283. Repeat
Another wonderful night, at least for the current Cleveland Cavaliers players and fans, who led the Miami Heat by 8 points in the first half of Game 3 of the East Finals.
This is definitely good news and it will definitely be a huge help for them to win this game. This means they will have a considerable advantage at the start of the second half of the game in fifteen minutes.
The atmosphere of the two teams in the locker room is very different. The Miami Heat are not in a good mood now, and they even feel a little depressed.
This is the second consecutive game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers at halftime, and what makes the players even more frustrated is not just the backward, but also the feeling that they are unable to catch up with the score in the first half.
That feeling also prompted the depressed mood of Miami players. They were unable to catch up with the score in the first half, so what about the second half when the physical loss would be greater?
Can we catch up? Will the Clevelanders watch the Miami Heat catch up with the 8-point gap? Will Wu Dawei!?
Miami fans find it difficult to maintain a good attitude towards the second half. Wu Dawei's rampage performance in the last game was deeply imprinted in their minds. In this game, Wu Dawei is not only still outstanding, but Dwight Howard also showed signs of a big blow in the inside.
For the second half, the Miami Heat players were not as optimistic as they imagined. Even the team's leader LeBron James frowned and said nothing.
All the Cleveland players fell into silence until head coach Pat Riley entered the locker room. Looking at the lifeless scene in the locker room, Riley was a little annoyed, but a little helpless.
It seems that every game with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat will always encounter such a situation. After LeBron James and Wu Dawei exchanged their clubs, the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed to have become the nemesis of the Miami Heat!
This is really a headache. But at this time, what Pat Riley can do is to motivate the players as much as possible in this short ten minutes, so that they can shine again in the second half of the game.
The rest can only depend on the players' performance in the second half.
Wu Dawei did not go as wild as in the last game tonight, but his performance was still outstanding enough. He scored 15 points in the halftime and had 7 assists; and more importantly, Cleveland Cavaliers center Dwight Howard performed well in the game tonight.
This is a headache for Miami people. They can't defend the Cleveland Cavaliers' offensive points. At the same time, they have been unable to play their own rhythm and state. Gradually, they were led by the Cleveland people.
So if they want to reverse the game in the second half, then they must change the pace and not be led by the Clevelanders anymore. They must make active changes, and this is the only way for them to win!
The fifteen-minute break passed almost in the blink of an eye. When the Miami Heat players and the Cleveland Cavaliers players returned to the court, the situation on both teams did not change at all.
The only difference from the first half is that when the second half starts, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are at home, have an advantage not only at home, but also an 8-point lead in the score.
This puts the Cleveland Cavaliers players at least in psychological pressure. They will be much smaller than the Miami Heat. Both sides continued their starting lineup in the first half, and if nothing unexpected happens, such a starting lineup will not change at all.
The second half continued fifteen minutes later, and as the Cleveland Cavaliers relied on Howard to jump to win the opening ball, the ball was in the hands of the Miamis at the beginning of the second half.
After Mario Chalmos dribbled the ball through halftime, he still handed the ball to LeBron James. Although the defender in front of James was Wu Dawei, he still chose this way. Because James is the current support and initiator of the Heat's offensive end. And although James repeatedly defeated Wu Dawei's defense in the first half, his 14 points are still the highest in the team.
James got the ball, and the Quick Loan Center immediately cheered loudly. Cleveland fans couldn't wait to hope that James could attack Wu Dawei's defense line because they wanted to see Wu Dawei block or steal James again.
However, James disappointed people because he chose to pass. Dwyne Wade ran out of the gap through the baseline. James passed the ball just right, helping the former to hit the board.
50:56, the Miami Heat quickly scored in the second half, and they scored first, which made the Miami people's momentum rise a lot, but then they will face the attack of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
When Wu Dawei received a pass from Chauncey Billups in the frontcourt, the Cleveland fans in the stadium also heard huge cheers. However, like James, Wu Dawei did not take a shot easily this time. He handed the ball to Dwight Howard, who was inside.
Howard, who scored 19 points in the first half, did not waste Wu Dawei's pass. After receiving the ball, he turned around and increased his score in this game to as much as 21 points!
The score difference is still 8 points. This is something the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the leader, are willing to see, because on the one hand, the score difference will not be shortened, and on the other hand, it can consume game time. Of course, this is within the acceptable range of the Clevelanders, but the Miamis obviously don't think so.
The ball rights have returned to the Miami people's hands again. LeBron James is still the core of the offensive launch. Every attack by the Miami Heat will usually pass James' hands first unless there is an excellent opportunity.
This time, he was still holding the ball at a high position to face Wu Dawei's attack, but James got the ball and didn't move for a long time. This made people wonder what James wanted.
