292. More and more tacit understanding
Serge Ibaka won the opening ball for the Oklahoma City Thunder. After halftime, Westbrook directly launched an offensive towards the Cavaliers' inside! The speed of lightning flashed through the half, and almost blinked Westbrook rushed into the Cavaliers' paint area!
It seemed that Westbrook was unstoppable. He flew into the air in the paint area and was about to use a powerful dunk to get a good start for the Thunder. Suddenly, a figure flashed past him!
Wu Dawei waved his big palm and with a roar, he covered the ball that Westbrook tried to dunk and flew out!
From Westbrook's attack on the basket to Wu Dawei's blocking, it was just a short moment, and the rhythm on the court was as dazzling as the storm!
Chauncey Billups picked up the ball blocked by Wu Dawei on the sideline, so the Cavaliers turned into defense into offense as Cleveland fans shouted all over the court!
Kevin Durant had previously been puzzled by Wu Dawei's sudden departure from him and rushing towards the inside. When he saw Westbrook also attacking the inside, Kevin Durant quickly raised his hands. Unfortunately, Westbrook did not see him. Westbrook, who had only the basket in his eyes, finally got a big hat that hit the head!
Just like the last time, this time the venue became Cleveland's Quick Loan Center, and his ankle was not injured after landing...
Kevin Durant tried hard to chase back after Westbrook was blocked. He tried to fight back like Wu Dawei did to his teammates before. He used a big hat to hit the Cavaliers. Unfortunately, he was one step late in the end. Chauncey Billups cleverly avoided Kevin Durant's block and won a good start for the Cavaliers!
"Good job, guys!"
Ramon Sessions stood near the sideline and cheered for his teammates on the court. He found that the Oklahoman's expression turned dark after just one round. So Sessions couldn't help but shouted at Westbrook and Kevin Durant on the court: "Hey, Lightning boys, hurry up and show your courage! Otherwise you will be finished!"
The Thunder quickly returned to attack. In fact, after not blocking Billups, Kevin Durant quickly received a baseline serve from his teammates and rushed through the half.
In the half, Kevin Durant did not stay, but chose to attack Wu Dawei when Wu Dawei was in good defensive posture! Wu Dawei stood in place early and waited for Kevin Durant to come. He was standing in the center of the route where Kevin Durant launched the attack, which made Durant unable to dodge for a while. The fleeting time made him have no choice, and he hit Wu Dawei head-on! Then, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and an extremely resolute gesture, dribbling the ball and hitting the person!
“yes!”
"Kevin Durant, are you playing basketball?!"
Like the Cleveland players, they saw Kevin Durant and others interviewed on TV after coming to Cleveland, so they naturally felt disgusted by their arrogant faces. In particular, they repeatedly blamed Westbrook's injury in that loss on Wu Dawei, which made Cleveland fans feel disgusted!
There is nothing more to bother them now than slandering Cleveland’s favorite players.
So in an instant, cheers echoed in the Quick Loan Center. In such an atmosphere, Kevin Durant stepped forward angrily to find the referee and naturally did not get any results.
Everything is telling the league's strong contender for the future first person, this is Cleveland. It's not a place you can do whatever you want!
The Cavaliers regained the ball, and Chauncey Billups dribbled the ball through the half under Westbrook's defense. Wu Dawei took the initiative to mention the high position to make a pick-and-roll for him, and then Billups walked around Wu Dawei and forced the Thunder to make a defense change.
After seeing that it was Westbrook defending him, Wu Dawei ran to the inside without hesitation. At the same time, Changxi Billups also passed the ball. Wu Dawei received the ball near the paint area, and then he did not continue to rush forward, but turned around and began to hit Westbrook, whose height and weight were obviously weaker than his.
After just arching inside twice, Wu Dawei pushed Westbrook into the paint area. Seeing this, Perkins hurriedly came over. Wu Dawei passed the ball directly from the inside and gave it to Carman.
Although Perkins is a good intimidating power in the inside, his turn is quite slow. When Wu Dawei passed the ball to Kaman, who finished scoring at the basket, Perkins turned the ball around, then took the ball and obediently served at the bottom line...
The Cleveland Cavaliers scored 4 points in a row to establish a leading advantage in one fell swoop. They made extremely successful in both offenses and defenses. At this time, they were really imposing. Next, the Cavaliers even made a wave of high-end chaos. Wu Dawei relied on the offensive end to cooperate with his teammates and hit two consecutive mid-range distances on the offensive end. At the same time, Chauncey Billups sent three assists in succession.
The Cavaliers played a 0:10 wave of little highchao four minutes before the game! The arrogant Oklahoma City Thunder players felt very confused and helpless at this time.
They didn't seem to have found the feeling of the game on both offense and defense, which directly made the Thunder coach Brooks helplessly ask for a timeout.
"Beautiful job! Guys, you guys make those fools like a bunch of real fools! 10:0! Ha, I mean they're as easy to bully as elementary school students!"
The whistle sounded, and the players from both sides walked off the court one after another. Ramon Sessions rushed up excitedly and clamored with his teammates, shouting loudly. Before the game, Kevin Durant, Westbrook and others were very upset when facing the reporters.
Before the game started, I shouted loudly at the camera that we would definitely defeat our opponents. They were either gauze or madman.
But obviously, judging from the current situation, Oklahoma players look more like a bunch of gauze.
Brooks was of course extremely dissatisfied with the Thunder's performance in the four minutes of the game, so when the timeout came back, he replaced Seforosa, the defensive engineer in his lineup, and replaced James Harden on the court, hoping to make the team's offensive improvement after adding more offensive points.
