27. First win in the finals
Although Dirk Nowitzki performed very well in the first game of the finals, his Mavericks teammates dragged Nowitzki down in tonight's game.
Although Nowitzki contributed as much as 15 points to the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks still lost the first game of the finals.
After all, no matter how outstanding Nowitzki is, he will definitely be unable to compete with the entire Cavaliers. After all, two fists cannot beat four hands, let alone the five Cavaliers have more than four hands...
The score was finally frozen at 100:90, and the 10-point gap was never narrowed again. Although Dirk Nowitzki tried his best in this game and scored the highest score of 37 points, but his teammates were not good, and the good form of all the Cavaliers, all of them made the victory of this game eventually fall into the pockets of the Clevelanders who were playing away.
Nowitzki had a serious expression and walked off the court at the moment when the whistle ended, and no one paid attention to him when he walked straight to the player channel. It can be seen that the German King was very unhappy about the defeat in this game tonight.
Of course the same is true for other Mavericks players. Almost all Mavericks players walked off the court with their heads down and gave the home court that originally belonged to them to the Cleveland Cavaliers who won tonight.
Of course, the Cavaliers will celebrate their first victory in the finals this year after the game. After all, as a team that was not favored before the game, it is already very difficult for them to enter the finals. And they can defeat their opponents in the first game of the finals to win the game, which is of course worth celebrating by the Cavaliers players.
Regardless of whether they were a little contemptuous of the Dallas Mavericks before the game, they were very excited at this moment because tonight's victory means they will lead their opponents with a 1-0 score in the finals.
Such a big score between the two sides was the first time that the Cleveland Cavaliers played in this season's playoff journey. In the past three rounds of series, the Cavaliers were both lagging behind their opponents at the beginning, and then slowly catching up with the score until they turned defeat and won the victory in the series.
Now that the Cavaliers have broken this rule, it is of course a better thing for the players. If possible, who would hope that every round of the series will start with the failure of the first game.
Failure will not only put your team at a disadvantage, but will of course affect the players' mood after the game.
It's like in the past and now. If the Cleveland Cavaliers players were asked to choose, they would definitely choose to win the first game of the series like tonight.
Although the Mavericks' core player Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 points, Wu Dawei also scored 28 points in tonight's game, and also sent 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals and 4 blocks. This performance once again made Wu Dawei easily become the best player in the game after the game.
For Wu Dawei nowadays, he felt a little accustomed to this title. After this season, the Cavaliers won more than 40 wins in the regular season and more than ten wins in the playoffs. Wu Dawei dared not say that he won all the best players on the spot, but he may be able to have at least one-third...
Compared to winning such a title, Wu Dawei was of course even more excited about the victory of this game tonight, because not only the Cavaliers players were happy and excited about the victory of this game, but Wu Dawei was also very happy about it and believed that this should be a good sign for the Cavaliers.
In an interview after the game, Wu Dawei said to the reporter that although he did not indicate what this good omen meant, he could roughly guess what he meant after thinking about it.
Dallas fans are of course very disappointed and frustrated by the defeat in such a game. The Dallas media naturally have the same feelings. Before the game begins, they have also confronted the Cavaliers players with "overconfidence" and proud of their arrogance.
But after this game tonight, they were no longer interested in it. On the contrary, they were disappointed with the performance of the Dallas Mavericks in tonight's game, and there was a sense of regret that they would not be able to make a living...
"The Dallas Mavericks have constantly created many surprises in the playoffs this season, sweeping the defending champions and easily defeating the powerful Thunder Youth Army. The Dallas Mavericks showed that they are the favorites to win the championship in these series. But such a style completely disappeared in the first game of the finals with the Cavaliers! Faced with the arrogant Cleveland Cavaliers before the game, the Dallas Mavericks were completely lost in this game except for the main player Dirk Nowitzki. So much so that in the game, although Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 points under the attack of Andre Valejo and Wu Dawei, he finally lost the game alone."
In the local newspapers in Dallas the next day, almost all media were so disappointed in their comments about such a game.
It is not that the Dallas media thinks that the Dallas Mavericks must be stronger than the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they did not expect that even if the Mavericks cannot defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first finals, they will look powerless to fight back the whole game.
If it weren't for Dirk Nowitzki's performance on the offensive end, then anyone who has watched the game will know that the score at the end of this game will definitely not be as good as the score now, with only a "small" 10-point gap.
After the game, Dallas Mavericks fans were very frustrated and disappointed with such a result, but they still firmly believed that the Dallas Mavericks would complete a counterattack.
Dallasians firmly believe this year is the year when they get back what should have belonged to them in 2006!
And there was also a fallacy after the game, saying that in the past three rounds of the series this year, the Cleveland Cavaliers started with a failure and then completed the feat of turning the defeat into victory before finally winning the series and completing the promotion; and they defeated their opponent Dallas Mavericks in the first game of the finals that night, achieving the first situation of leading in the series in this year's playoffs.
This may also be a sign of flipping, meaning that maybe the Cavaliers will be reversal by their opponent Dallas Mavericks in the subsequent games... just like what they have done with their opponents in the past three rounds of series!
The birth of such a statement is of course unfounded. After the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers players naturally would not consider these so-called rumors and unfounded statements. They just knew that they had won the first game, which means that they only had the last three games left to win the O'Brien Cup, which was originally out of reach for them!
"Hey, guys, three games!" After Andre Valejo returned to the locker room, he was uneasy in his chair. He raised three fingers and shouted at his teammates: "There are three games left, and we are going to be crowned the championship!"
"That's right! Andre, you will be the best candidate for FMVP by then!"
Then, immediately, a player came to make fun of Andre Valejo, who was excited. However, Valejo was not "rewarded" at all. Faced with the ridicule of his teammates, the Brazilian shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I'm not FMVP! That should be Wu's honor! Just like he was dating Emma Roberts these days, it was something that we can't take away even if we can't take away!"
"Ha ha!"
The Brazilian picked up Emma Roberts and joked, and the entire locker room was filled with laughter. Winning the ball made all the players feel good, and Wu Dawei was no exception. And in his opinion, Valejo was just telling a "fact"...
However, Wu Dawei had no way to "date" Emma Roberts tonight. In fact, when the game ended, it was already past 10:30 in the evening. Wu Dawei had to take a bus and return to the hotel he stayed with his teammates, because the next game will begin in a day, and the Cavaliers will not have a chance to relax tomorrow.
Despite winning the first game of the Finals series, the Cavaliers players still have to go all out. Although they now have some advantages in the overall score, this advantage is somewhat insignificant.
Maybe if they are not careful in the next game, this advantage is that they will disappear without being caught off guard.
After the game, the Dallas Mavericks quickly left the American Airlines Center. When they left, the expression on the face of every Mavericks player was extremely serious; and the Cavaliers also left the American Airlines Center and took the bus and returned to the hotel they were staying.
The American Airlines Center, the home court of the Dallas Mavericks, which was previously lively, suddenly became deserted. However, everyone understands that such a deserted scene is only temporary, and soon, a day later, it will be lively again.
By then, the Dallas Mavericks, who have lost one home court, will definitely do their best to protect this game before heading to the away game! Similarly, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were the first to win a game, will strive to seize the victory!
Chapter completed!