32. Glory that cannot be taken away
If the defeat in the second game in the finals was just an accident for the Cleveland Cavaliers, then the defeat in the third game would somewhat make the Cleveland Cavaliers players feel unacceptable in their hearts.
And it was a game that was so frustrating. Of course, this was a very harmful thing. Everyone worked hard on the audience, but in the end they lost to the visit of the goddess of luck, which of course made them extremely depressed.
If losing the third finals game is an extremely depressing thing for Cleveland players and fans, then losing the fourth finals game immediately, it will undoubtedly cover the entire city of Cleveland in a thick cloud!
In this season's playoffs, Cleveland fans have become accustomed to the Cleveland Cavaliers bringing surprises and miracles to them in the game again and again.
But this time, the surprise turned into horror. In this year's playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers had fallen behind, but they had never fallen behind their opponents for more than two games in the series, and they were still behind their opponents with a big score of 3:1.
Perhaps even the players and coaches of the Cleveland Cavaliers themselves never thought that after returning to their home speed loan center, they would play worse than they were away! You know, they only lost a home game in the first three rounds of the playoffs of this season!
In the finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers have lost two games in a row! This is more than the sum of their losses to their opponents in the past three rounds of series! Moreover, they also allowed their opponents to get the finals match point! When they won the first finals game, the players felt that they were so close to the O'Brien Cup, but now this feeling is felt by the Dallas Mavericks players.
The Cleveland Cavaliers can only look helplessly at the distance between themselves and O'Brien Cup after losing the fourth game...
105:99. The Cleveland Cavaliers fought to the last minute, but they still lost the fourth game. Dirk Nowitzki once again performed like a super god in the fourth quarter, becoming the keyword of this round of series.
Dirk Nowitzki, who contributed 30 points in the whole game, scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. Although Wu Dawei continued to participate in assisting defense, three of the five blocks in this game were obtained by Nowitzki, but the Brazilian Andre Valejo who faced him still could not defend against the "German King".
In addition to Jason Terry, who scored 28 points tonight's game, who was extremely frustrated in this year's playoffs, the Cavaliers were thrown to death by the Mavericks!
Wu Dawei's all-round performance with 23 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 5 blocks was once again futile at this moment.
Nowitzki and Jason Terry's shots in various positions throughout the game not only made the Cavaliers feel powerless, but also made Wu Dawei feel a little reluctant but not strong enough. After all, he also has his own defender to be responsible, so it is impossible for him to help Valejo defend Nowitzki every time he defends. Moreover, Marion, who Wu Dawei is responsible for the defense, cannot stand on the strong side of Nowitzki's ball holding.
He once again tried his best in this game. Wu Dawei, who played for 45 minutes in the whole game, could be said to have not received much rest time. The 48-minute game lasted for more than two hours, and Wu Dawei only rested under the court for three minutes!
When he walked off the court and disappeared at the end of the player's passage, the atmosphere at the Quick Loan Center was as sad as Wu Dawei's depressed mood.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers, who experienced some twists and turns in this year's playoffs, generally, they went smoothly. Whether it was facing the favorite Miami Heat in the first round, the experienced Boston Celtics in the second round, or the upstart Chicago Bulls in the Upper East Side, the Cavaliers always had a bad start, they ended up with the best results perfectly.
And now, in the last round of playoffs, on the finals stage, the Cavaliers seemed to be preparing to fall into the worst ending after having a wonderful start.
In the fourth game, the Dallas Mavericks, who played away, won 105:99 and ended with a victory, the Cavaliers were forced into a desperate situation by the opponent with a score of 1:3. In just one game, the Dallasians were able to hold the Golden Cup, fulfilling their dream of winning the championship for decades since the founding of the team!
The Cleveland Cavaliers will once again fail on the finals stage after 2007! They will once again miss the first championship trophy in team history.
Before the fifth game began, Cleveland, which had already received numerous attention, once again attracted more media. Of course, most of these media were German media and local media in Dallas. Because the Mavericks had a great situation before the start of the fifth game, many people believe that this year's finals may be after the fifth game, which also makes the 20102011 season come to an end!
At this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers no longer had the confidence in the game before and after the first game, and the continuous failures wore down their morale and fighting spirit.
So when the fifth game began, almost the outside world began to be more optimistic about the Dallas Mavericks. After all, whether in terms of scores or morale, the Dallas Mavericks, which are leading 3:1 and currently have three consecutive victories, will definitely have the upper hand.
Game 5 can be said to be the true life-and-death battle for the Cavaliers this season. If the Cleveland Cavaliers still lose to the Dallas Mavericks in this game in their home fast loan center, then it will not only end their journey this season, but the league's 20102011 season will also officially come to an end.
This is also the last home game of the Cavaliers this season, so on the day of the game, although the outside world is not optimistic about the Cavaliers winning in tonight's game, the Quick Loan Center is still crowded. Although Cleveland fans also know that it is already very difficult for the Cleveland Cavaliers to turn the defeat into the victory in the finals series at this time. After all, in the history of the league, there are really few teams that can still win the championship with 3:1 behind on the stage of the finals, but the fans still hold the last hope and look forward to the miracle.
