Although the New York Knicks played very tenaciously at the beginning and their unexpected counterattack made the Cleveland Cavaliers unable to adapt for a while, the Cleveland Cavaliers soon readjusted back.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who play at home, first gained a foothold on the defensive end, and then slowly penetrated back to the offensive end. They have always been a team that is good at playing defensive counterattacks, so naturally, starting from defense is the best choice.

After a short stalemate with the New York Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers began to slowly widen the gap in the subsequent games. The core lineup composed of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard began to slowly dominate the team's performance on both offense and defense.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who play at home, certainly hope to have a hearty victory as the opening lottery for this season's playoffs.

Of course, they will do their best in this game tonight. After an unexpected stalemate at the beginning, the game soon widened the gap in the Cleveland Cavaliers' offensive.

Just like at the beginning, no one expected that the New York Knicks, which were considered vulnerable by everyone before the game, would have gained the lead; the Cleveland Cavaliers soon brought the battle back to the scene that people had imagined before the game.

8:15, before halfway through the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers instantly turned the originally anxious situation into the lead advantage of the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home with waves of defensive counterattacks.

After controlling the rhythm of the game, they naturally performed much more calmly than before. As the core of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, both of them have experienced the storms and waves. It was also the one-stop defensive counterattack directed and acted by Wu Dawei that the Cleveland Cavaliers began to gain a foothold and gradually widened the gap.

After 8:15, New York Knicks head coach McDanthony hurriedly asked for a timeout, obviously because the situation on the court had begun to go inconsistent with what he thought. He knew that if the team continued to "stalemate" like this, then this game would be like this.

McDanthony's request for a timeout received results in the subsequent games. After the game restarted, the New York Knicks did not continue to be further widened by the Cleveland Cavaliers who were playing at home.

The first quarter game entered a relatively stable and excessive stage. The Cleveland Cavaliers never widened the gap in the subsequent games in the first quarter. The New York Knicks stopped the decline at least. However, they had no ability to surpass the Cleveland Cavaliers' lead. Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard joined forces to firmly defend the Cleveland Cavaliers' lead at home.

Until Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard left the court to rest, the score was not brought closer by the New Yorkers. Because Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard both performed brilliantly on both offense and defense.

The two played 8 minutes in the first quarter, and Wu Dawei contributed 7 points, 2 steals, 2 rebounds and 2 assists; and Dwight Howard also nervously had 5 points and 4 rebounds.

When the two left the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers were leading the opponent 15:22, and the game began to compete in the substitute lineup at the end of the first quarter. During the regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers' substitute was always better than the opponent's second team due to the presence of a dazzling star of tomorrow like Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie Irving's performance of 15 points and 7 assists in the regular season stage can't help but feel full of expectations for the rookie's first playoff journey in his career. But obviously, people's first time is always not so beautiful.

At least for Kyrie Irving, after he replaced Chauncey Billups on the court in the first quarter, he did not show his outstanding performance during the regular season.

Even he did not gain any advantage in the No. 1 position, the weakest position against the New York Knicks. Perhaps it was because he was a little too nervous when he first played. After Kyrie Irving came to the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers not only did not continue their previous advantages. Instead, they were vaguely caught up by the New York Knicks who played away.

The situation suddenly became a little nervous, so the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott, hurriedly sent Ramon Sessions to the court. Sessions came on the court to replace Anthony Parker, who had been playing for a long time, and then he took the No. 1 position to let Kyrie Irving play No. 2 position.

Although Ramon Sessions is indeed inferior to Kyrie Irving in terms of personal strength and skills, Ramon Sessions' playing time has also been greatly reduced due to the outbreak of Danny Green in the regular season. However, when the game progressed into the playoffs, Ramon Sessions was undoubtedly the most experienced defender on the bench on the playoffs, Ramon Sessions was also the target of head coach Byron Scott.

Otherwise, according to the habits in recent times, Danny Green has already appeared in this period of time. But now Danny Green is still sitting in the chair, while Ramon Sessions has regained the opportunity to play.

Sessions' appearance really controlled the rhythm of the game well. After all, his experience was there, and his opponent was the weakest No. 1 position on the Knicks. Sessions looked quite easy to play.

However, although Byron Scott reacted quickly. The Cavaliers replaced Ramon Sessions on the court at the moment when the Cavaliers showed a slight decline, at the end of the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers' 7 points were originally led by the stadium by the opponent.

24:28, the leading score was reduced to 4 points.

This is undoubtedly something that makes people feel disappointed, especially before playing, Kyrie Irving was somewhat expected by Cleveland Cavaliers fans. In the first quarter, he did not score a point after playing and performed very mediocrely.

The Knicks also took advantage of the end of the first quarter to recover some disadvantages. Undoubtedly, this situation suddenly occurred on the court, which made New York Knicks head coach McDanthony suddenly realize something.

Before the series began, of course, he had already conducted a lot of analysis on the opponents his team will face in the first round. Although the outside world is quite unfavorable to the New York Knicks, McDanthony, the team's head coach, still did enough preparations before the game begins!

