290. The established ending
It was at the end of the half game again, and the huge gap behind the opponent in the scores, and this situation happened again and again. Of course, it would be something that makes people feel unacceptable. When the Miami Heat players returned to the locker room, they seemed to be able to hear the hysterical cheers of Cleveland fans in the Quick Loan Center Arena.
Such cheers will undoubtedly stimulate them and even cause them to have some auditory hallucinations. The atmosphere in the visiting team's locker room is also lifeless. Although it is not enough to make people desperate, it is like this for three consecutive games, which will inevitably make people depressed.
Even though the Miami Heat made the most proactive changes in this game tonight, it seemed that they did not receive any good results. LeBron James devoted most of his energy to scoring on the defensive end, which did cause some trouble for Wu Dawei when he attacked, and also curbed Wu Dawei's hot state on the offensive end recently.
This is a good situation, but it also makes James more a defensive engineer. Correspondingly, he doesn't have that much energy on the offensive end. The best proof is that he only scored 9 points in the half, and it is difficult for him to put in the same amount of energy on both sides of the offensive end. And although it has well curbed Wu Dawei's condition on the offensive end, Wu Dawei's performance on the offensive end is still much better than James.
Although no one said that, Wu Dawei was better than LeBron James, and he has become a fact that everyone defaulted on. It is precisely because of this that even though James was suppressed by Wu Dawei in the first half of the game, it was enough to satisfy Miami's coaching staff.
What made them dissatisfied was Dwyne Wade's condition in this game. Although he scored 15 points in the first half, his shooting percentage and efficiency on the court were unsatisfactory.
At least compared with the Cavaliers' scoring champion Dwight Howard in the first half, there is a huge gap. Although there is a difference between internal and external players, the Miami Heat cannot make any excuses at this time!
This game is crucial to them. The strategy changes tonight are also a risky gambling. If the bet is lost, then they are likely to lose the entire series and be eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs again!
So they need Dwyane Wade to perform very well in the second half to restore the Cavaliers' downturn and defeat!
Although at this time, no one knows whether Dwyne Wade's condition was not very good in the first half, he could have an explosive performance in the second half, helping the team reverse the game. But at this time, the Miami Heat could only give it a try.
If Dwyne Wade plays the state Miami wants to see, of course they can gain a very good advantage. At least in the second position, the Cavaliers do not have Wu Dawei. They can't let Wu Dawei defend Wade alone, let's not talk about what LeBron James should do. Even if Wu Dawei comes to defend Wade, the two people have a huge height gap. It is enough to allow Wade to gain a speed advantage in the outside duel.
If the Cleveland people really use Wu Dawei to defend Wade, then no one in their team can defend LeBron James. This will be like indirectly liberating another person.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for the Cavaliers to let Wu Dawei defend Wade. Even when Wade plays superhumanly and has a double-team strategy at most.
Not taking double-teams will give the Miami Heat many opportunities on the offensive end. Will Wade, who is in super state, be restricted by double-teams?
So since the Miami Heat chose to change their strategy in this game to bet, they can only continue to bet now!
Because the coaching staff of the Miami Heat also realized that in front of Wu Dawei, LeBron James is the top star in the league, but it is difficult to gain an advantage.
This is equivalent to acquiesceing that Wu Dawei is better than LeBron James. Although no one has ever said this, the Miami Heat changed its strategy in this game and replaced the team to the system with James as the core that has been implemented since last season, which is enough to prove it.
The Miami Heat are now being a little worried, and as their opponent in this round of the series, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now in much better condition than them.
Since Wu Dawei broke out in Game 2, the Cleveland Cavaliers have completely reversed their previous decline, which allowed them to take a score lead at this time. Tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers also dealt well in the face of the Miami Heat's changes. The nine-point lead can guarantee that they have a pleasant or even relaxed halftime break of fifteen minutes.
After the second half of the game started again, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had a more relaxed mentality, took the lead in scoring. Wade missed another shot during the first attack in the second half, which made his shooting percentage turn into a 5-33% shooting percentage of 15 shots, which seemed a bit terrible.
Then, the ball that Wade missed turned into a rebound in Howard's hand. After Howard caught the rebound, he passed it directly to Wu Dawei. Wu Dawei ran towards the frontcourt as soon as Wade's shot.
It is expected that Wu Dawei will take the lead in front of the enemy, and then he got the ball in the frontcourt and then took a quick break to add two more points to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
It was extremely relaxed that the Cleveland Cavaliers turned the score difference into a double-digit lead in just one minute of the second half!
Undoubtedly, this situation has made the Miami Heat's prospects in this game tonight more difficult to guess. Because it seems that the Cleveland Cavaliers' form in the second half is still faster and better than the Miami Heat.
