238. Domination
The score was tied!
With four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally tied the situation where they were lagging behind in the whole game with a three-pointer from Wu Dawei.
The Cleveland Cavaliers were greatly motivated by this! The momentum also became more and more powerful, and they completely overwhelmed the New York Knicks, who were proud of their entire home game.
At this time, even JR Smith, who had always had a look of expression before, could not help but look like a little bit, because they were chased and scored by the Cleveland Cavaliers to equalize the score! Isn’t this obvious? With the last four minutes left in the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ condition has obviously improved substantially, and they are much better than the New York Knicks!
Because they can attack and defend now. The New York Knicks seem to have returned to the first two games...
Can this not make people feel scared?
Mike D'Anthony was helpless because he had just requested the timeout and had re-arranged the tactics, but the Cleveland Cavaliers still rely on Wu Dawei's outstanding performance to catch up with the score.
In the next four minutes, it will be a life-and-death battle!
Now it's the Cavaliers' turn to be arrogant, but they won't take it lightly. After all, they were behind for a whole night of games before. Is there anything that makes people feel worse than this experience?
Naturally, how could the Cleveland Cavaliers take this hard-won opportunity? They will only pay more attention and their morale will be even higher.
The game was already under Wu Dawei's outstanding performance, and slowly began to go to the usual rhythm of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wu Dawei's performance gave other players the chance to breathe, so they naturally had the opportunity to get back their form.
This is certainly not the first time Wu Dawei saved the Cleveland Cavaliers in dire straits. But it is the most important time this season. Because this is in the playoffs, and more importantly, if they can successfully turn the tables tonight, then basically this round of series can be declared over. Although the New York Knicks still have one home game next, it is obvious that if this game is turned over, then they will definitely lose their spirits and will definitely lose some fighting spirit.
So at this time, although the New Yorkers were frightened, they could only fight to the death!
Mike D'Antoni did not ask for a timeout again because the number of timeouts left on his hands was not many. Moreover, although the situation is quite bad now, they are just being caught up, and the Knicks have regained the ball, which means they can still regain the lead.
Tony Douglas once again controlled the ball and passed the half. He focused on the gaze of all New York fans in Madison Garden Plaza at this time. He still didn't dare to be arrogant, and handed the ball to Cameron Anthony after halftime.
After all, this time is not so much a final battle between the two teams, but rather a confrontation between superstars! Wu Dawei's performance is that the Cleveland Cavaliers caught up with the score at the last moment of the game. Naturally, the New York Knicks, from the team to the fans, all hope that at this time, Cameron Anthony, as the core player of the Knicks, can stand up and fight Wu Dawei and help the New York Knicks survive such a difficult time!
However, ideas are always better than reality. When Cameron Anthony got the ball in the eyes of high expectations, facing Wu Dawei's defense, his nervous mood did not slow down at all because of the cheers and cheers of New York fans.
Holding the ball outside the three-point line, at this time, there were still the last four minutes left in the game. Although Cameron Anthony was in good condition tonight, he did not dare to be arrogant at this time. Because Wu Dawei's previous performance on the offensive end undoubtedly shocked Cameron Anthony.
Since joining the New York Knicks, whether the Knicks win or fail in the game against the Cavaliers, he has never gained the upper hand in his personal showdown with Wu Dawei.
Of course, Cameron Anthony's heart was under great pressure at this time. However, after observing the situation on the court with the ball, Cameron Anthony still decided to attack. He saw Tyson Chandler had already come to the high post to make a pick-and-roll for himself, so after Cameron Anthony launched the attack, he walked in the direction of Chandler without hesitation.
He tried to throw away Wu Dawei's defense through the pick-and-roll. When he moved past Chandler, Wu Dawei was indeed gone in his sight. Anthony did not hesitate to attack the inside. Everyone knew that the closer they were to the basket, the greater the chance of scoring. Although two cents were far less than the score of three-pointers, at this time, of course, safety was the first priority!
If you rashly shoot a three-pointer at this time, you will likely get a missed shot. After all, although the three-pointer can bring extremely great benefits to the team, the chance of losing at the same time is even greater. After all, it is more than 7 meters away from the basket, and it is nowhere close to the close of tentacles in the paint area.
