70. Stalemate
Although the Thunder tried hard to get the score difference behind in the third quarter, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook joined forces, which also made the Oklahoma City Thunder have a strong momentum on the offensive end.
But Wu Dawei saved the team many times in the Cleveland Cavaliers' crisis. Although the Oklahoma tried hard to catch up with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third quarter, they did not gain any advantage in the entire third quarter.
80:72, at the end of the third quarter, the score difference was as much as 8 points!
Although Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook teamed up to score 20 points in the third quarter, they couldn't resist Wu Dawei and scored 12 points in the third quarter!
34 points were scored in three quarters, and obviously, this will become a wonderful night when Wu Dawei won high scores.
The Cleveland Cavaliers players couldn't help but feel a little happy when they thought that the team would set off to return to Cleveland after this game tonight and then had some rest.
Although the current leading advantage is not enough to allow the Cleveland Cavaliers to spend the entire game safely, judging from the first three quarters, the Cavaliers have an advantage in every quarter. Tonight their condition is obviously better than the Oklahoma City Thunder, who plays at home.
However, when the fourth quarter game started, the two sides were still competing for substitutes and letting the main players rest, an accident happened. James Harden, who did not perform very well in the game tonight, suddenly attacked when only two minutes in the fourth quarter!
Two consecutive three-pointers immediately disrupted the rhythm of the Cleveland Cavaliers' continued game!
82:80, the score difference was instantly narrowed to only 2 points, forcing the Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott to request a timeout in advance. In the cheering atmosphere of Ford Center, the Cavaliers' previous good situation seemed to have suddenly become a bit precarious.
Back on the bench, the team's No. 1 pick Kyrie Irving was a little upset about this. Because he felt that it was his fault, but Byron Scott did not want to blame him. After all, although the Cavaliers were being chased by the Thunder, the Cavaliers were still the leading side on the court.
And they also hold the ball. Scott believes that as long as the situation is stabilized, the game will not deviate from the direction he expected. Perhaps it will become a bit tricky because of this sudden moment, but the Cavaliers will still be able to win in the end.
After the one-minute timeout, he exchanged Wu Dawei and Chauncey Billups back to the court at the same time. Although there were still ten minutes left in the fourth quarter, Byron Scott was obviously unwilling to take the risk of allowing the team to accumulate the advantages accumulated by hard work in the first three quarters, so the Oklahoma City Thunder was recovered in the fourth quarter.
Not to mention how much the morale of the opponent will increase by being caught up with the score in the fourth quarter; the decline of his own morale alone is enough to make the Cleveland Cavaliers have a drink!
The Cavaliers made adjustments to personnel, especially when Thunder coach Brooks saw Byron Scott and replaced Wu Dawei on the court, he did not dare to remain indifferent.
Wu Dawei's performance tonight was enough to make the young young coach feel ashamed. Now seeing Wu Dawei on the field, Brooks also knows what the idea is in Byron Scott's mind.
He didn't want to miss such an excellent opportunity to regain momentum, so Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant also returned to the court at the same time.
After the suspension, the Oklahoma fans at Ford Center seemed to see hope for a comeback, and the cheers were also resounding throughout the world.
However, the ball after the timeout was in the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although the Oklahoma wanted to catch up with the last ball as soon as possible, Chauncey Billups looked swaying and swaying, obviously not in a hurry.
Billups dribbled the ball through the half. Facing Russell Westbrook's pressing defense, Billups did not rush to attack, but protected the ball in his hand at a high position.
He wants to try to make a successful pick-and-roll with Wu Dawei, but Kevin Durant's guard against Wu Dawei can be said to be a strict defense!
However, such a situation will not dispel Wu Dawei's idea of scoring. The more dangerous it is, as the team's number one star, Wu Dawei knows that he must stand up!
Wu Dawei took the initiative to run to make a pick-and-roll for Billups. The two of them blocked and then broke it. Then Wu Dawei ran in the opposite direction. At this time, Billups also passed the ball over.
After Wu Dawei got the ball, he continued to dribble the ball towards the side. Seeing this, Kevin Durant hurriedly followed Wu Dawei's footsteps, and he felt a little nervous. The scene that just started the second half of the game was still vivid in my mind, so it was naturally difficult for Kevin Durant to forget it.
Because he was afraid that he would be knocked to the ground by Wu Dawei again...
