340. Depressed Brooks
The Cavaliers made a good start at home, and even the entire first quarter of the game, their team performed very well. Although Wu Dawei did not perform as amazingly as in the last game, he was still the most important player in the Cavaliers.
At the beginning of the game, he still gave the Cleveland Cavaliers enough help. Even if he did not dominate both offense and defense like in the last game, it was enough to satisfy Cleveland fans.
Of course, the Clevelanders will not force others, but Wu Dawei's performance still disappointed others. The attention of this game was once again raised to another level because of Wu Dawei's five-double data in the previous game.
Before the game started, many stars in the league said that they would watch this game and look forward to whether Wu Dawei can continue his legendary performance in this game.
There is no doubt that although Wu Dawei's condition at the beginning of this game was quite good, it was still quite different from his amazing performance in the last game.
At the end of the first quarter, Wu Dawei's data was 8 points, 1 assist and 1 steal. There was no doubt that this was a very different story from the first quarter of the second game. However, the Cleveland Cavaliers led the Oklahoma City Thunder at home in this game, 18:26.
This situation is enough to make the Cleveland fans who came to the Quick Loan Center tonight feel excited because it is a very good start for the Cleveland Cavaliers in these three closely connected home games.
When Wu Dawei got five doubles at the home Ford Center of the Oklahoma City Thunder and helped the team defeat the Thunder in one go, and equalized the total score to 1:1 with great momentum; Cleveland fans were hoping that the team could win the three home games after returning to Cleveland from Oklahoma.
Because in this way, the Cavaliers can defeat their opponents in the finals of this season with a total score of 4:1, thereby winning the championship trophy of this season!
When I was in Oklahoma, the Oklahomans' fantasy was always the protagonist before the game started. But they were not able to realize it; and after coming to Cleveland, the fantasy of Cleveland fans seemed to be very promising to realize it in their own opinion. Before the game started, the Oklahoma City Thunder fans also thought the same, and now... the situation on the court is indeed different from before.
So this makes Cleveland fans more confident about the fantasy of the next game.
In addition to his mediocre performance not as exaggerated as in the last game, Wu Dawei's mediocre data was not as good as the last game, but because he did not play much time in the first quarter, only 8 minutes. Perhaps because Wu Dawei was too cruel in the last game, Byron Scott felt a little "guilty", so he decided to let Wu Dawei get as much rest time as possible in this game; in addition, the team's situation in this game has always been very good, so all this is the reason why Wu Dawei didn't play for a long time.
Compared with Wu Dawei, the two leading stars of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, played for 10 minutes and 11 minutes in the first quarter!
However, although they played for a long time in the first quarter, they still couldn't get rid of the result that the Oklahoma City Thunder fell behind in the score difference in the first quarter to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They tried to gain an advantage in this game, but they were always difficult to get what they wanted. Because in addition to Wu Dawei, other Cavaliers players also performed well in this game. Dwight Howard scored 12 points and 8 rebounds in the first quarter!
It can be said that he is the biggest contributor to the Cavaliers' lead in the first quarter. Dwight Howard, as he said himself, Wu Dawei's performance in the second game stimulated him, so he would do his best in this game. And he really played the inside performance in the first quarter!
It is precisely because of this reason that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to take the lead so easily. The Oklahoma City Thunder was inside Kendrick Perkins who could not defend Dwight Howard at all. This has been fully proved in the previous two games. However, tonight, such a harsh situation had a bigger gap.
Kendrick Perkins' slow movement speed made him almost completely Dwight Howard's ATM in the first quarter...
"There is no doubt that the Cleveland Cavaliers played a happy and somewhat disappointing first quarter!" When the game entered the break, Charles Barkley, who was sitting on the sidelines, said this, which made Kenny Smith next to him feel a little surprised.
"Why do you say that? In my opinion, the Cavaliers performed very well in the first quarter! They were 8 points ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder! There is no doubt that they are the current side of Lin County in this game. As far as I know, the Cavaliers have a great chance to win the final game!"
"Because Wu Dawei's performance is not outstanding! Idiot!" This is what Barkley can't stand the most. His partner always seems to be unable to grasp the key points. Every time he has to try his best to explain to him...
However, what Barkley said was indeed the concern of people at this time. The only thing that made Cleveland fans feel a little disappointed in the first quarter was that Wu Dawei did not play in the previous game. Although they did not want to force others, everyone was looking forward to it.
However, the fact is that Wu Dawei was unable to play the state that Cleveland fans wanted to see in the first quarter, but fortunately this will not affect the current leading situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
During the two minutes of rest during the holidays, the atmosphere on the Cleveland Cavaliers' table was far higher than the Oklahoma City Thunder's table, and the reason was naturally that they were 8 points ahead of their opponents.
In such a game where the wind was originally directed towards the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cavaliers gained the upper hand in the first quarter. There is no doubt that this will make this game more favorable to the home-game Cleveland Cavaliers.
This is not something Brooks, the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, is willing to see. Although he had thought that Wu Dawei's performance in the last game would be extremely likely to affect their entire team, making the entire team feel high in the third game of the finals tonight. But what he did not expect was that the Cavaliers' condition would be so outstanding. In the first quarter, Perkins could not curb Dwight. Howard's request on both offense and defense was something Brooks saw, but there was no other way to deal with Howard except Perkins' card.
Did he shrink the inside? But Brooks has his own concerns, fearing that he would give the Cleveland Cavaliers too many opportunities to the outside line after shrinking the inside. It is precisely because he always has some hesitation in this way that the Thunder seem to be full of loopholes on the court.
However, the only good news for Brooks is that Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard have already left the court to rest. When the second quarter starts, he can rely on James Harden to try to recover the score bit by bit during the break between Wu Dawei and Howard.
Although it is frustrating to fall behind, and the enthusiasm of the Cleveland fans in the Quick Loan Center also makes the Oklahoma City Thunder feel irritated, but there are three quarters left in the game. Brooks knows that he must be patient before there will be some turning points in this game.
As long as he can catch a little, he believes that winning a game at the opponent's home court is not a difficult task!
The first quarter game did make Brooks feel extremely disappointed, so he could only put the chance of reversal in the second quarter game. Although James Harden is a substitute for the Oklahoma City Thunder, this is just because of the tactical arrangements. He is the third outstanding player in this young and talented team!
His efficiency in the game is why Brooks has high expectations for him in the second quarter. James Harden is an extremely efficient substitute, otherwise he would not have been nominated for the best sixth man by the league.
His breakthroughs and shooting always make people feel desperate. Although his overall performance in the second game was not good, his performance when he first appeared surprised everyone. If it weren't for Wu Dawei's appearance, according to James Harden's performance when he just appeared, maybe the second game would be his explosion night!
When Brooks thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad and regretful for his disciples, but while thinking about this regrettable thing, Brooks also thought of another question at the same time!
That is the reason why James Harden did not continue after a good start in the last game. Isn’t it because Wu Dawei went on the court in advance to defend him?
And tonight I once again put my hope on Harden. If he performs well in the second quarter, then Wu Dawei...
Chapter completed!