248. Excellent state
In the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals on the evening of May 5, the Cleveland Cavaliers played very smoothly from the beginning. As the first series to start in the league's four-on-half-finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76ers' game tonight attracted many people's attention.
Since it is in the semi-finals, the league will not allow the semi-finals to overlap in time. Basically, the next game will be held after one game is over.
In addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76ers game tonight, the next game is the Los Angeles Twins. Obviously, compared to the "unsurprising" showdown between the 76ers and the Cavaliers, the semi-finals between the Lakers and the Clippers are obviously more eye-catching.
The Cavs and the Sixers' matches ahead of the Los Angeles Twins, which makes people feel that this game is a warm-up for the next game.
But no matter what, before the Los Angeles Twins began, most people's attention was focused on the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76ers. Not only fans around the world, but of course, there are also potential opponents of these two teams in the next round of the game.
Although LeBron James has no match tonight, as a player who is determined to win the championship, he will certainly focus on potential opponents at this time. In the East, the two recognized favorites to win the championship are the Cavaliers and the Heat. Of course, James will still watch the game between the old Cavaliers as long as he has time.
When James saw the Cavaliers in such an excellent state at home, his frown never let go.
Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doug Collins also had his eyebrows the same as James, and he had never been sent since the beginning of the game.
Forced by the Cleveland Cavaliers' excellent start, he requested a timeout, and told the players the key points to pay attention to in this game during the timeout, and even rearranged the tactics.
But when the game started again after the timeout, Doug Collins discovered that nothing seemed to have improved.
Although the Philadelphia 76ers scored after the timeout, which seemed to have an immediate effect, when they returned to the defensive end, Wu Dawei used a three-pointer to knock the Philadelphia's smugness to disappear!
The score became 2:9, and the score difference was widened again. The 76ers players had just dissipated some tension. The time was gathered again. And they also missed the offensive end again. After the Cleveland Cavaliers regained the ball, they continued their offensive efficiency tonight.
Just like people's predictions for this round of series, the Cleveland Cavaliers swept the court in the first quarter tonight's game in a ruthless manner. The Philadelphia 76ers did not show any strength to compete with the Cavaliers at all. After 12 points in the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, scored a high score of 33 points!
The Philadelphia 76ers only scored 19 points, and after the first quarter, they were 14 points behind in this game!
This situation suddenly reminded the Phillies of their first game against the Chicago Bulls in the first round. At that time, they also lost to the Chicago people in the first game, and they were completely defeated in the first quarter.
But things also turned around in the first game. So even though the Cleveland Cavaliers had such a huge advantage at this time, the Philadelphia 76ers players were still mentally prepared.
Maybe they are waiting for a miracle. Such a similar process, the super disadvantaged situation made the Philadelphia 76ers players think of the last time of the first game against the Chicago Bulls, when Derek Ross was reimbursed for an ankle injury season!
This is a bit vicious idea, but this is competitive sports. Not just physical confrontation, your opponents may also curse you viciously in your heart.
However, for the Cleveland Cavaliers players, at least the current situation is very favorable to them. The Cleveland Cavaliers firmly control the advantage on the court, leading 14 points into the second quarter, which allows them to play easily in the second quarter.
Byron Scott can also replace Kyrie Irving and Danny Green on the court with confidence because of this considerable advantage. Although these two young men did not perform well in the first round of the game, Scott did not have the idea of abandoning them.
Young people always need experience. Although Scott is not a coach who is good at teaching young players, he brought out a "unparalleled genius" like Wu Dawei last season. Scott now has more patience with young players than before.
Kyrie Irving and Danny Green have been training with Wu Dawei for the past week, trying to restore their form. Although this wish was not realized after playing in the second quarter, their performance was still a little calmer than before.
At least they will no longer appear anxious and impatient because of their mediocre or bad condition.
Moreover, there is an Antoine Jamison in the second team of the Cavaliers. The veteran always plays a miraculous role at this time. Jamison has always been in a surprising state since entering the playoffs. He averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds per game. He can provide the Cavaliers with a good effect in the second team.
It was also because of Antoine Jamison's performance that the Cavaliers had spent this period safely at this time. When the main players returned to the court, the Cavaliers still had a 9-point lead.
Wu Dawei scored 9 points in the 8 minutes of playing in the first quarter. Although most of them were obtained at the opening, it was beyond doubt that he was in excellent form in tonight's game.
After the main players returned to the court, they could clearly feel the changes on the court. The Cavaliers' momentum suddenly overwhelmed the Philadelphia 76ers, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard were in good shape, but they were not comparable to Kyrie Irving and Danny Green who were still looking for form.
After they came on the court, they naturally became the core players of the Cleveland Cavaliers on both offense and defense. In addition to Wu Dawei scored 9 points, Dwight Howard also scored 8 points in the first quarter, and the two teamed up to score 17 points, which was even worth the score of the Philadelphia 76ers in the first quarter.