The game was held at 8 o'clock in the evening. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were already forced into a real desperate situation, showed a different performance from the previous three defeats at the beginning of the game.
The Dallas Mavericks played 6:0 at the beginning, and immediately caught the Dallasian off guard. It also made the Cleveland fans who were still coming to the Speed Loan Center to support the Cavaliers tonight happy for a while, but it was only a while.
The Dallas Mavericks, who had recovered from their senses, immediately stabilized the situation. Nowitzki shot one after another on Valejo's head, and soon won back his previous disadvantage.
In the first quarter, the Cavaliers relied on their strength at the beginning, while the Dallas Mavericks relied on Nowitzki's form and played hard to solve.
23:23 entered the second quarter. It can be seen that this game, which would lead to a loss if you don’t win, also aroused the state of the entire Cleveland Cavaliers. In the third and fourth games, the Cavaliers not only lost to Dirk Nowitzki’s brave state, but also Jason Terry in the Mavericks’ team also performed extremely well.
As the team's sixth best man, Jason Terry started to attack the Cavaliers by leading the second team. It also gradually made the second team of the Cavaliers, who performed well in the first game, start to get lost in the game.
However, in tonight's game, when the two sides competed in the second team, even if the Mavericks' Jason Terry still felt hot on the outside, the Cavaliers' second team led by veteran Antoine Jamison was a hit.
At least when the main players returned to the court, the Cavaliers were not at a disadvantage on the court. Wu Dawei, who did not want to lose the finals like this, played in an extremely outstanding state after returning to the court in the second quarter. He even helped the Cleveland Cavaliers overtake their opponents at the end of the half.
48:52, the Cavaliers entered the locker room with a 4-point lead. Although the lead score was not many, at least they were no longer behind and entered the second half like they did in the previous games.
After a fifteen-minute break, the Cavaliers were still the leader in the third quarter. Although they could no longer control the situation on the court as firmly as in the first game, at least a slight lead still guaranteed their advantage.
The Cavaliers used their tenacity to end the third quarter and were still ahead of the away game. This situation was somewhat surprising, because in the past three games, the Cavaliers have never entered the fourth quarter with the leading advantage.
But just when people thought this would be a counterattack for the Cavaliers, the Cleveland Cavaliers who had been ahead of the entire game were still defeated by the Dallas Mavericks in the last quarter.
Nowitzki once again contributed 18 points of terrifying data to the team in the fourth quarter! Although Wu Dawei made 5 steals in a single quarter and helped the Cavaliers counterattack several times, he still lost to Nowitzki's silky smooth feel...
102:99, a 3-point gap. When the game whistle was blown, Cleveland was silent, but half of the court at the Quick Loan Center turned into a sea of jubilation.
The Dallas Mavericks won the first championship trophy in their team-building history!
"You played great, Wu! It's not an easy thing to be able to perform like this at your age!"
Dirk Nowitzki cried with his Mavericks teammates at the end of the game, but he did not forget to comfort his opponent as the failed opponent at this time.
He walked straight to Wu Dawei with a disappointed expression and tried to comfort Wu Dawei, who was his biggest opponent in these five games. He said, "The future is yours! So, I have to thank you for giving this championship to me!"
Although Nowitzki tried to make Wu Dawei feel better after losing, Wu Dawei couldn't laugh at all at this time. From entering the finals to losing the finals, it took only more than a week, and he just passed the O'Brien Cup. For Wu Dawei, this experience was really cruel.
He did not speak. Instead, nodded at Nowitzki. Even if he answered, other Mavericks players, such as Jason Kidd, Kidson Terry, Tyson Chandler and others, also took the initiative to come forward to comfort Wu Dawei, who was their number one enemy before.
Although Wu Dawei was the number one rival to these Dallas Mavericks players in the finals, his performance in the Five Constant Finals also won him respect from the Dallas Mavericks players as his opponent.
Wu Dawei is already shocking enough, with averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds and nearly 8 assists, as well as 3 steals and 4 blocks per game. He averaged nearly triple-double and was able to do so well on the defensive end. From ancient times to the present, Wu Dawei may not be the first person to do this, but at least he is one of the very rare people standing at the top!
However, all of this is useless in Wu Dawei's opinion, because he was unable to win the championship in the end, which was the biggest problem for him!
Although the Dallas Mavericks' big guys took the initiative to comfort Wu Dawei, who was the loser after the game, such a courteous greeting could not make Wu Dawei feel more upset and disappointed because he missed the championship O'Brien Cup.
After receiving the comfort of the Dallas Mavericks' big players, Wu Dawei, who did not improve at all, certainly did not want to stay on the court. Because he saw that there were already staff members who were starting to set up a podium for the Dallas Mavericks to win the championship this season.
Looking at the smiling faces of Dallasians around him, each one deeply stimulated Wu Dawei's nerves at this time. Therefore, he was not ready to continue staying on this field, even if this was the home court of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
But in the next moment, this is about to become the place where the Dallas Mavericks won the 20102011 league championship.
After saying hello to several Dallas players, Wu Dawei walked off the court without looking back.
