14. The usual trend
Compared with the battle between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, it is obvious that the battle between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls in the East will be more suspenseful.
Moreover, the division finals in the East District were the first to kick off the West District finals. Naturally, the competition in the East District finals attracted more attention.
The Cavaliers had only made corrections for one day after returning to Cleveland, and then set sail again and took a plane to Chicago. After arriving in Chicago, they only had one day of training to train, because the game was about to begin in one day.
The East District final sounded less than three days after the Eastern Conference semi-finals, which is undoubtedly a relatively heavy task for the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers who had just fought the Boston Celtics in the semi-finals for seven games.
However, Wu Dawei seemed very excited about this. Although he felt a little tired physically like his teammates, this should be considered a kind of joy in suffering in some aspects.
Wu Dawei has a yearning for the Eastern Conference Finals, and of course the goal is still fixed on promotion. Therefore, although the Cavaliers only have one day to prepare for this round of the series before the Eastern Conference Finals begin, Wu Dawei also worked very hard.
Even though he played seven games with the Celtics in the previous round of the semi-finals, Wu Dawei was exhausted, but when the Eastern Conference finals came one after another, Wu Dawei did not relax. He still maintained his habit of getting up at 4 a.m. to train. Such high-intensity training is also the reason why he can ensure his condition on the court.
Looking at the superstars in the league, apart from the common point of being talented, most of them work very hard in training. At this point, Kobe Bryant is a well-deserved charity.
However, just like the previous two rounds of games, the Cavaliers did not win in their first game of visiting Chicago, as if the late-mover talent is the current purpose of this Cavaliers.
In three rounds of the playoffs this year, the Cleveland Cavaliers have no first win in one round. They always lose the game in the first game and then chase the opponent in front of them with the footsteps of a chaser.
Such a historical practice caused the Clevelanders not to feel too much frustration and disappointment after the Cavaliers lost the first game. It seemed that everyone was used to it. It was as if the Cavaliers did not lose to their opponents in the first game. Instead, they might make others feel uncomfortable...
92:103, the Cavaliers lost the game at the United Center in Chicago, but most people are still tolerant of the Cavaliers' defeat. After all, they are obviously not comparable to the Chicago Bulls who have been waiting for many days.
The hasty rest time made the Cavaliers players somewhat unable to get excited in the first game, and their fatigue was written on the faces of many players.
The core of the Chicago Bulls, point guard Derek Ross, played his role in winning the MVP this season in this game. He frantically scored 30 points and 8 assists.
He deserved to be the best player of the night. In addition, the Bulls signed Boozer last summer and also scored 20 points and 10 rebounds in this game. Jockin Noah also contributed 15 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Compared with the Chicago Bulls, who performed in this game, the Cleveland Cavaliers performed poorly. With such good performances on the other side, it was not very unfair to lose.
Wu Dawei is still the most stable player in the team, with 20 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks; and in addition, the best performance was point guard Changsey Billups. Billups played for 34 minutes, contributing 18 points and 9 assists.
In the first round of this year's playoffs, Chris Carman, an inside player who had performed extremely well and averaged 20 points per game, was still not so satisfactory in tonight's game.
13 points and 9 rebounds. Only since entering the second round, Carman has no longer had the fierce momentum of the Cavaliers against the Heat.
It can also be said that after meeting stronger inside players, Kaman was unable to provide the Cavaliers with extremely stable output firepower at low posts. Although he had performed 20 plus in some games in the second round. However, in the seven games in the second round, there were only a handful of games...
Therefore, the collision with strong teams in the playoffs is not only a kind of experience for the Cavaliers, but also allows them to discover the weaknesses that their team still exist more quickly. Although the Cavaliers are enough to be impressive in this year's playoffs, it can be seen from these matches against Zhonghai that the Cavaliers still need to strengthen.
The 0:1 behind in the big score actually did not cause too much trouble to the Cleveland Cavaliers players after the game. Just like the fans who support the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers are somewhat familiar with and used to such an start. In the past two rounds of the playoffs, the Cavaliers finally completed a reversal and successfully advanced when facing such an unfavorable start.
So even though he lost to his opponent in the first game, this did not cause too much trouble to the Cavaliers players, nor did it damage their confidence in this round of the series.
The players all have full confidence in the next game. It seems that in the past two rounds of games, the Cavaliers won the second game. No matter how difficult it is, the Cavaliers also used a beautiful victory to tie the big score.
And importantly, Wu Dawei usually has explosive performances in the second game. Just like when he played against the Miami Heat in the first round, Wu Dawei played against the game with illness, and in the second round of the game against the Celtics, Wu Dawei completed wonderful offensive and defensive performances at the beginning.
Therefore, the Cavaliers' confidence in the second game will not be too affected by the defeat in the first game. The media did not show too much fuss about the Cavaliers' loss in the first game.
After the first game ended like this "as expected", people began to say that they were looking to the West, because after the Cavaliers and Bulls, the first game of the Western Conference Finals also followed one after another.
The Dallas Mavericks, who played at home, also defeated the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder in the first game of the final and won the first victory, turning the big score into 1:0.
In this way, in the first game of the East and West finals, the teams that played at home won the game. After the first game of the West Finals, the second game of the East Finals will naturally begin.
Whether the Cleveland Cavaliers can complete a counterattack in the second game like they did in the past two rounds of games, and tie the score in the second game. Many people are paying attention to this game.
The game was still held at the Chicago Bulls' home United Center. That night, in addition to the Chicago players, Michael Jordan, the king of the event, and his golden partner Scott Pippen, also came to the United Center to cheer for his parent team that night.
After all, this is the first time the Bulls have reached the Eastern Conference finals only since Jordan retired here.
It’s a pity that in this game, the visit of Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen did not bring any good luck to the team. Just as people imagined before the game, the Cavaliers won this game!
105:100, the advantage of 5 points is not much. Compared with the points won by the Cavaliers in the second game in the previous two rounds, it may be just a fraction. But in the end, they all got the same result.
In the second game of the series, the Cavaliers defeated their opponents and tied the big score between the two sides again! The almost identical trajectory made the outside world think a lot about this.
Is it just a coincidence that all three rounds of games have such a trajectory? None of the different opinions has scientific basis. However, what is certain is that after this game, people have increasingly recognized the possibility of the Cleveland Cavaliers advancing to the finals!
With 28 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, Wu Dawei still performed very well in tonight's game. In the previous two rounds of competition with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, after all, the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics each had LeBron James and Paul Pierce, who came to play against Wu Dawei. But the current opponent, the Chicago Bulls, is their best player in the No. 3 position, Ruhr Deng.
A player who is good at strength but cannot become a star. Although his height and wingspan exceed Wu Dawei, his thin weight suffered a great loss in the matchup with Wu Dawei. Moreover, his technical shooting style also made him feel very difficult when facing Wu Dawei.
Chapter completed!