So when the game started again after the substitution, when Chauncey Billups took the ball through the half and handed the ball to Wu Dawei, Dwight Howard stuck at the low post, the Philadelphia 76ers players did not dare to take it lightly.
All the 76ers players seemed very cautious, and everyone was watching Wu Dawei outside the three-point line to see what he was moving. However, Wu Dawei did not move. Dwight Howard moved first, he gave up the blocked position and ran to the high position to make a pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei.
Howard's pick-and-roll was already very good in the Magic, so Igu Odara was blocked by Howard. At this time, Spencer Hawyth tried to come up to make up for the defense and block Wu Dawei's breakthrough, but his slow movement speed was hard to see.
Wu Dawei almost passed Hoyce's blockade, and then rushed into the paint area alone. Igu Odara shouted "Stop him!", and the "old captain" Brand, who was standing on the other side of the paint area, tried to rush over, but he was blocked by the young and strong Andre Varéjo, and could only watch Wu Dawei rushed into the paint area with a gloomy look. Then, Wu Dawei jumped up on the paint area, raised his ball-holding arm high, and dunked like an invincible situation!
The shaking metal basket is like a swaying old tree trunk, as if it will collapse at any time, just like the Philadelphia 76ers at this moment!
28:39, although the Cleveland Cavaliers' substitute lineup was not so good, when Wu Dawei, who was in excellent form, returned to the court, it became much more difficult for the 76ers to catch up with the points.
This was just the beginning. When both sides replaced the main players again, the Cavaliers opened a new round of landings. They quickly and fiercely narrowed the score difference that was originally to the single digits. They once again widened to double digits, and there was a vague idea of running towards 20 points, which forced the 76ers coach Doug Collins to be forced to request a timeout again.
But obviously, relying on timeouts cannot stop Wu Dawei from joining hands with Dwight Howard to dominate the game tonight, at least the first half.
The Cleveland Cavaliers then completely played the rhythm they were best at, and their wonderful defensive counterattacks were repeated again and again. The Philadelphia 76ers were a little sloppy and became increasingly ruthless.
Until the end of the second quarter, the score had become 38:57, and the score difference was widened to 19 points!
In the two quarters of the Cleveland Cavaliers, each quarter only gave the Philadelphia 76ers a score of 19 points, and even failed the 20-point mark. You should know that in the last round of the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the Chicago Bulls, the 76ers averaged 100 points per game, which is an average of 25 points per quarter. Compared with such data, the Philadelphia 76ers' performance tonight was obviously out of standard.
But the reason for all this is not just to blame their own state, but also to the Cleveland Cavaliers' excellent defense.
Wu Dawei got 4 steals and 4 blocks in the first half, which even exceeded his average data! Dwight Howard also contributed 3 blocks to the team in the paint area in the first half. For the blocking alone, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 76ers 7 times in the first half!
The team's two core players made great contributions to the team on the defensive end of the first half. Compared with the defensive end, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's performance on the offensive end was also terrifying. Wu Dawei scored 19 points for the Cavaliers in the first half, and Dwight Howard also scored 14 points for the team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers relied on the outstanding performance of the two core players to play a hearty game in the first half of the game tonight. They were crazy about leading the Philadelphia 76ers by 19 points, making the Cavaliers sure to win this game!
Although there are 24 minutes to play in the second half, judging from the current state of the Cavaliers, the Philadelphia 76ers will definitely be in trouble in the game tonight.
At least if they don't make adjustments in the second half, the Phillies want to take away a victory away from the game, just like they want to visit the White House at the end of this year...
Obviously, the Philadelphia 76ers players were very clear about the prospects of this game, how difficult it was for them at this time. So when the whistle at the end of the midfield game was blew, the Philadelphia 76ers players who walked out of the game looked ugly, as if they had bought a pack of fake cigarettes...
On the other hand, the Cleveland Cavaliers players had such a big lead at the end of the first half, which would undoubtedly make them feel better. The relaxed mood naturally made the atmosphere of the Quick Loan Center relax. The Cleveland fans who came to the Quick Loan Center tonight seemed to have seen the great situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers leading by 1:0 at this time.
The birth of such a midfield score made a group of people happy and excited, but also made some people feel extremely depressed. Of course, these people are not only the players of the Philadelphia 76ers and the supporters of the 76ers, but also those who hate the Cavaliers and Wu Dawei very much.
At least LeBron James, who sat at home and watched the first half of the game, was as bad as the Philadelphia 76ers players at this time. The holiday between him and Wu Dawei was very delicate, but now this subtle holiday has become more and more intense, so naturally he really doesn't want the Cavaliers and Wu Dawei to be in such an outstanding state.
Although James is unwilling to admit it, he still agrees with the outside world's statement. Moreover, after watching the first half of this game, the Cleveland Cavaliers are undoubtedly much stronger than the Philadelphia 76ers. If the Heat can advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, then they will probably meet the Cleveland Cavaliers again.
Of course, James would not hope to be humiliated again if he had avenged his previous shame or was humiliated again.
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