232. Defensive Counterattack
ps: Sorry, it's late ~~
Although Wu Dawei scored a crucial three-pointer for the Cleveland Cavaliers as soon as he came on the court, and he had previously caused Smith to foul the ball by dribbling on the offensive end. However, the New York Knicks still had an 11-point lead at this time, which made them not have to react too fiercely to this.
When Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw this, he just cursed inwardly, and then continued to cheer for the New York Knicks.
This feeling is almost never seen by the New York Knicks players, because they usually meet the Cleveland Cavaliers. If they were not defeated, they would be embarrassed to say that they were playing against the Cavaliers.
Of course, when they have the chance to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers and have a big score ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks players will at least feel very excited if they don’t say anything else!
This feeling is more refreshing than killing an enemy with your hands.
The second quarter game was still controlled by the New Yorkers. Although Wu Dawei once returned to the court, he had excellent performances for the Cleveland Cavaliers on both offense and defense, the general trend is that Wu Dawei can complete the turnaround.
After all, no matter what, the New York Knicks are still leading the Cleveland Cavaliers with a huge advantage of 11 points, which makes them look calm no matter what.
However, despite this, New York Knicks head coach McDanthony is still relatively cautious. After all, his team's lead in this game is hard-won. Danthony still remembers the defeat in the first two games, so naturally he seems extremely cautious and cautious about this game.
The team has led the opponent so many points from the beginning, and D'Antoni certainly hopes that this game will end. Although they are currently behind the Cleveland Cavaliers at a 0:2 disadvantage in the big score, if they can win this game, they will be able to win a game back, 1:2, although they are still at a disadvantage, but you should know that the next game will still be played in New York.
So if the New York Knicks can really defeat their opponents in this game, then they will have a glimmer of hope to reverse the trend of the entire series!
So naturally, the New York Knicks wanted to keep their advantage at this time. When the Cleveland Cavaliers began to make adjustments in personnel, McDanthony also began to make corresponding adjustments. He would not give Wu Dawei the chance to perform on the court for too long, because after fighting so many times, he knew how terrible Wu Dawei's energy was!
Both teams began to send their respective main players back to the court at the same time. After all, everyone had almost enough rest, and it was time to make a comeback.
The New York Knicks hope to maintain the 11-point gap at the end of the first half, because in this way, they will have a better and greater advantage in the second half, both psychologically and physically; and the Cleveland Cavaliers' hope is naturally the opposite of the New York Knicks. They hope to catch up with the previous lagging points in the following period of the second quarter, at least to close to single digits. Of course, if they can tie, it will definitely be a good thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
With the last 7 minutes left in the second quarter, both sides began to take their respective main players back to the court one after another. Although Wu Dawei's three-pointer did not make any substantial changes to the situation on the court, it made Knicks head coach McDanthony very scared.
So after Wu Dawei's three-pointer, both sides quickly adjusted the entire lineup. The main players returned to the court and the game continued to begin. After Wu Dawei scored, the Knicks not only led the Cavaliers by 11 points, but also regained the ball rights.
Smith temporarily acted as a point guard. Due to his outstanding performance on the court, Smith was not replaced by McDanthony with the latest chapter of the top agent on the court. Even though he lost at a disadvantage in the previous head-on battle with Wu Dawei, now that Anthony has returned to the court, Wu Dawei basically has no chance to take charge of Smith on the defensive end.
Although Wu Dawei can complete the task of defending Cameron Anthony well and even strangle his offensive point to death, this does not mean that other players of the Cavaliers can do it. Cameron Anthony's outstanding tonnage in the small forward position is enough to discourage other players of the Cavaliers. Not to mention Cameron Anthony's offensive skills.
Maybe his skills are always not effective when playing against Wu Dawei. But that doesn't mean he will not be effective when playing against other defensive players. Otherwise, how did he get his average score of 26 points this season, and Wu Dawei may not be able to defend Cameron Anthony tonight, who scored 9 points in the first quarter.
His condition was also extremely outstanding tonight. Of course, it was not just him. The entire New York Knicks were in extremely outstanding form, otherwise they would not be able to lead the Cavaliers by 11 points now. You should know that the Knicks lost to the Cavaliers in the first two games.
The reason why they were able to perform so well tonight is undoubtedly because they are in such a great state!
The game started again, and Smith dribbled the ball through halftime. At this time, the defense he faced was naturally not Wu Dawei. But Smith still wanted to choose a match with Wu Dawei. He did not directly attack Anthony Parker in front of him, but asked Cameron Anthony to come to the high position to make a pick-and-roll for himself, and after the pick-and-roll, he formed a switch.
When Wu Dawei appeared in front of Smith, Smith brazenly launched an attack!
Obviously, he was still worried about the previous time when Wu Dawei made a foul and hit the ball. But his approach made the Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott happy. As his most trusted player, Wu Dawei certainly knew how outstanding his defense was. At this time, Smith also hit the gun. Isn't that giving the Cavaliers a chance to overtake the score?