The reason why the Cleveland Cavaliers' substitute lineup is strong this season is because of the strong veterans like Antoine Jamison, and the second is the outbreak of Kyrie Irving and Danny Green who rose in the second half of the season.

Antoine Jamison averaged nearly 10 points and 7 rebounds this season, and Kyrie Irving can contribute 15 points and 7 assists to the Cleveland Cavaliers in each game, which can be said to be an extremely important member of the team. Although Danny Green, who broke out in the second half of the season, has averaging nearly 8 points per game, and his average three-point shooting percentage is as high as 47%. He can score at least 2 three-pointers for the Cleveland Cavaliers in each game!

In addition, Ramon Sessions, who averaged 5 points and 4 assists per game, and Sikson, who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds, are also the targets of the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, it is obvious that Kyrie Irving's strong performance on the offensive end and Danny Green's threat outside the three-point line have brought too many advantages and opportunities to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

These two people are young, and it is certain that they are slowly becoming an unavailable member of the Cleveland Cavaliers; and it is also because of their youth. These two people are last year's rookies, and the other is a player who was only obtained by the Cleveland Cavaliers from NBDL to NBA home team this year.

Although they are very talented, they do not have much experience at the same time, especially in the playoffs! Kyrie Irving's previous performance is enough to illustrate this point. Otherwise, with the foundation laid by Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard in the previous games, according to the usual routine of the Cleveland Cavaliers, they should now get at least a double-digit lead.

Kyrie Irving's poor performance. It was very good at this time to inspire McDanthony as New York Knicks head coach.

That is, maybe the Cleveland Cavaliers' substitute lineup will no longer be as strong as they did in the regular season! Even their substitute lineup will become their weakness in the playoffs, which may be!

McDanthony, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought of this possibility. Then the second quarter of this game that will be continued will undoubtedly be an opportunity for the New York Knicks.

An opportunity to seize the "weakness" of the Cleveland Cavaliers and then give a fatal blow!

Thinking of this possibility, McDanthony was no longer standing on the sidelines, but walked straight to the player's seat. He couldn't wait to start the second quarter.

Although he is still the leader on the court, all the players returned to the atmosphere of the Cleveland Cavaliers on the player's seat. It was not so relaxed. Kyrie Irving sat in the chair depressedly, and Wu Dawei was guiding the newcomer king who lost all three shots in the first quarter and was intercepted by his opponent and made repeated mistakes.

"Forget your performance in the first quarter, Kairi! You can, you have a great performance this season. You've been excellent from beginning to end, just like you wait for the performance in the second quarter!"

Wu Dawei tried to inspire Kyrie Irving, and his brief words quickly made Kyrie Irving regain his confidence. After all, he was a young man with a strong spirit, and he could burst out blood in just a few words.

He quickly swept away his previous depression, and then when the second quarter started again, he walked onto the court with his head held high and his chest held high.

After two minutes of rest between the festival, the second quarter of the game will soon begin again. The Cleveland Cavaliers still had a leading advantage at the beginning of the second quarter. Although they did not play well at the end of the first quarter, the foundation Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard laid for the team before that still left them with room for buffering, so that they would not be immediately caught in infinite passiveness when attacked by the New York Knicks.

However, when the second quarter started again, Wu Dawei, who was sitting on the bench, looked at the situation on the court with a burning look, but he had a bad feeling. The New York Knicks sent Cameron Anthony and Smith to the court at the beginning of the second quarter. Although Anthony only scored 2 points in the first quarter, Smith only scored 3 points.

But the Cleveland Cavaliers feel relieved when two famous stars play like this. Byron Scott, who was standing on the sidelines, also frowned and pondered D'Antoni's strategy for this game. If this continues, does D'Antoni want to make his core player play for 48 minutes?

You should know that the second game will be held the day after tomorrow...

This way, the core players are used and in the first game, if the physical strength is overdrawn, in such a fierce game, it is easy for the players to be injured and feel powerless!

Such a move is undoubtedly a bit risky, but McDanthony's change still achieved results. The New York Knicks directly tied the gap by just one minute of the second quarter!

Smith and Cameron Anthony made a mid-range shot on the offensive end, directly tied the score at 28:28.

The three-back lineup composed of Kyrie Irving, Ramon Sessions and Danny Green was a little frustrated on both sides of the offense and defense.

"Beautiful! Keep moving forward, Knicks!" Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines, jumped up excitedly, stood on the sidelines and shouted for the Knicks' performance.

Byron Scott knew that he could not let D'Antoni continue to do so. Judging from the current situation, D'Antoni's risky move has undoubtedly achieved results. At least they tied the score. If they don't make any moves, the next step will definitely be that the New Yorker will overtake the score!

The New Yorker has seized the opportunity to tie the score. Byron Scott knew that he could no longer tell them the chance to overtake the score! So he waved to the bench: "Wu!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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