So Cameron Anthony didn't think so he dribbled the ball and rushed into the paint area! Of course he wanted to be the most critical player in this game, and of course he hoped to make the final decision at the last moment, so at this time, Cameron Anthony had no other thought of passing the ball.
In the past decade of his career, Cameron Anthony has always played this way. That's why people gave him the title of the King of Definites. This nickname naturally indirectly shows Cameron Anthony's ability at critical moments in the game.
Anthony rushed in like a bulldozer, and then he jumped up in the paint area, facing Dwight Howard, Cameron Anthony who was rushing towards him had even figured out how to deal with his block.
In the air, Cameron Anthony and Dwight Howard had a frontal fight, a light pull rod, Cameron Anthony lifted the heavy weight in the air and shook the defense away. A series of movements were natural and quite satisfied. But just as Anthony avoided Howard's block and threw the ball into the basket, the ball just flew out of Anthony's hand. The originally wide front of Anthony's face suddenly became dark clouds!
Before Anthony was about to land, he saw a familiar face, Wu Dawei! Wasn't he blocked behind Tyson and Chandler?? Before Anthony could think about it carefully, he heard the screams of New York fans in his ears. He looked up and saw that the ball he threw at the basket was blocked by Wu Dawei!
If Cameron Anthony's key abilities are extremely outstanding, then at this moment, Wu Dawei's strength at the critical moment made all New York fans feel frightened!
Moreover, Anthony only performed well on the offensive end, while Wu Dawei performed extremely well on both offense and defense! In comparison, Cameron Anthony immediately lost his color.
The ball was blocked and the Cavaliers immediately fought for a ball in the first half. The New York Knicks players had no time to be upset, and the Cleveland Cavaliers players had no time to celebrate. Everyone rushed together and tried to compete for the ball that was blown away by Wu Dawei.
Dwight Howard failed to block the block before, but at this time he was the first person to fall to the ground to compete for the ball. As a 2.10-meter-long big man, Howard was able to do this, which shows how desperate he was.
After a series of snatches, everyone saw Dwight. Howard suddenly waved his elbow and sat up, holding the ball in his hand. The New York Knicks players didn't have time to think about it, so they continued to pounce. Howard was sitting on the floor at this time, as if he was no longer as mighty as standing in the paint area. Facing the New York players who were rushing towards him like hungry tigers, Howard also understood this truth, so he looked around and looked for his Cavaliers teammates closest to him.
The ball was passed by Howard. Before he was flooded by the sea of people, the ball was passed by him. Wu Dawei, who had just landed, received the ball when most of the people fell to the floor. Wu Dawei ran wildly and suddenly surpassed everyone!
Seeing Wu Dawei rushing towards the front court with the ball, a huge noise sounded in the entire stadium. New York fans didn't even dare to look at the situation on the court at this time. Many people prayed to God with their eyes closed, hoping that Wu Dawei would slip, fall, and unable to deduct!
Because at this time, Wu Dawei took the lead. There was no half of the defender in the Knicks' half! If Wu Dawei drew, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will gain the lead for the first time in this game with less than four minutes left in the game!
Bang!
The ball was smashed into the basket by Wu Dawei, and God disappeared again. No one could stop Wu Dawei's arm at this time. The Cleveland Cavaliers' bench immediately boiled!
Is there anything more exciting than this!?
After falling behind in the entire game by 44 minutes, the Cleveland Cavaliers took the lead on the court for the first time in this game!
94:92!
"yes!yes!yes!" Byron Scott, who was standing on the sidelines, waved his fists hysterically. The substitutes who were originally sitting on the sidelines of the Cleveland Cavaliers also looked ecstatic at this time!
The people in Cleveland celebrated, and the New Yorkers who were almost always ahead of the game, their annoyance expression could be imagined without looking at it. When the big screen gave the appearance of sentient beings on the New York Knicks bench, there was a dead silence!
What New Yorkers fear the most is still happening. They have a good start, but the huge gap between the two sides makes this beautiful start, and it seems that there is no way to have a wonderful ending.
This is the tenth that Wu Dawei got in this quarter, and it is also the 38th point he got in this game! Although Cameron Anthony also scored a high score of 25 points, there was no highlight when compared with Wu Dawei.
