297. Fuse
9:4.
Once again, the Cleveland Cavaliers kicked off the game with advantage and lead in the game. Although this game is a life-and-death battle for the Miami Heat, tonight, although it is still the home court of the Miami Heat, the Cavaliers still turned away from the beginning.
The Cleveland Cavaliers once again took the initiative in the game. Although the game has just begun, it will not prevent people from becoming more confident that the Cleveland Cavaliers will win this game tonight.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have had an excellent start, and in the past three games, they have transformed this start into a final victory!
This is why people's confidence in the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory in this game tonight became more abundant at this time.
They did play very well at the beginning, and more importantly, the scores of these 9 points all came from the hands of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, and these two players happened to be the two players who made the Miami Heat feel very troublesome.
It's no wonder that people are increasingly optimistic that the Cleveland Cavaliers will win this game. After all, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard's performance has always been the key to the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory in the game.
At this time, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard both looked in good condition, so naturally, people became dissatisfied with the Miami Heat. However, although people were more optimistic about the away game Cleveland Cavaliers, it was obvious that the Miami Heat was not affected by such an impact.
They are still trying hard to narrow the gap in the score. After all, the game has just begun. Although it is indeed a very frustrating thing to fall behind, they will not give up the game easily because of this.
After all, this is the last chance for the Miami people. So even though they were behind the Cleveland Cavaliers 9:4 at the beginning, they were still working hard to play. As long as they cling to the score, they would still have a chance until the last moment of the game.
Perseverance will be the only purpose of the Miami Heat in this game, unless the game is over, otherwise they will fight until the last quarter of an hour.
The game continued after 9:4, and neither coach of both sides did request a timeout. Although Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley, who was standing on the sidelines, was not satisfied with the team's performance during the opening period, he still hoped that the players could adjust themselves.
After all, tonight's game is already the last chance for the Miami Heat. If the players are still in good shape in this game, then they can only fight for a bayonet to achieve success.
The Miami Heat players did very hard in this game. Although they were in a backward position at the beginning, they did not give up. Moreover, Wade, as the core of the attack, had already scored 4 points in the game tonight and was in good condition. Because of this, LeBron James could devote himself to defense in this game.
Since I can't score well under Wu Dawei's defense, then LeBron James plans to fight Wu Dawei to the defensive end. Since you don't let me score, I won't make you feel better!
At worst, just fight to the death! Before the start of this game, although LeBron James was still not willing to face a conclusion that Wu Dawei was better than himself, he still accepted it. After accepting it, he naturally put himself in a lower position when fighting Wu Dawei.
The adjustment of mentality makes LeBron and James feel better. At least he lowers his mindset so that he doesn’t have to worry about every game. Why Wu Dawei always plays better and better than himself...
Of course, this is not just LeBron. James' change alone. The entire Miami Heat team changed their mentality after these four games. They no longer kept being high because of their previous eight consecutive victories, but instead put themselves at a lower position to face the game before the start of this game.
So when it comes to falling behind in the beginning, although this is a frustrating thing, it does not affect the confidence of Miami Heat players in this game. In this game, they are the main force to compete with their opponents. Although it is frustrating, it is also as expected.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the Miami Heat were passive at the beginning, but they quickly caught up with the score in the subsequent games and stabilized the situation of the game.
After the Cleveland Cavaliers took the lead, they quickly pulled the score away in the subsequent games. Then they completely lost the suspense in the whole game in the half game.
Halfway through the first quarter, the score was not written like the scripts of the first three games, and the score became 16:12. Although the Miami Heat still did not catch up with the score, they at least stabilized the situation of the game.
This gave them time to breathe, not to retrace the old path of the previous three games, and also allowed Miami fans to continue to maintain their confidence and hope to win this game tonight.
Wu Dawei scored 5 points in a row at the beginning, but in the following time, his score did not continue to rise because LeBron James' desperate defensive posture made Wu Dawei feel a little nervous on the offensive end. No matter how much he wanted to win this game tonight, Wu Dawei would not be willing to take the risk of injury.
After all, it is basically a sure thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win this round of the Eastern Conference finals this season. So no matter how much Wu Dawei wants to win this game, he will not be willing to risk being injured and fight LeBron James for this.
As LeBron James, who basically wants to become the loser, obviously does not have as many concerns as Wu Dawei. The reason why he dares to fight so hard at this time is because if he loses this game, then he will be completely over this season; while Wu Dawei is different from him, because the Cleveland Cavaliers have a final to play in the future, which is the most important round of the Cleveland Cavaliers this season!
However, LeBron James' aggressive defense and fierce defensive actions still made Wu Dawei feel very dissatisfied. If it weren't for the Miami Heat's home court, the American Airlines Center, Wu Dawei felt that James might have been hyped up for a long time and was sent out!
"Hey man, you should pay more attention to LeBron James, his claws are pressed against my chest!"
Taking advantage of the Cavaliers' goal in the Miami Heat's halftime again, and the opponent's baseline serve, Wu Dawei complained to the referee beside him when he ran back to the backcourt. In fact, such complaints. Wu Dawei had already found a referee two or three times in this game, but the referee ignored it.
This made Wu Dawei feel quite depressed, but Wu Dawei is indeed a little unhappy about James' defensive moves. He can understand the Miami people's urgent desire to win this game, but he will never tolerate James' "invasion" of himself because of this... Moreover, the relationship between them is still an opponent!
In the whole first quarter, Wu Dawei endured LeBron and James's excessive defensive moves. Although he was already quite unhappy about this, what angered Wu Dawei was that the referee turned a blind eye to it.
