249. Continue to lead
After the first half, the Cleveland Cavaliers had a 19-point lead, which allowed them to face it with a very relaxed mood after entering the second half.
After the fifteen-minute break, the players from both sides started to return to the court one after another, and the second half of the game was about to begin again.
The mental states of the two teams are already very different at this moment. The lead 19 points and the lag behind 19 points made the Cavaliers energetic and the 76ers were depressed.
Even after fifteen minutes of rest, the Phillies did not recover at once. After all, the disadvantages were too great. Maybe before the game, the Phillies had thought that they would face the disadvantage in this game, but obviously they did not expect that the disadvantages would be so great!
Such a gap is definitely beyond their imagination!
"The second half is about to begin, but obviously the trend of this game seems to be determined. The Cleveland Cavaliers led the 76ers by 19 points at the end of the first half. This is not an easy gap. If the Philadelphia 76ers have any idea about the game tonight, then they must play a wonderful enough game in the second half!"
Charles Barkley was not optimistic about the prospects of the Philadelphia 76ers in this round of the series. At this time, with the 76ers falling behind by 19 points, it is even more impossible for them to be optimistic about the 76ers.
The second half game started at 38:57, and neither side adjusted their starting lineup in the second half. The Philadelphia 76ers took the lead in kicking off.
Although Doug Collins still used the starting lineup at the beginning of the game, it was obviously different from the first half. The confidence and status of the 76ers players at this time fell to a low point.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' offensive posture in the first half can be said to have completely controlled the rhythm of the game, and the 19-point gap was like a big rock at this time, which made the Philadelphia players feel a little breathless.
Although there are 24 minutes left in the second half, the huge loss of confidence is not something that can be recovered by time. The 76ers know that if they still want to turn the tables in this game, then they must make a difference in the third quarter.
So at the beginning of the second half, the 76ers launched a fierce attack on the Cleveland Cavaliers' position! Zhu Holiday dribbled the ball through the half at a very fast speed, and then passed the pick-and-roll for himself by Brand, and then made a layup.
The second half had only 10 seconds, and the Philadelphia 76ers won the first start of the second half with their young defenders.
40:57, but the difference is still as big as 17 points. If the Sixers cannot defend well, then their fate will not be much different from the first half. Because the reason why they fall behind so many points after the first half is that their own offense is not very powerful; the other is that their defense is full of loopholes.
So the 76ers must do their best to defend the next time, but when Chauncey Billups brought the ball over and handed it directly to Wu Dawei, Wu Dawei almost raised his hand and immediately shattered the hope of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Chauncey Billups used Wu Dawei's pick-and-roll breakthrough to pass the ball to the latter. Wu Dawei got the ball outside the three-point line, and then he threw the ball outside the three-point line.
With a swish, the ball entered neatly!
Wu Dawei's hot touch undoubtedly continued from the first half to the second half, and the score became 40:60. It was even bigger!
The 20-point gap still leaves the Philadelphia 76ers players without seeing the hope of winning tonight. However, when they regained the ball, the 76ers launched a fierce attack on the Cavaliers' position.
Igu Odala made a mid-range shot, helping the Philadelphia 76ers recover some of the disadvantages, but the 18-point gap is still endless, and when the Cavaliers sounded the offensive horn again, the Sixers still couldn't defend.
Chauncey Billups and Dwight Howard cooperated with each other at the basket, and then Dwight Howard successfully played singles at the basket, adding two more points to the Cavaliers.
The third quarter of the second half just started, and the two teams scored each other back and forth. In this case, there was a huge change from the Philadelphia 76ers, which had no fighting back in the first half. However, obviously, although such a change is a good sign, it cannot be considered good news for the 76ers players.
Although their performance on the offensive end has improved, they still cannot defend against the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense on the defensive end. This alone makes it difficult for them to catch up with the current advantage that the Cleveland Cavaliers have led.
After all, without excellent defense, it is difficult to move forward in the playoffs. With the offensive state shown by the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight, it is indeed a bit difficult for the Sixers to defend their attack.
But even though it was unable to defend the Cavaliers' offense twice in a row, the Philadelphia 76ers had to bite the bullet and fight, and maybe some miracle might happen. Just like the first game of the first round, who would know that the Chicago Bulls, which had been smooth sailing before, would be injured at the last moment...
Things in the world are unpredictable.
When Chauncey Billups dribbled the ball through halftime, the 76ers players immediately became fully focused and focused on trying to defend the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense. Although they were 18 points behind, the remaining glimmer of hope was the driving force behind the Philadelphia 76ers players' struggle at this time.
No one wants to lose to his opponent in the first game of the series and get a good start. Of course, this must be a very bad start in the series.
However, when Wu Dawei held the ball outside the three-point line and faced Andrei Igu Odala's defense, even when Wu Dawei launched an attack, the Philadelphia 76ers doubled the team against Wu Dawei, but this still could not stop the Cleveland Cavaliers from continuing to score.
Because when Wu Dawei encountered Evan Turner's double-team, he saw Anthony Parker hanging aside. Although Anthony Parker was not his usual shooting position at this time, Wu Dawei still passed the ball. After all, he is now 18 points ahead, so the Cleveland Cavaliers have many choices.
Parker got the ball outside the three-point line, and he decisively did not dare to shoot outside the three-point line. He moved one step inside, and before Evan Turner returned to defense, Anthony Parker made an extremely long mid-range shot.
Although I just took a step inside, the ball still entered the net!
42:62, the Cleveland Cavaliers continued to maintain their advantage in tonight's game. Although the Phillies were always in good shape on the offensive end, the Cavaliers were still able to continue to complete their firepower output.
At this point alone, the hope of the Philadelphia 76ers winning the game tonight became increasingly slim. They tried to limit the Cavaliers' offensive core Wu Dawei, but when they double-teamed Wu Dawei, they saw the next scene, and Wu Dawei's pass also cannot be ignored.
He has averaging 7 assists per game in the regular season. At the No. 3 position, only LeBron James can compete with Wu Dawei.
The Philadelphia 76ers cannot limit the Cavaliers' performance on the offensive end. Although the Cavaliers are also a little relaxed in the defensive end than in the first half, they still cannot catch up with the lagging point difference.
In the third quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers chased the Cleveland Cavaliers hard, but they never caught up with the score difference. The Cleveland Cavaliers always controlled the lead of more than 18 points, and they successfully brought this advantage to the fourth quarter, the last quarter.
As the game came to the last quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers held an 18-point lead, which made this game almost unsurprising.
However, even though he was 18 points behind in the fourth quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers still did not give up. Their head coach Doug Collins still sent the main players in the fourth quarter. Until the last 6 minutes left, the 76ers were still behind the Cavaliers by more than 15 points, Doug Collins finally gave up the game tonight.
He began to replace all the main players off the court one after another, but the game did not end there. In the last 6 minutes of the substitute players, the 76ers players might still have hope. It was not until they saw Wu Dawei being replaced by Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott and walking well that they finally gave up hope.
The imagined good luck did not come. At least Wu Dawei was not as unlucky as Derek Ross, the core of the Chicago Bulls, before he ended in the fourth quarter.
Chapter completed!