In addition to Byron Scott's joy, Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines, was so angry that he wanted to call Smith a big gauze. Although the Knicks had a great advantage at this time, Spike Lee would not forget that Wu Dawei is not just a simple thing to do both offense and defense. He is defense but has been called the best in history by countless people!
Others wanted to avoid Wu Dawei. But he was so worried that he would drill into Wu Dawei! Isn’t this a fucking shop next to the cesspool and look for shit?
This big gauze!
Spike Lee, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked at the court, and Smith once again attacked Wu Dawei, and suddenly felt an extremely bad premonition in his heart.
Smith launched an attack from outside the three-point line. More than half of the 11 minutes he got tonight were obtained by rushing into the inside. Of course, the best choice for him was to dribble and break through!
The moment Smith attacked Wu Dawei, Wu Dawei had already understood his thoughts. Although this time he did not successfully cause a foul from the offensive side like the last time, Wu Dawei blocked Smith.
The defense forced Smith to slow down his rushing into the inside until he found that he could no longer continue to rush into the inside. Smith almost braked the car at the top of the arc in the paint area, but as soon as he stopped and was thinking about whether to pass or shoot, the Cavaliers' double-team was completed.
Smithton found that he was extremely crowded around him. He heard his teammates shouting "Be careful!" At this time, Smith could no longer get out of it. He felt a little panic and was about to pass the ball out. He only felt a pain in his arm! Wu Dawei waved his arm viciously, and the moment he broke the ball, he hit Smith's hand.
"ah!"
Smith wailed, but it couldn't get the referee's sympathy. Because Wu Dawei and his teammates surrounded Smith, the referee didn't know what was happening here at all.
Everyone only heard a scream, and then they saw the ball that was originally in Smith's hand appeared in Wu Dawei's hand in an instant. And at the same time, the Cleveland Cavaliers turned into an offensive and romantic evil policeman!
The sound of cheering for Smith turned into exclamations and boos in an instant. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were in poor condition, their speed of turning defense to offense was still extremely fast.
He almost didn't give the New York Knicks too many opportunities to react. The Cleveland Cavaliers were already in the middle of the line and rushed through half the game! Wu Dawei controlled the ball and drove straight in, almost as if he was in a no-man's realm.
He rushed into the paint area first, and then succeeded in a one-arm dunk!
With this dunk, Wu Dawei got his twelfth point in this game. At the same time, the Cleveland Cavaliers also relied on Wu Dawei's five-pointer in a row to narrow the gap of 14 points to only 9 points left!
The exclamation turned into annoyance and depression. Although the New York Knicks are still 9 points ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the difference has narrowed into the single digits, but in a sudden realization, the sky above Madison Garden Square is filled with a feeling of depression.
The New York fans suddenly felt a little breathless, as if the scene in their minds was afraid of the scene that would soon come, which made many people feel a little panting.
Charles Barkley cheered Wu Dawei for his outstanding performance on both sides of the offense and defense in front of the commentator, but he did not take the opportunity to laugh at the New York Knicks' offense and defense. After all, no matter how exciting the Cavaliers played, the leading side was still the New York Knicks who were fighting at home.
If the Cavaliers' high chaos ends here, then the Cavaliers are still behind the Knicks. Then their ridicule of the Knicks will be ridiculed by the New Yorkers. The previous experience has made Barkley learn smarter at once.
However, after Wu Dawei returned to the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers relied on two consecutive defensive counterattacks to recover the 5-point gap, which still greatly increased the morale of the Cleveland Cavaliers players!
At least they have been suppressed for so long before, and now they have finally had the opportunity to pursue, how can they not make the Cleveland players feel excited?
However, the Knicks immediately requested a timeout. Knicks head coach McDanthony signaled his players to request a timeout without hesitation. He felt that the team's condition needed to be adjusted, and he also wanted to use the timeout period to dissipate the Cavaliers' previous hot state.
After returning from the timeout, the New York Knicks scored again and once again widened the gap to 11 points. Smith was taught a lesson by head coach McDanthony during the timeout. This time he returned to the court and chose to hand the ball over to Amarestoudmier who was stuck in the inside line.
After getting the ball at a low post, Stoudemire scored a single against Valaijo, helping the New York Knicks temporarily stabilize the situation and not being able to be chased by the Cavaliers in an instant.
However, Wu Dawei is in a hot state. After returning from the timeout, he still helped the Cleveland Cavaliers score on the offensive end. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were caught off guard by the New York Knicks from the beginning tonight, Wu Dawei's condition is still not much different from usual.
After returning from the timeout, although the New York Knicks took the lead, the Cleveland Cavaliers also scored in the subsequent offense. After Wu Dawei scored 5 points in a row, he did not stop his pace of moving forward.
When Stoudemire opened the score difference for the New York Knicks again, Wu Dawei also continued to close the score for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the subsequent offense.
Although this is not the situation that any of the two head coaches of McD'Anthony and Byron Scott want to see, the situation on the court after the timeout is just about going back and forth.
The 9-point gap has become a hurdle. If you enter one and I enter the other, it is the situation, which makes the difference a watershed. Until the end of the first half, the difference has remained at the 9-point range. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support are my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
Chapter completed!