206. A crushing defeat
Wu Dawei once again blocked Kobe Bryant's layup in the paint area, which completely blocked the Los Angeles' hope of recovering the score in the first quarter. Kobe had occupied a large number of mobile phones before, which caused his teammates to not play any form at all.
When Wu Dawei blocked Kobe, his condition suddenly felt like he was falling apart.
The Cleveland Cavaliers quickly gained a foothold in the game tonight, maintaining the advantage of 7 points and slowly starting to expand their leading scores in the following time in the first quarter.
In the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers who played away were as smooth as home games. The Los Angeles Lakers who played home games hardly caused them too much trouble.
The 12 minutes of the first quarter ended quickly in this situation. The score was 28:15, and the Los Angeles Lakers, who played at home, only scored 15 points, while the Cleveland Cavaliers scored even twice their score!
Such a situation made the Los Angeles fans who came to Staples Center tonight feel extremely depressed. Because of this game, they can't see any hope of winning.
Especially when the opponent they face tonight is still a strong team in the Eastern Conference. In such a stage of the upcoming playoffs, if the Los Angeles Lakers want to win the championship again, it is obvious that such performance will definitely not be able to touch the threshold for June!
Thinking of the last game, the Cleveland Cavaliers also defeated the New York Knicks by a huge difference, the Los Angeles people couldn't help but feel sad. Could it be that the Los Angeles Lakers, which won two consecutive championships two years ago, have now fallen to the same level as the New York Knicks?
Although the views of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Wu Dawei are surprisingly consistent with those of the Los Angeles and the New Yorkers. However, as the largest city on the eastern and western coasts of the United States, the two cities still dislike each other.
Kobe scored 5 points in the first quarter, but only scored these 5 points. The shooting percentage of 2 of 6 shots was not high, and even accounted for one-third of the Los Angeles Lakers' mobile phone chance in the first quarter.
However, the reason why the Lakers are so many points behind the Cleveland Cavaliers is not just Kobe Bryant's fault. Their performances are extremely bad, otherwise they would not have scored only 15 points in a quarter of the game.
Wu Dawei contributed three blocks to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter, and he also scored 12 points, making outstanding contributions to the Cleveland Cavaliers on both offense and defense.
At this time, before the start of the game, the Los Angeles people who had been making fun of Wu Dawei, no longer dared to make any laughs at Wu Dawei anymore. Because they were afraid of angering Wu Dawei again, and if they could not get 30 points at that time, it would be a bit unworthy of the loss!
Jack Nicholson sat in his chair in silence, without any movement, and his face under his sunglasses had no expression. No one knew what kind of mood this loyal Los Angeles Lakers fan was like now.
The object he had previously sarcasticized dominated the first quarter and turned his favorite team into a betrayal dog.
Now, he is sitting upright in the chair, while Wu Dawei is chatting and laughing with his teammates on the bench. He leads his opponent by 13 points in the first quarter, allowing Wu Dawei to get plenty of rest time in the subsequent games.
Of course, he can get some comfortable time on this bad day.
Sitting in the chair and watching the substitutes continue to fight on the court, Wu Dawei felt so comfortable.
After the Cavaliers' second team came on the court, they did not fall at a disadvantage. No one knew that the Los Angeles Lakers' substitute lineup was not strong, especially after Lamar Odom left, their second team felt a bit like a plummeting one.
Kyrie Irving and Danny Green performed well in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter. They did not give Los Angeles any chance to catch up with the score while the main players were resting. Instead, they stabilized the original 13-point advantage, and even opened up the gap in the number of brothers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers expanded their original 13-point lead in the second quarter, which gave them more initiative in this game! At least the home advantage of the Los Angeles Lakers basically no longer plays any role at this time. Otherwise, they would not find a good game and would be lagging behind more and more!
Irving currently averages 15 points for the Cavaliers. This score is also the second-ranked score among all rookies in this year, second only to the Charlotte Bobcats' Kemba Walker. However, although Irving is slightly behind in scoring, he can also contribute 6 assists and 1.5 steals to the Cavaliers.
In addition, the current Cleveland Cavaliers are far better than the Charlotte Bobcats where Kemba Walker is. So in the eyes of many people, Kyrie Irving will basically win the title of Best Rookie this season without any suspense!
He has enough strength to serve as the team's starting lineup, but the important reason why coach Byron Scott put him on the bench is that he hopes Kyrie Irving can prevent the team's attacking firepower from being out of touch.
So after he played, he always performed well. Even though Lakers head coach Mike Brown replaced Kobe Bryant and other Lakers starters on the court tonight, the Cavaliers still maintained their lead.
As the well-deserved core of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei returned to the court with more than 5 minutes left in the second quarter. He got enough rest time in the second quarter. After a while, Wu Dawei gained more advantages than Kobe Bryant in this game tonight. At least in terms of physical fitness reserves, Wu Dawei, who returned to the court after 3 minutes later than Kobe, was obviously more abundant!
Moreover, even though Kobe returned to the court early, it did not change much of the situation where the Los Angeles Lakers fell sharply in the second quarter. Although Wu Dawei returned to the court very late, Chauncey Billups and Dwight Howard also returned to the court very early.
The Cleveland Cavaliers stabilized the situation of this game tonight in the second quarter, consolidating the advantage and lead they had in the game. When the second quarter ended, the score was 57:42, and the Cleveland Cavaliers led the Los Angeles Lakers by 15 points at the end of the half!
This gives the Cleveland Cavaliers a nearly wonderful first half and a chance to leave the Los Angeles behind in the second half. Even when the first half ends, it can be said that this game will most likely be the final decision.
Because if the Los Angeles Lakers cannot reverse the decline in the third quarter, then this game can be said to be without suspense. As we all know, the Cleveland Cavaliers have always been the team that likes to make efforts in the third quarter and end the game with a wave of flow!
This makes the Los Angeles Lakers, who play at home, have a slim chance of winning tonight.
Kobe looked very angry when he walked off the court, while the other Lakers players were a little frustrated; on the other hand, the leading Cleveland Cavaliers players were almost all cheerful.
The two teams have completely different situations, and even the Los Angeles fans who came to Staples Center tonight don’t know what kind of mentality to report about this game.
They had lost to the Cavaliers in the previous match this season. Do they have to lose another game at their home court tonight? Think about it last season, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Cavaliers two times, but now, it seems that time and space have reversed!
Wu Dawei scored 16 points at the end of the half, and also had 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals, and 5 assists. Compared with the end of the first quarter, Wu Dawei did not perform in the second quarter due to playing time and loose game situation, and his data only increased slightly.
Despite this, he was still the player with the highest score among the two teams in this game at the end of the half.
The Los Angeles even found it sadly at this time that when the Cleveland Cavaliers were leading the Los Angeles Lakers with such a big advantage, their core players had not even made much effort! And the Los Angeles' favorite team was already in a mess!
Before the game started, all the arrogant shouts seemed to set off the Los Angeles man like a stupid background. They said before that Wu Dawei and his Cavaliers were arrogant, but now, it seems that their Los Angeles man is such a person...
Not to mention that before the start of this game, they used a false fake news to keep mocking Wu Dawei...
It seems that the game has just ended in the midfield, and for the Los Angeles, they have already lost!
Although the fans did not plan to leave the court, it was obvious that such a situation in the first half made many Los Angeles fans who came to the Staples Center tonight feel extremely frustrated.
Chapter completed!