5. The pressure of the sixth game
ps: Sorry, the update has been a bit late these days.
The Cavaliers didn't play well at the start of tonight. Although Chauncey Billups helped the team break the deadlock with a three-pointer, the Boston Celtics still controlled the advantage on the court.
The Cavaliers have no choice but to retreat in this game, but the Boston Celtics also have the determination to win. After all, they are only a short distance from advancing, so it is impossible to relax their vigilance.
Soon, halfway through the first quarter, the Cavaliers trailed the Boston Celtics 6:12 in the score.
As a last resort, Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott had to request a timeout. His attempt to stabilize the situation on the court, the Bostonians seemed more sophisticated and steady in such a competition, which was why they were leading at this time.
Although this key game is actually no different from any previous game, psychological things cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.
It undoubtedly takes an adaptation process to overdo it, and most of the players in the Cavaliers' core roster, not as many key games as the Boston Big Three.
After all, Wu Dawei is just a second-year rookie. Chris Carman has only followed Captain Brand to play in the Western Conference semi-finals. As the team's tactics, one inside and one outside, the lack of experience in playoffs between Wu Dawei and Carman is undoubtedly the disadvantage of the Cavaliers compared to the Celtics.
It is difficult to explain the vague and nothingness of playoff experience. This kind of thing cannot be quantified. Just like social experience, it will only grow after experiencing it personally.
Although Wu Dawei knew very well that the more critical the game, the more stable the mentality needed, it was often easier to say it than to do it. When you are truly immersed in the scene and feel the last chance left, your mentality will not be as stable as you said.
This is a tension that takes a time to soak it slowly, but in the eyes of Chauncey Billups, it is not just that. In the eyes of this veteran, Wu Dawei's heart was too heavy, so he was somewhat restrained.
Billups sat next to Wu Dawei. He glanced at the head coach Byron Scott who was still present on the court to discuss countermeasures with his assistants, and then said to Wu Dawei: "Wu. You shouldn't think so much!"
"What?" Wu Dawei was drinking a drink while thinking about the previous game. Suddenly he heard Billups talking to him. He didn't understand what the other party meant for a while.
Wu Dawei turned his head and found that Billups was staring at him. His expression was very serious. He said, "I mean you should not worry too much. When it is time to attack, you should focus on the offensive end. When it is time to defend, you should keep an eye on the person you are responsible for. You should also learn to trust your teammates!"
"I didn't think too much, and... I trust you too!" Wu Dawei tried to answer Billups in a relaxed tone. Billups shook his head and said, "No, you didn't! You were too hesitant tonight. You should play your performance in the past ten games! You are the number one scorer in our team. We need more than your defense! Don't worry about Kevin Garnett. If we can play the smoothest offense, then why bother with the defense!? Only by playing the most comfortable rhythm can we win tonight's game!"
Billups' words were so sharp that Wu Dawei was indeed hesitant in tonight's game. He had to participate in the offensive end and watch Paul Pierce on the defensive end while always paying attention to Kevin Garnett's movements. Byron Scott told Wu Dawei's task before the game started, just like a big rock pressing him.
Wu Dawei felt a little breathless before because he found that he had thought too much about this game. Perhaps it was because this was a game that was crucial for the Cavaliers. So Wu Dawei's mentality in tonight's game was a little ups and downs.
And as mentioned before, the stability of your mentality takes time to make a transition. And the six minutes from the beginning of the first quarter to now can be considered as the transition time!
Wu Dawei didn't know whether his mentality had stabilized now, but he could still feel the thumping heartbeat. The cheering voices and expectant eyes of Cleveland fans on the side of the court gathered above the Quick Loan Center at this moment. It was like a huge stone pressing on his shoulders.
Heavy is the first feeling, but doesn’t men just have to take on this heavy responsibility?
Wu Dawei took a deep breath, and suddenly, his ears and eyes were clear.
The first quarter started again after a one-minute timeout. Byron Scott told Wu Dawei until he took the court that he hoped that his team's number one star would play better, and Wu Dawei also walked back onto the court.
The game started again amid the cheers of Cleveland fans. At this time, although the score was 12:6, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, were 6 points behind their opponents, but the ball was on the side of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Valecho sent the baseline ball to Billups, who dribbled through the half. Wu Dawei had already started to wander around the court. Just as Billups said to himself before, don’t think too much on the offensive end, and put your energy wholeheartedly in this offense!
Wu Dawei slipped through the bottom line and then ran back to outside the three-point line. Billups passed the ball over, and Wu Dawei received the ball outside the three-point line. Usually at this position, Billups would not pass the ball to Wu Dawei. Although Wu Dawei's offense and assist abilities are excellent, his ball-holding and organizational skills are not very good.
Obviously, it was a different meaning to pass the ball to Wu Dawei at this position at this time. When Wu Dawei received the ball, he happened to stand at the top of the paint area. Perhaps it was because in past games, Wu Dawei had never launched an attack at this position, making Paul Pierce in front of him a little relaxed.
After Wu Dawei got the ball, his attention immediately became concentrated. At this moment, among the green and white figures in front of him, Wu Dawei suddenly felt that he had discovered a way!
His subconscious mind told himself to attack this road! Wu Dawei did not stop after receiving the ball. When Paul Pierce was still defending on the spot, Wu Dawei shook the soles of his feet and turned directly to lean over and sprinted towards the inside!
