289. Where is the road
Due to the change in tactical core, LeBron James devoted more energy to organizing offense and defense in this game, which gave him a better performance on the defensive end tonight. At least at the beginning of this game, Wu Dawei did not take the lead in opening up the situation for the Cleveland Cavaliers as before. Of course, there was the credit and effect of LeBron James' restrictions.
Of course, the reason why James can put in much more energy on the defensive end than before is that the protagonist of the Miami Heat's offense tonight is Dwyane Wade.
However, Wade did not play a reassuring offensive finisher at the beginning of the game. His consecutive misses after the first shot allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to quickly establish an advantage.
Although Wu Dawei did not perform well in scoring as before at the beginning of the game tonight, Wu Dawei still assisted while his scoring was limited by James.
He can still help his teammates score points through assists. After all, basketball is a game of five people. Moreover, there is not only Wu Dawei, a superstar in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dwight Howard is also an unstoppable player in the Cleveland Cavaliers.
What's more, the Miami Heat's inside line does not have an inside line barrier that is worthy of people's trust, which makes Dwight Howard play with ease!
In the first quarter, Howard scored 12 points and 8 rebounds alone, and his performance even exceeded the average data of Miami Heat starting center Joel Anthony... Although Wu Dawei only scored 6 points and 3 assists in the first quarter, this will not affect the Cleveland Cavaliers' leading advantage in this game.
Because the Miami Heat, Dwyne Wade did not play an offense that satisfies them. He only made 3 of 8 shots in the first quarter and scored 7 points; while LeBron James focused more on defending Wu Dawei, his performance on the offensive end was not outstanding, and he only scored 5 points and 4 assists.
Under such circumstances, the Cleveland Cavaliers still seemed to be in their home fast loan center. After the first quarter, they led the Miami Heat away with 26:19!
The gap is still quite obvious. This is undoubtedly disappointing. However, despite this, the Miami Heat still did not change their tactics back in the second quarter. They continued their strategy in the first quarter in the second quarter.
Dwyne Wade is still the core player of the Miami Heat on the offensive end. Obviously, the Miami Heat are going to set such a tactic in this game.
However, the Miami Heat's choice made Miami supporters who watched the game feel extremely worried. As the game progresses and Wade's condition in the first quarter make people feel that this will not be a good choice.
However, it is obvious that the Miami Heat have their own ideas. Dwayne Wade still plays a core role in the offensive end, while LeBron James is still the organizer. He gives more offensive opportunities to his good friends, but judging from James' data, his efficiency in the first quarter is the highest among the entire Miami Heat!
At this point, it is very satisfying. James scored 5 points in the first quarter and made two shots from three shots. However, the Miami Heat still has not solved it, just their gap in the first offensive point. Wade only scored 7 points, making him the player with the most scores in the first quarter. Dwight Howard had already scored 12 points in the first quarter.
This is one of the reasons why the Cleveland Cavaliers are able to lead.
Miami Heat supporters' concerns about the game did not diminish in the second quarter because Dwyane Wade's condition was still not very good in the second quarter.
He still has not been able to play a role in the core of offense. Although James has made goals for him many times, Wade's performance is still a bit disappointing. Perhaps it is because he has not been the number one attacker on the offensive end for too long, Wade has not adapted yet.
However, this game only takes 48 minutes, which makes people increasingly worried about the Miami Heat. Because every minute of the game goes, the Miami Heat will have one less chance.
So when they saw that when the game entered the halftime break, the Miami Heat were still lagging behind the Cleveland Cavaliers away, most people became even more depressed and pessimistic.
The Cavaliers had a good start and also played an advantage in the first quarter; and when the game entered the second quarter, they had been in poor form since the playoffs and performed well in the game tonight.
This made the pressure on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second quarter much less. Kyrie Irving scored 7 points in a row after coming on as a substitute, which also helped the Cleveland Cavaliers consolidate their advantage in this game tonight in the second quarter.
When the first half ended, the score had become 44:53, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, led their opponents by as many as 9 points!
Dwight Howard was undoubtedly the player who performed the best in the first half. Howard, who scored 18 points and 10 rebounds at the end of the half game, can be said to have completely dominated the penalty area. As the star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei's offensive performance in this game was not as good as in the previous few games. At the end of the first half, Wu Dawei scored 11 points, and he encountered the crazy siege of LeBron James on the offensive end and didn't score many points. However, this did not hinder Wu Dawei's contribution to the team in this game. In addition to 11 points, Wu Dawei also scored 8 assists and 5 rebounds.
In the match against Miami Heat core LeBron James, although Wu Dawei cannot be said to have gained the huge advantage of the first two games tonight, it is at least a slight difference. At the end of the first half, James scored 9 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds.
In comparison, James' data was more affected! And their change of tactics did not achieve much results. Dwyne Wade scored 15 points in the first half, but his shooting percentage was relatively pitiful, with only 5 of 14 shots.
In comparison, Dwight Howard, the Cavaliers' current top scorer, has a much better shooting percentage than Wade. Howard made 8 of 10 shots in the first half. Perhaps it was this gap in efficiency that gave the Cleveland Cavaliers another advantage and opportunity in the game.
The game has passed half, and it seems that the Miami Heat has not changed their disadvantages. The Cleveland Cavaliers are still ahead of them at home, and at present, the Cleveland Cavaliers are undoubtedly better in terms of the stability of the two teams.
After all, before the start of this game, the Miami Heat temporarily replaced the tactical core from LeBron James to Dwayne Wade; James became more of the brain core of the ball and organization, while Dwayne Wade became the person who attacked the tough.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers do not have Wu Dawei at the second position, Dwayne Wade's condition was not very good tonight. At least his performance in the first half could not help the team recover their disadvantages and establish an advantage, which means that the changes in the Miami Heat have still failed!
The 9-point gap makes people easily reminded of the previous two games. The Miami Heat also did not have the advantage on the court from the beginning of the game. And it seems that whenever the Cleveland Cavaliers gained an advantage in the game, they would become a team that was basically invincible!
Such a situation can't help but make people feel extremely worried about the Miami Heat's prospects in the second half. After all, they once again entered the second half with a disadvantage, and the Cavaliers were playing at home. Coupled with the Cavaliers' past records, all the situations point to a point, which is not conducive to the Miami Heat's winning of this game tonight!
The expressions of the two teams when they walked off the stadium at the end of the first half also objectively reflected the current situation of the two teams. Almost exactly the same as the previous two games, the Miami Heat players looked very frustrated when they walked off the stadium.
This situation of losing games one after another, and slowly falling into a disadvantaged situation in almost the same way and rhythm, will really make people feel very helpless. Especially in this game tonight, the Miami people took the initiative to make changes, but did not receive any results they wanted to see.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are still standing firmly in front of the Miami people!
Such a situation will undoubtedly make the Miami people unable to see the road ahead, and even the second half of the game that will be held in the next fifteen minutes may make the Miami people confused. Although 9 points are not a big gap, it is their psychological state that really affects and harms the Miami people!
Chapter completed!