Cleveland fans were of course very disappointed and frustrated about losing the finals again. But when they saw Wu Dawei walking down the stadium with a lonely expression and about to disappear at the entrance of the players' passage, the Quick Loan Center Stadium, which was previously filled with the joy and enthusiasm of Dallasians to win the championship, suddenly shouted in an orderly manner: "Wu Dawei! Stay here!"
"Wu Dawei!"
"Stay!"
"Wu Dawei!"
"Stay!"
...
At this moment, the uniform shouts of Cleveland fans resounded over the Speed Loan Center Arena. For a moment, there was no other sound except the shouts of Cleveland fans.
The Dallas Mavericks players, coaches, and accompanying officials, even team owner Mark Cuban, who were still on the court to celebrate the arrival of the first championship in team history, stopped their movements and celebrations at this moment. When they looked around, they suddenly found that no one in Cleveland fans were leaving the court.
At this time, many banners and slogans suddenly appeared in the audience on the stadium, all calling for Wu Dawei to stay. The uniform shouts of the fans were shocking, which made the Dallas Mavericks players who won the championship a little surprised at this moment. Then he naturally turned his eyes to the entrance of the players' passage. Wu Dawei had just walked off the stadium, and then he found that the Clevelanders were doing their best to express their feelings for themselves.
Looking around, he could see every pair of hot eyes. Everyone could see his huge photos and slogans that kept him. Looking at the arena that was marked by LeBron James a year ago, at this moment, there was only his name.
Even though the disappointment and frustration of losing the finals just now still shaking in his heart, Wu Dawei still couldn't help but feel moved. He knew that the Cleveland Cavaliers really hoped that they could stay here this summer. Before the season ended, the team's management had already moved frequently, but at that time he had never considered this matter.
But what he didn't expect was that the fans would use this method to retain themselves. Even after losing the finals, no Cleveland fan left the Speed Loan Center. They were not trying to witness the moment when the Dallas people picked up the O'Brien Cup, but just wanted Wu Dawei to see their determination to stay!
"Please, great, please stay in Cleveland!"
Directly in front of Wu Dawei, in the audience above the player's passage, a small fan wearing Wu Dawei's No. 0 jersey was lying on the guardrail, leaning out and shouting loudly towards Wu Dawei standing on the side of the court.
At this moment, the tender child voice seemed to have endless infectiousness, dispelling the regret of missing the championship, leaving Wu Dawei with a silent touch. So Wu Dawei raised his hand and raised his hand to the Cleveland fans around the stadium to signal, and then thunderous applause rang out in the audience!
At this moment, even the Dallas Mavericks players on the court couldn't help but applaud.
"If a fan did this for me once, I would have no regrets if I retired directly!" Jason Kidd, who has experienced too many ups and downs in this league, couldn't help but feel a little sigh and envious at this time.
Even superstars cannot be experienced by everyone.
Wu Dawei raised his hand and stood there to respond to the fans around him. At this moment, looking at the countless huge photos and slogans in the audience, Wu Dawei's eyes couldn't help but turn red. Even when he lost the championship, he did not have the urge to cry, but was caused by this most common way of retaining him!
The teammates passing by were patting Wu Dawei's shoulder one after another, and then when Andre Valejo patted Wu Dawei's shoulder, he whispered to him: "Brother, look there!"
Wu Dawei looked in the direction Varaijo said and found that Emma Roberts had stood at the entrance of the player passage at some time. That place was usually the waiting area for the players' families. Wu Dawei didn't know how Emma Roberts was standing there, but at this moment when he was hit by the sudden action of Cleveland fans, he had the urge to rely on and hug him.
Even the strongest man has his soft spots.
Wu Dawei walked straight towards Emma Roberts, then bent down and hugged the beauty he had longed for day and night. The warm and soft jade came into his arms, but what made Wu Dawei feel a little fascinated was not Emma Roberts's fragrance, but the most sincere confession from Cleveland fans before this!
Wu Dawei held the beauty and closed his eyes. What he saw in his mind was not the scenes with Emma Roberts, nor the mourning of losing the championship, but all the experiences he experienced with the Cleveland Cavaliers this season!
From being looked down upon at first, to being shocked, to being amazed, and even being highly expected by countless people in the finals. Wu Dawei found that he and the Cavaliers were improving together... From a team called the bottom of the game and the unknown, to a team that grew up in the finals and a super star, they are so closely related.
Suddenly, Wu Dawei realized that this team meant too much to him. Coach Byron Scott, Coach Wright Tibbetts... Here, he had his first start, entered the All-Star Game for the first time, played in the playoffs for the first time, entered the finals for the first time, broke the record for the first time, and... Countless firsts, and the first time he became the undisputed star of a team!
Wu Dawei suddenly realized that this was his team!
The applause from Cleveland fans continued, and it took a long time to stop. Although they felt sorry for missing the championship tonight, he did not care very much at this moment. Because they knew that as long as Wu Dawei was left behind, everything they wanted would be a matter of time!
The Dallas Mavericks took away this year's championship, but they couldn't take away Wu Dawei, shining with his crazy performance throughout the season!
Chapter completed!