First, it was blocked by Wu Dawei, and then it led to the counterattack of the Cavaliers. Cameron Anthony's cup cover directly led to the New York Knicks' backwardness, and Wu Dawei once again dominated the entire game in this round of offense and defense!
There is no doubt that if the Cleveland Cavaliers can win this game tonight, then Wu Dawei will definitely become the biggest contributor to the Cleveland Cavaliers!
D'Antoni asked for a pause again in anger, although this pause was no more than two minutes away from the last time he requested a pause. However, the situation on the court forced Mike D'Antoni to write.
"We still have a chance!" Facing the dejected Knicks players, Mike D'Anthony was not willing to give up hope. He shouted at the players: "In the next round of attack, we will tie the score! We can do it!"
Although head coach Mike D'Anthony loudly told all the Knicks players that the Knicks still had a chance and had set up tactics for the next round of offense, the players did not feel any confidence at this moment.
When both sides returned to the court, looking at Wu Dawei standing on the court, the New York players seemed to be unable to have the idea of playing. Wu Dawei helped the Cleveland Cavaliers recover the score difference with his personal ability. Such shock could not be described in words, and naturally left a terrifying shadow in the hearts of New York players.
what to do!?
When the Knicks re-controlled the ball and passed half, they could only play according to the tactics arranged by the head coach. But at this time the atmosphere of the entire Madison Garden Square was already completely different from before. Even the most fanatical New York fan Spike Lee sat silently on his chair and watched the next game silently.
Every New York fan has a bad premonition in his heart. When Tony Douglas stood at a high position and tried to follow the tactics of previous head coach Mike D'Anthony to play a cautious attack. After he and Cameron Anthony were in the high position, they immediately extinguished the Knicks' hope of winning tonight!
Douglas followed the previous coach's arrangement. After coming to the half, he did not choose to hand the ball directly to Cameron Anthony or JR Smith, Amare Stoudemier, but chose to play a pick-and-roll with Anthony at a high position.
But as soon as the pick-and-roll was completed, Tony Douglas was in trouble! He was double-smacked by Wu Dawei and Billups in a dead corner. Douglas seemed to have stopped at the first time, but he didn't even make a gesture, and he felt that the arms of the ball were empty!
Been cut off!
Amid the roar of New York fans' grudges. In the fanatical atmosphere on the bench of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei snatched the ball from Douglas's hand, and then dribbled the ball through the half-court like a strong leopard in the desperate eyes of all New Yorkers, then rushed into the paint area of the Knicks, and dunked the ball into the basket again in the shouts of everyone's say-no!
Bang!
Another huge basket moan, shaking over Madison Garden Square, without any cheers, only the Cleveland Cavaliers players entertained themselves, but became the protagonist of this huge stadium! More than 20,000 New York fans all became foils at this time, and the Knicks, who were leading almost all of the games, also became supporting roles.
According to statistics, the 40 points Wu Dawei got seemed extremely dazzling to the New Yorkers!
96:92, the score difference returned to 4 points! However, this time, the leading side became the Cleveland Cavaliers! With the last 3 minutes left in the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers led the New York Knicks who played at home!
Although this is not an advantage that can establish the victory, the Cleveland Cavaliers are full of morale at this time, and everyone in the New York Knicks had a sad expression, and almost two words were clearly written on everyone's face at this time: Frustration!
The New Yorkers may not have thought that they were in such a good state tonight, and just as the Clevelanders were in poor form, why did they still lose the game?
They were unwilling to admit that it was because they could not limit Wu Dawei's performance, but this was the reality they were unwilling to face! Wu Dawei completely dominated this game tonight in the second half of the game. He also let the cooked ducks from the New Yorkers fly away from the plate!
The gap became 4 points, and the ball rights returned to the hands of the New York Knicks. Tony Douglas dribbled the ball through the half. This time he did not choose to play pick-and-roll with Anthony, but instead completed a high pick-and-roll with JR Smith and handed the ball to Smith.
After Smith got the ball, facing Anthony Parker's defense, the Nervous Knife completely ignored Parker's defense and jumped out of the three-point line!
Smith tried to catch up with the score with a three-pointer, and the basketball really flew out of his hand! He really dared to shoot, but the basketball's crooked arc ended up with a crisp sound of smashing iron!
Chapter completed!