Seeing this, Paul Pierce quickly tried to reach out to stop Wu Dawei's advancement, but all this turned into vain with Wu Dawei's sudden acceleration!
"Oh~~~ Huh! Wu Dawei suddenly attacked. Paul Pierce must feel that he was already an old Taoist at this moment! He had no reaction at all... No. He tried to stop Wu Dawei. But his movements were too slow! He could not stop Wu Dawei's breakthrough at all!" Barkliranhu, who had been in a state seat for a long time, saw the sudden change of the situation. His tone changed from initial surprise to unhappy, and continued like a continuous gun: "Wu Dawei broke into the inside line! He jumped up! It seemed that he was going to have a strong dunk! Wow~ Kevin Garnett also jumped up!"
After Wu Dawei rushed into the inside, he kicked his feet and jumped high in front of Kevin Garnett. However, Wu Dawei, who was flying in the air, saw Kevin Garnett in front of him, and his two big hands slapped at him with a fierce momentum!
At this time, Wu Dawei's hands holding the ball were involuntarily bulging muscles and exposed the blue veins! Kevin Garnett!? Wu Dawei looked at the glaring and ferocious face that approached him quickly. It was as if all the pressure and burdens of this game. Damn it! So what about Kevin Garnett! Whoever wants to stop my dunk, then I will depress whoever I will!
Wu Dawei also grew his mouth hideously at this time and let out a tiger-like roar: "Get out!!!!!!!!!!"
Although Kevin Garnett is over thirty years old, he is a representative figure of the older generation in the league. How could Garnett, who has played in the league for so many years, allow a second-year rookie to act wildly on his head? Although Wu Dawei performed amazingly this season, Kevin Garnett is not afraid of anyone in the paint area! His muscles are also soaring and gritting his teeth. Facing Wu Dawei's attack, Garnett showed a hideous face. Rookie, let me give you a big hotpot!
The atmosphere suddenly became tense on the court, and a seemingly big collision that was about to hit the earth, made the atmosphere of the Quick Loan Center 800s!
At this time, Cleveland fans opened their eyes wide and poked their necks forward, hoping to see the upcoming scene more clearly.
All Cleveland fans' hearts were hanging in their throats. Wu Dawei is undoubtedly their favorite Cavaliers star now, but Wu Dawei's performance in tonight somewhat disappointed Cleveland fans. Because he had played for six minutes in the first quarter of this game, Wu Dawei still didn't score a single point!
Will this ball become Wu Dawei's slogan for the return of his name?
Bang! As the fans thought about it, the two equally burly bodies collided fiercely in the air!
Garnett raised his arms high, his palms were closed together, his fingers spread out, like a big spider web, flying towards Wu Dawei bit by bit, blocking all the sight in front of him!
However, the approaching darkness did not make Wu Dawei feel panicked. Facing Garnett's big palm that was about to be pressed on the basketball, Wu Dawei held the ball and shrank his right hand, and then turned the dunk into a basket. As the fierce collision was approaching, Wu Dawei lifted a heavy pull rod. The ball passed under Garnett's arm, and then was gently picked up by Wu Dawei's palm and flew towards the basket.
The ball rebounded on the rebound in a short flight, and then bounced into the basket under the gaze of tens of thousands of Cleveland fans throughout the game!
At the same time, Wu Dawei was hit in the face by Kevin Garnett's arm, and he fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string, and then fell heavily to the floor!
The referee blew the whistle in his mouth immediately, and the penalty was extremely decisive and directed to Kevin. Garnett's previous behavior was a foul.
"Add a penalty!" Charles Barkley cheered loudly in the commentary seat and shouted: "Wu Dawei made a smart attack! While he forced Kevin Garnett to commit a foul, he also won the Cavaliers a precious opportunity to add a penalty!"
At this moment, the entire Quick Loan Center also made incredible cheers. Cleveland fans' previous concerns about Wu Dawei's condition completely disappeared in this moment. Many fans waved their fists hard. What did they just see? Wu Dawei used a lightweight basket to play with the best defensive player in 2008.
Look at Kevin Garnett's expression of grumbling at the referee with an incredible expression, you can see how huge the ball just now caused Kevin Garnett!
"Man, how did you do it! Michael Jordan is alive!" Andre Valaijo rushed up immediately, pulled Wu Dawei who was lying on the ground, and said excitedly to him.
Many teammates rushed up to congratulate Wu Dawei. Changxi Billups, who had previously passed the ball to Wu Dawei, also came forward to celebrate Wu Dawei's high fives.
"Beautiful job!" However, Billups did not have the same excited expression as Valaijo, but such a calm congratulations made Wu Dawei's heart suddenly feel much more relaxed. Wu Dawei knew that the pressure was still there, but at this time, the tension was completely replaced by excitement!
Wu Dawei walked onto the free throw line, amid the cheers of Cleveland fans throughout the game. Kevin Garnett's cry was finally left alone because the referee's attitude was very firm, and this was not Boston's North Shore Garden Arena.
Wu Dawei stood on the free throw line and prepared for a while, before signaling that the referee was ready. After taking the ball passed by the referee, Wu Dawei adjusted his breathing, then raised his hand and shot.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of Cleveland fans throughout the game, the ball steadily penetrated into the basket.
12:9, the Cleveland Cavaliers narrowed the gap, and the atmosphere in the Quick Loan Center also began to boil.
Chapter completed!