In Brooks' view, both of the Cavaliers' guards did not have a big impact on the basket, and this recognition made him make such a decision.
One minute later, the game started again. The game had a 10-point lead at the beginning, which made the Cleveland players feel very happy. However, soon after the timeout, the Thunder gave the Cavaliers a warning.
After receiving the pass from his teammate, James Harden directly faced Billups' defense and broke the deadlock for the team with a very long three-pointer outside the three-point line.
The bearded hits the game as soon as he makes a move, and it looks like one of the few players in good shape in the Thunder. Although this player is a substitute, no team or coach in the league will be despised by him now. Because this bearded is currently the favorable contender for the best sixth man in the league.
3:10. However, although James Harden hit a three-pointer at a very long distance as soon as he came on the court, the Cavaliers still have a 7-point lead and still have control over the ball.
The current trouble for the Thunder is not just their offensive state, but also thinking about doing a good job in defense. The Cavaliers scored all five goals by cooperation, and Billups took three of them alone.
Who is the initiator of the offense can be seen at a glance. So after the offense and defense transition, Westbrook directly pressed against Chauncey Billups. The young players defended vigorously, which made the ball in Billups' hands dangerous for a while. However, Billups is an experienced master after all. After finally passing the half, Billups saw that Westbrook was still pressing him, so Billups glanced at Wu Dawei, and the two had a sense of harmony.
Wu Dawei stepped forward to make a high pick-and-roll for Billups. Westbrook was completely unprepared and hit Wu Dawei head-on. Seeing this, Billups took the opportunity to drive the ball from Wu Dawei, and Kevin Durant had to hurry to make up for the defense. Wu Dawei cut in the opposite direction.
Billups' ball passed over. When Wu Dawei ran to the middle distance, he received the ball. This was Wu Dawei's shooting hot zone, so he jumped up without hesitation!
The basketball drew a full arc in the air, and then plunged into the net!
3:12. Although he was caught off guard by bearded James Harden on the defensive end, the Cavaliers are still in good condition on the offensive end!
They still have obvious advantages, which is what makes Thunder head coach Brooks more anxious. Compared with the back and forth attacks, it is definitely unfavorable for the current Oklahoma City Thunder.
The opponent has a huge lead, so he naturally hopes to continue this state. If the Thunder plays against them, the game may continue in such a situation.
That's not what Brooks wants to see. So, when the Thunder once again made a mid-range shot from Serge Ibaka on the offensive end, Brooks shouted from the side: "Concentrate, guys, guard against their pick-and-roll!"
After Billups took the ball through half the game, he once again chose to cooperate with the pick-and-roll at the high position. However, this time, it was not only Wu Dawei but also Valaijo who came from the high position. The two of them had one left and one right postures sandwiched Westbrook in the middle, and gave Billups more choices.
In the end, Bilups chose to wander from Valejo's side, and Sergi Ibaka hurriedly came up and tried to stop Bilups' entry, so as to get Westbrook more opportunities to return to defense.
But Bilups had no intention of cutting in at all. While he chose to move from Valejo's side, Wu Dawei also cut directly from the top of the three-point line to the inside line, and the direction of his empty cut was also the Valejo's side.
In this way, Kevin Durant became behind Wu Dawei. Billups' pass passed through Westbrook and Serge Ibaka's head and reached Wu Dawei's hand. At this time, Kevin Durant did not dare to relax his vigilance. Because Wu Dawei was already standing in front of the paint area at this time, he could rush into the paint area and have an intimate contact with the basket as long as he took a step forward.
But just as Kevin Durant was about to speed up to catch up with Wu Dawei, a huge figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Chris Carman had mentioned at the top of the paint area at some point, and made a pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei after receiving the ball with an empty cut.
The moment when Kaman blocked Kevin Durant behind him, Wu jumped up directly! At this time, he was at a 45-degree angle outside the paint area line, and he used a half-turning jump shot to complete a projection that was so close.
The ball accurately penetrated into the basket, and Wu Dawei got his sixth point in the game!
5:14, the Cavaliers are still on the offensive end.
Brooks was naturally very disappointed with such a result. He clapped his hands helplessly, not only disappointed with the team's defense, but also some helplessness with the Cavaliers' offense.
Before this game began, he had no idea that the Cavaliers could do so well on the offensive end, which was quite a big change when the two sides first played.
Although Brooks had watched some videos of the Cavaliers' recent game before, he did not feel that the Cavaliers would be as powerful as tonight.
The atmosphere in the Quick Loan Center was high from beginning to end, and the team was in excellent condition. The Oklahoma was so arrogant before the game that it looked like an unstoppable Oklahoma, which naturally made Trekland fans feel very happy.
In the confrontation with strong teams, there are always performances that are not inferior to those of the disadvantaged and the increasingly tacit cooperation between the players, which also makes Tcleveland fans increasingly optimistic about the team's prospects in the playoffs soon.
With the powerful performance of the opening round, the Cavaliers played a 18:28-18-10-point lead in the first quarter, and the Cavaliers entered the second quarter.
Before the game, Oklahoma City Thunder main player Kevin Durant, who made a bold statement to win this game, made 0 of 4 shots in the first quarter and scored 2 points with free throws. He was completely at a disadvantage in the match against Wu Dawei. Although he did not have a block or a steal, it could not cover up Wu Dawei's pressure on Kevin Durant on the defensive end.
Chapter completed!