Not only Wu Dawei himself, but also the head coach of the Cavaliers, Byron Scott, also complained about LeBron James' defensive actions. It can be said that the entire Cavaliers were dissatisfied with the referee's penalty standard in the first quarter.
Because they are indeed victims of this judgment standard, if the Miami Heat want to turn this game into a real hand-to-hand battle, they naturally hope to have a more relaxed judgment standard, and the referee's acquiesce will make their actions on the defensive end more bold.
As the Cleveland Cavaliers who have absolutely dominance in the paint area in this round of the series, of course, it is impossible for them to like this relaxed scale. After all, if the referee is so loose, then when Miami defends Dwight Howard in the interior, he can easily stop Dwight Howard's score through such rough moves.
It is precisely because of this that when the first quarter ended, the two sides actually tied the score! The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had established an advantage at the beginning, did not protect their advantage in this game at the end of the first quarter.
When the first quarter ended, the score became 25:25. The Cavaliers did not keep the advantage from the end to the last moment of the game like they did in the previous three games!
However, in the eyes of the Cleveland people, this is not a crime of war. The referee's judgment standard makes the whole Cleveland Cavaliers feel dissatisfied. The Miami people's excessive defensive actions will undoubtedly make the atmosphere of this game more tense. At least the Cleveland Cavaliers' players gradually rise under such great defensive actions of the Miami people!
Undoubtedly. This will become a fuse for this game and may be detonated at any time.
The first quarter game was tied in such a situation. Although the Clevelanders were very dissatisfied with this, they frequently complained that the Miami Heat's defensive moves were too large, but this would not affect the Miami Heat's mood at this time. Because such a first quarter game is much better than the Miami Heat in the past three games.
At least they got a draw in the first quarter, so maybe they can consider overtaking the score in the next second quarter, right?
Pat Riley, who was standing on the sidelines, finally let down a little at this time. The team played games during this period of time, within a range he could accept. Although the first quarter only tied and the Miami Heat did not have any advantage, compared with the previous three games, the team still made some progress in tonight's game.
Now, the only thing that makes Pat Riley feel worried is that the entire Cleveland Cavaliers are now frequently asking the referee to complain about the Miami Heat's defensive moves too much. If the referee suddenly changes the scale of the penalty because of the Clevelanders' complaints, then the Miami Heat will obviously suffer a big loss.
Pat Riley is not sure that the referee will call the game like this all night, so the only thing Pat Riley can do is to give the team a lead before the referee can change the penalty scale of this game tonight.
This is an advantage of the Miami Heat at present. The home advantage is not just that there are tens of thousands of fans who support you on the spot to cheer you up. The referees will also be more inclined to you.
Just like now, so this is an opportunity for the Miami Heat. When the referees are so blatantly favoring them, they certainly have to seize such an opportunity!
So after the first quarter, during the break, Pat Riley called all the players to his side and said to them: "Guys. Now is our opportunity! I think you all discovered that the referee's current call is more beneficial to us, so we must make good use of this period! Taking advantage of the referee's current bias towards us, we cannot just be willing to tie the Clevelanders. We must overtake the score, and we must hold this game in our hands!"
Pat Riley said to the players: "Now is the best time for us to establish the advantage of winning this game tonight! I hope to wait a little longer and start the second quarter. You can still play extremely aggressively like the first quarter! Let the Clevelanders know whose home court is here! This is our territory, and they can't do anything wrong!"
Pat Riley motivated the players under his command during the break during the holidays, and also praised their performance in the first quarter, which of course gave Miami Heat players more confidence.
Moreover, the draw with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter also allowed them to see that playing an aggressive game will indeed bring them considerable help and advantages.
Naturally, this will make them more confident.
The Cleveland Cavaliers suddenly fell into a passive situation in this game. Such a fall even made them feel confused, because suddenly, they had no advantage.
However, most people know why this is. Wu Dawei sat off the court and frowned and watched the game on the court. As soon as the second quarter started, the Miami Heat played fiercely, just as they did in the first quarter.
The larger moves and fierce fighting all show their decisive belief. At the same time, it also makes the Cleveland Cavaliers players somewhat uncomfortable. The Miami Heat have played like this before. The only difference from before is that in this game tonight, the referee seemed to have defaulted on such moves.
Wu Dawei didn't know why, because the three referees seemed to have surprisingly consistent views on this. However, at this time he was not free to think about this. After all, he was a player rather than a detective. What he had to do now was how to play the next game.
LeBron James' fierce defense against himself in the first quarter. If he had been put in the previous four games, he would have been sentenced to many fouls, but in the home game tonight, he only paid the price of one foul so far!
And because of James' fierce fighting moves, Wu Dawei only scored 7 points and 3 assists in the first quarter. Although he played smoothly at the beginning, scoring and assists could be considered easy to win. But as the game progressed, as the Miami Heat team's movements became larger, the Cavaliers' offensive success rate dropped rapidly.
This is not like something that should happen in a normal game. Moreover, the Miami Heat have many actions that can be easily seen, but the referee just turned a blind eye to it. Tonight it was held at the Miami Heat's home court, the American Airlines Center, and even the referee didn't care about it. Miami fans would not be able to complain about the Cleveland Cavaliers.
After all, turning a blind eye to the referee only benefits but no harm to the Miami Heat. How could Miami fans who hope that the team will win against their own team?
This is the away game!
It is always full of difficult situations you would not expect. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have made a lot of preparations before this, this situation is certainly something they did not expect before this.
But now, they are helpless in such a situation, and what they can do is to bite the bullet and face the challenge!
But obviously, this game cannot be smooth sailing all the time. The Miami Heat's excessive defensive moves in the game finally led to a conflict in the second quarter.
The fuse was ignited in the end. After all, the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers are not clay Buddhas without tempers.
Chapter completed!