Although Wu Dawei encountered LeBron James' concentration on defense more intensely than before in this game tonight, he was able to seize the opportunity to score every time.
After the first half, the Cleveland Cavaliers once again got a good start in the second half. In this way, the Miami Heat, which was already 8 points behind the Cavaliers after the first half, became much worse in the second half.
The Cavaliers used a wonderful start to widen the score difference to more than double digits in one fell swoop, which was almost the same script in the first two games! The Miami Heat had no choice but to do anything about this, which gave the Cleveland Cavaliers a chance to be more calm.
The difference between the two teams has almost always expanded from eight points to as much as 15 points! This situation happened in the third quarter, and once again it will make people who came to the Quick Loan Center tonight feel that maybe the fourth quarter will be another garbage time.
Whether it is the supporters of the Cleveland Cavaliers who came to the Quick Loan Center tonight, or the people who went away to cheer for the Miami Heat, this is the feeling. Because in the past two games, there was no suspense in the fourth quarter. Judging from the current momentum of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the chance of repeating the same mistakes in this game is quite high!
The Cleveland Cavaliers successfully copied the scripts of the previous two games, which made people feel this way. But then, just when everyone thought that the Miami Heat was the same in the game tonight, the Miami Heat had a bottoming rebound!
After losing most of the game, Dwyane Wade finally found some state in the midst of losing and scoring. Then he began to score goals one after another, scoring again and again. People were not interested in it at first, after all, the Cleveland Cavaliers have already led the Heat too many points.
Such an advantage cannot be caught up in the blink of an eye, so when Wade scored consecutively and finally narrowed the gap to single digits, people finally woke up suddenly, including the leading Cleveland Cavaliers. When Wade narrowed the gap to single digits, they finally felt a sense of crisis.
So head coach Byron Scott hurriedly sent the core players of the team who had been resting for a while and back on the court. At this time, the game had entered the fourth quarter. Although Wade's recovery performance surprised everyone, it was still a bit too late.
After returning to the court, the Miami Heat were still trying to narrow the gap between them and the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the debt they owed before was too great, so when the Cavaliers sent their main players back, it was difficult for them to catch up at once.
Because the Cavaliers also started to score points on the offensive end under the leadership of Dwight Howard, the two sides played hard in the fourth quarter. However, the Cleveland Cavaliers still rely on the leading edge they had accumulated before and were always in the leading side, leading the Miami Heat.
And in the end, they brought this lead to the moment the game ended! At 102:105, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally defeated the Miami Heat with a 3-point advantage at their own home court.
While they won three consecutive victories in the Eastern Conference Finals, they also turned the total score of both sides into 1:3. From the beginning to the current overtaking, the Cleveland Cavaliers give people the feeling that it is unstoppable!
Dwight Howard played his best game since the start of the playoffs this season in the evening. He contributed 39 points and 19 rebounds to the team, and his shooting percentage of 15 of 20 shots was unbearable.
Because Wu Dawei encountered LeBron James's interference in physical consumption, he stood up to help the team at this time.
Although Wu Dawei made little achievements in scoring tonight due to LeBron James' mad dog-like defensive attitude, he finally scored 21 points at the end of the game. At the same time, in addition to scoring, he also had 14 assists and 11 rebounds. On the defensive end, he still contributed 2 steals and 2 blocks to the team.
LeBron James, who had been playing against Wu Dawei for the whole night, scored 18 points, 12 assists and 9 rebounds in this game. He completed the new role the team gave him very well. Although he was still suppressed by Wu Dawei, at least he tried his best on the defensive end. Didn’t Wu Dawei contribute much?
This is enough success. If Dwyne Wade had only scored 29 points in the game tonight with 10 of 25 shots, then the Miami Heat would still have a chance to win the game tonight.
Especially in the last quarter of the game, when they made a wonderful pursuit with Dwayne Wade's recovery in form, the Miami Heat even saw hope of winning at that time.
It's a pity that Wade recovered a little late, otherwise the Miami Heat would still have a great chance in this game.
After all, they once closed the score difference so that there were only 2 points left, which was already a score difference that could overtake!
But losing is losing. Although the Miami Heat once saw hope of a comeback in this game, the final result was that they lost the game. In this way, they had to face such a situation, returning to Miami from Cleveland with a huge disadvantage of 1:3.
Although they will have a home game next time, no one will think that the Miami Heat can complete the comeback with just this home game. More people think that this home game may become the curtain call for the Miami Heat this season!
Although the Miami Heat may not think so, the reality is indeed very unhappy for them! When the Cleveland Cavaliers led 3:1 in the series, coupled with their past record, the Miami Heat almost won’t have any chance in this round of the series!
Chapter completed!