Kevin Durant followed Wu Dawei, while also guarding against Wu Dawei's possible sudden action. Sure enough, Wu Dawei moved two steps to the side and suddenly turned into a disguised body!
Kevin Durant was prepared for this. Seeing Wu Dawei exchanging hand dribbling in front of his body, he smiled coldly, thinking that you really think I am a fool, and you will talk to you again and again!?
Durant directly reached out and tried to destroy Wu Dawei's dribble, but fortunately Wu Dawei's dribble frequency was fast enough. The ball flew over Kevin Durant's outstretched hand, and then hit the earth and came to Wu Dawei's other hand, but this was not the ending action.
After Wu Dawei completed the disguise in front of the body, he suddenly turned around!
Kevin Durant was busy cutting off the ball in Wu Dawei's hand, so he would not be prepared for it. He was turned around and left behind by Wu Dawei!
After turning around, Wu Dawei's eyes were wide open, and he kept fighting towards the inside. Before Ibaka came to make up for defense, Wu Dawei stopped and jumped!
The ball drilled into the basket!
84:80!
Ford Center was silent for a moment, and everyone was stunned, as if at the beginning of the second half, Wu Dawei was knocking down Kevin Durant.
This is a series of too exciting connection movements. Wu Dawei's previous performance was done in one go, and his natural change of direction and turn completely made Kevin Durant dizzy!
Even Wu Dawei felt inexplicably excited... When he was doing that series of movements, he didn't even think of so much in his mind. He just wanted to try to shake off Kevin Durant, and he thought of the scene when he was shaking the opponent down at the beginning of the second half.
So Wu Dawei took pictures of the cat, but he didn't expect that he wouldn't shake Kevin Durant away, and then he turned around casually, never expecting that he would get such a good effect!
Relying on Wu Dawei's personal performance, the Cavaliers began to build an advantage after the timeout. A 4-point lead can at least allow the Cleveland Cavaliers to safely survive the next Thunder offense.
After halftime, Russell Westbrook chose to forcibly break through Anthony Parker's defense, relying on his own excellent speed, Parker was left behind by Westbrook in the blink of an eye. As a last resort, Wu Dawei had to rush over to make up for the defense of Westbrook.
Seeing Wu Dawei coming over, Westbrook did not dare to take it lightly, so his mind calmed down in an instant. After leaning on Wu Dawei's strong body and rushed into the inside, he passed the ball behind him.
Although Wu Dawei expected it, he was not omnipotent after all. Not reaching Westbrook's pass made Wu Dawei powerless. Kevin Durant received the ball at the free throw line, and Anthony Parker, who was previously dumped by Westbrook, was defending in front of Kevin Durant.
But Durant ignored his defense and jumped up after receiving the ball, as if he was afraid that Wu Dawei would come back to defend. The ball was thrown into the basket by Kevin Durant, and Anthony Parker didn't even touch the ball.
The basketball crawled into the basket with a swish!
84:82, the score was caught up again.
The situation on the court is still very subtle, but the current Cleveland Cavaliers are obviously under greater pressure than the lagging Oklahoma City Thunder. After all, they are the leaders of the entire game, so they are naturally the least hope to lose this game at the last moment!
That will really make people so angry that they vomit three liters of blood!
So when Billups passed half of the game, all the players on the Cavaliers' table stood up, everyone looked at the frontcourt, feeling a little inexplicably nervous about the next attack.
Billups was forced by Westbrook near the center line, and Wu Dawei hurriedly ran to make a pick-and-roll for him. Billups relied on Wu Dawei's pick-and-roll to escape Westbrook's press. At the same time, Wu Dawei hurriedly ran towards the inside.
Bilups saw Wu Dawei, but in fact he was always paying attention to Wu Dawei's every move. Seeing Wu Dawei's empty cut, Bilups directly passed the ball to him.
The place where Wu Dawei got the ball was on the three-point line. Although Kevin Durant was still not far away from him at this time, Wu Dawei still held the ball and continued to break through the inside after getting the ball.
Wu Dawei attracted the attention of the whole audience. Looking at Wu Dawei's momentum of preparing to make a forcibly break through, the Thunder also had a faint attitude of shrinking defense towards Wu Dawei!
But at this moment, Wu Dawei, who had broken through the ball with the ball, suddenly pushed the ball forward!
A pass that everyone expected, Kyrie Irving received a pass from Wu Dawei when he slipped into the paint area, and then he jumped up suddenly!
Chapter completed!