Then, James, who had not moved, suddenly moved! He suddenly swung his arms, then swung the ball, trying to pass it to Dwyne Wade, who was running out of the position with the empty cut. He wanted to do the last offensive cooperation as usual. But this time, when James just threw the ball out, Wu Dawei in front of him had already reacted!
As soon as Wu Dawei raised his arm, the ball hit his hand and changed the route, and was destroyed by Wu Dawei!
"Ha! Beautiful, great!"
A huge cheer sounded in the audience of the Quick Loan Center. Seeing LeBron James still trying to do the last pass and be defeated, it made Cleveland fans feel excited. Anything bad about LeBron James can always make Cleveland fans feel ecstatic.
Obviously, it was James' departure that caused too much harm to the people here, otherwise they would not have been so angry with the player.
Wu Dawei's raised arm changed the flight trajectory of the ball, and the ball was bounced into the sky. Wu Dawei raised his head together with James, but Wu Dawei's reaction was faster. While raising his head, he pushed James beside him and jumped up!
In this way, Wu Dawei gained the upper hand in this competition! The ball was jumped in the air and then put it in his arms. Both sides quickly ran towards the Miami Heat's half. After Wu Dawei landed, he drove the ball toward the frontcourt. He tried to lead the Cavaliers' defensive counterattack.
Although he was blocked by James at the Miami Heat's three-point line at the half-time, the Cavaliers' fast break did not stop. Wu Dawei's men were blocked, but the ball in his hand was still moving.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw Dwight Howard who was inserted from behind. Wu Dawei waved his hand without hesitation and passed the ball to Howard who was moving. Howard did not pause after getting the ball. At this time, the players of the Miami Heat focused most of their attention on Wu Dawei. When Wu Dawei suddenly chose to pass the ball to Howard, many people still didn't react at all.
This made Howard's process of rushing into the paint area extremely relaxed. It was too late for the Miami Heat to call for restoration of defense again, because in a blink of an eye, Howard was already flying over the paint area!
Arm successful! As soon as the second half began, the Cleveland Cavaliers successfully expanded the score difference to double digits, which is even less of a good signal for the Miami Heat!
Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard have already cooperated too much in this game tonight, which has made the Miami Heat more difficult in this game.
Because they found that it was so difficult to complete to defend two superstars with connections at the same time.
This is the advantage of the giant team in the game, but whenever the Miami Heat meets the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is difficult for them to play such an advantage. Because LeBron James is difficult to gain an advantage in the confrontation with Wu Dawei for most of the time.
Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned even deeper, and the score became 50:60. The second half had just begun. Although the Miami Heat scored quickly, the Cleveland Cavaliers were still the one who gained the upper hand faster.
The situation facing the Miami Heat in this game tonight is getting worse. Wu Dawei's performance tonight is not limited to the offensive end. His outstanding performance on the defensive end makes people understand why the league awarded him the DPOY trophy this season. This is the well-deserved performance!
At least compared to LeBron James' performance on his MVP coronation Night, Wu Dawei's performance is a world of difference from him!
Although the second half of the game has just begun, the Cleveland Cavaliers have already taken the initiative. It seems that for them, the victory balance has already become more and more dangerous. For the Miami Heat, their prospects for this game tonight are really going to be in danger!
Although they will never want to see a 1:2-delayed situation, now, if they continue to fight like this, such a situation they are unwilling to face will become a situation they must face!
The Cleveland Cavaliers gradually gained the upper hand as soon as the second half started, which is not good news for the Miami people, especially as they are still in an away game surrounded by enemies!
The cheering voices of Cleveland fans on the sidelines about the home team made the Miami Heat players feel nervous. This game seems to be very unfriendly to them who are coming from afar.
Wu Dawei showed everything that a defensive player of the season should have shown, and now in the eyes of many people, he should be the one who won the MVP this season.
The direction of public opinion or public opinion seems to have begun to turn from the Miami Heat to the Cleveland Cavaliers after the second game. This reminds people of the first round of the playoffs last season, and it is also the showdown between the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the end, in that round of the series, the Miami Heat lost 1:4 to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although the two teams encountered each other again in the Eastern Conference finals this season, the Miami Heat took the lead, but the situation turned sharply after the second game. This inevitably reminds people of the first round of the playoffs last season.
Could this year's Eastern Conference Finals be the replay of the first round of the playoffs last season? As soon as such a thought appears, it will naturally reach everyone's mind uncontrollably.
After all, at that time, the Miami Heat were accomplished by the Cavaliers in the Black Seven feat, which shocked the entire league. However, now, if the Heat lost to the Cavaliers again, it would probably not be so surprising, because the Cavaliers have also grown into a league-strong team this season, and it seems that the Miami Heat will indeed find it difficult to show their own advantages in front of them.
Even their own advantages and specialties cannot be played out in the game, so there will be no surprises for them to lose this game, right?
Chapter completed!