensive arrowhead figure, Wu Dawei's defensive tasks on his shoulders are the heaviest in every game.

Just like now, when Granger re-emerges into the battlefield, the defense he encountered on the offensive end must be Wu Dawei standing in front of him.

For Granger's defense, Wu Dawei is not as aggressive as before defending Paul George, and gives him too much space. Regardless of whether he has the upper hand in the first quarter, Granger's strength as a star should not be underestimated.

Granger asked for a pick-and-roll with his teammates in the inside. The forward and guard players have always liked to cooperate in pick-and-roll at high positions because there is huge space here that allows the ball holder to have more choices after the pick-and-roll.

Whether it is breaking, passing or shooting, the huge space allows him to make a calm choice. However, when facing Wu Dawei's defense, the pick-and-roll sometimes does not play a good role. Wu Dawei basically does not choose to switch defenses when defending the pick-and-roll, unless the quality of the pick-and-roll is extremely high, but this time it obviously has not reached such a height.

Wu Dawei bypassed the pick-and-roll player and still followed Granger. Although he followed, the pick-and-roll still had some impact on Wu Dawei's defense. The pick-and-roll made Wu Dawei slightly behind Granger.

Although Wu Dawei's quick defensive reaction made Granger not find any good opportunities after the pick-and-roll, his slightly behind position still made Granger know that he had some advantages.

So after the pick-and-roll, Granger chose to break through without hesitation without finding a suitable shooting opportunity! Relying on his position advantage that was a little ahead of Wu Dawei, Granger accelerated and rushed into the inside.

Then he chose to use a low-hand layup to avoid Wu Dawei's block. The basketball bumped on the basket for a while, but finally got into the basket.

33:37.

Granger helped the team break the scoring drought in recent short periods, but the crisis faced by the Indiana people has not ended. They still need to face the Clevelanders' offense in the next 24 seconds.

Wu Dawei was in good condition both on the offense and defense tonight. So far, he has scored 10 points and 1 block and 2 interceptions, and has 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Now the second quarter has only been played for 5 minutes.

Although Wu Dawei has not performed much explosively this season, he has been contributing data close to 20+10 steadily, which is still very terrifying. He averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2.7 steals, and 4 assists. Wu Dawei has done almost everything he can do at the small forward position.

He never tires about doing things that perhaps all players in the league are most reluctant to do on the defensive end. He faces the bombardment of the strongest attacking players in the square all the game, but he still has excellent performances. On the defensive end, blocking, stealing and then quick defense, Wu Dawei can keep making people feel better even on the defensive end.

A snake swallows an elephant when a person is not satisfied. A person's expectations are like his ambitions, which will change constantly with the actual situation. If you have a good start, then someone will definitely expect you to perform better.

This is what Cleveland fans are now. They hope to see Wu Dawei ravage the strongest player in the opponent's team on the defensive end in every game. At the same time, they also hope that Wu Dawei can not only be unparalleled on the defensive end, but also be able to kill all sides on the offensive end.

After the offense and defense transition, Wu Dawei got the ball in the frontcourt. He relied on his skillful cooperation with Sessions to get a chance to shoot at a high mid-range shot through a pick-and-roll. When Wu Dawei received the ball, Granger was still rushing towards him, and Wu Dawei had raised his hand to shoot.

The basketball got into the net, and the splashed net flowers were once again widened to the 6-point gap. The Indiana people's disappointment was obvious. They were the backward side and naturally did not like to reciprocate with the Cavaliers.

What they need is excellent offense and successful defense. It is their top priority at the moment to catch up with the score as soon as possible. On the road, if they are always in a backward situation, it will be extremely unfavorable for the team in any case.

But in the next few offensive and defensive rounds between the two sides, the Pacers failed to get what they wanted. Granger broke through Wu Dawei's defensive layup in his first offense after playing, which seemed to be a good sign; but in the next attack, he was hindered. He still hoped to score points for the team with a breakthrough after pick-and-roll, but when he rushed into the inside, Wu Dawei stabbed the ball from behind.

The next drama is naturally the defensive counterattack that the Cavaliers are best at. Although the Cavaliers have broken the doubts from the outside world this season, they have not plummeted to becoming the worst team in the league. However, their current record is only in the middle class in the league, but they are the best in scoring after taking advantage of their opponents' mistakes!

From this side, we can see how outstanding the Cavaliers are in this regard. Especially because Wu Dawei's bug-like presence on the defensive end, the Cavaliers are far ahead in this data.

After several offensive and defensive rounds, the Pacers did not smooth out the gap as they imagined, but instead the score behind became larger.

36:44, at this time, the second quarter had been played for more than 8 minutes, and both sides had sent their main players again. But it was obvious that the Cavaliers were the more calm side now. Maintaining such a point difference was undoubtedly a huge advantage for them to enter the second half; this was definitely a situation that the Pacers didn't want to see.

So they had to fight back. Even if they couldn't take the lead in the second half, they had to at least stand at the same starting line. This is what the Indians thought at this moment.

Team head coach Vogel emphasized this point during the previous timeout. He hoped that the team would shift the center of the attack to the inside, and Roy Hibert became the main attack point of the Pacers after the timeout.

After all, this big center does have a considerable advantage in the Cavaliers' interior. When facing Valaijo, Hibert took advantage of his height and tonnage to make the Brazilian helpless.

When the Pacers faced the Cavaliers, they could have gained an advantage in the game by relying on their huge advantages in the inside. Unfortunately, the Indiana people felt so bad on the outside tonight that even if the Cavaliers shrank their defense, they did not play on the outside that could reduce Hibert's pressure.

Of course, when the timeout is over, Hibert, who plays the inside, is not sure to open up the situation. Because when the timeout comes back, Darren Collison hangs the ball into the inside and gives Hibert the Cavaliers quickly attack when Hibert attacks.

The big center is slow in action, and such decisive attack naturally makes the defense faced by Hibert difficult. He is not a very good passer, so naturally, this gives defensive players an opportunity to take advantage of!

As the Pacers' main offensive point on the outside, Granger almost never goes to the weak side of the ball on the offensive end, because he needs to prepare for the attack at all times. Naturally, he was ambushed outside the three-point line in the bottom corner. Wu Dawei turned his head and could see his teammates' attack on Hibert, which made it difficult for the big center to escape for a while.

So Wu Dawei left Granger on the outside without hesitation and rushed in. Even though Granger was already shouting "Beware" outside the three-point line, it was too late!

Wu Dawei seized the opportunity. When Hibert focused his attention on the basket behind him, Wu Dawei suddenly stretched out his palm and slapped the ball in the opponent's hand!

This quick and fast as lightning and thunder caught Hibert off guard. Even though he heard Granger's shouting, he was still half a beat slower. When Hibert turned around, Wu Dawei was already leading the way towards the Pacers' half.

Granger was close to Wu Dawei, intending to delay the obstacle and quickly drop this time. But at this time, Wu Dawei began to show his advantage in tonnage. After rushing into the opponent's three-point line, Wu Dawei did not rush to collect the ball and start, and made a three-step layup to end the attack. Instead, he lowered his speed first and leaned against Granger next to him. After the two people collided, Wu Dawei fell to the other side and threw the ball to the basket!

Swish!

He actually entered! This was the thought that came to mind the moment Wu Dawei fell to the ground. (To be continued.
Chapter completed!