343. Leading
At the end of the first half, the score became 45:51. Although the score difference has never been widened, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, have always maintained a leading advantage, and they have always controlled the situation and rhythm of the game.
This also allows people to maintain greater confidence in whether the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home can win this game tonight. Although before the finals of this season, many people are more optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers and will win the final championship of this season.
However, after the results of the first game, someone was shaken. Until the second game, after Wu Dawei's blowout burst, the situation in the third game was like this again, so the situation almost returned to the way it was before the first game began. Most people think that the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely win the final championship!
This idea has gradually penetrated into everyone's hearts. Although it is impossible to draw the final outcome of the game in this game, most people can see that the side that has the advantage in the first half of the game has always been the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home.
The leading situation after the first half also made the Cleveland fans who came to the Quick Loan Center tonight to cheer for the Cleveland Cavaliers and felt extremely happy and excited.
It is precisely because the team continued to maintain a leading situation in the first half that Cleveland fans felt more and more that they were getting closer to the trophy of the first championship in the team's history!
Not only were the Cleveland fans satisfied with the first half game, but the Cleveland Cavaliers players were also quite satisfied with this situation when they entered the halftime break. They were at home and led the halftime, and more importantly, they were in good condition in this game. All of this made the Cleveland Cavaliers players very confident that they would win this game!
It was not just Charles Barkley who knew that the Cleveland Cavaliers' third quarter was extremely outstanding, and the Cleveland Cavaliers players themselves knew this very well.
So when the first half ended and returned to the locker room, the entire Cleveland Cavaliers were in a very good mood; compared to them, the depressed side was undoubtedly the Oklahoma City Thunder players.
Especially after James Harden, who had performed well when he was just on the court but was quickly strangled by Wu Dawei, the score difference that caused the team to fall behind was once again widened, James Harden's efficiency in subsequent games once again declined.
In these two games, Wu Dawei's influence on him has penetrated into James Harden's heart, which makes him feel lingering. In the following games in the second quarter, whenever James Harden tried to break through the Cleveland Cavaliers' defense with the ball, Wu Dawei's shadow always appeared in front of him from time to time, fearing that Wu Dawei would suddenly jump out from somewhere...
This affected James Harden's performance in the next game, which would naturally greatly affect his data. Originally, he had given hope to the Oklahoma City Thunder when he first played. But such hope was soon extinguished by Wu Dawei.
Of course, it is impossible for the depressed person to be just James Harden. As Kevin Durant, who is going to be compared with Wu Dawei in this round of the finals, is definitely the one who is even more depressed. And the pressure on James Harden and Kevin Durant is undoubtedly even greater.
Especially after Wu Dawei got five-double data in the second game, the pressure on Kevin Durant was expanding infinitely. Because he knew that when Wu Dawei got five-double data, it became impossible for him to surpass Wu Dawei or even compare his personal performance.
Because that is a five-double! The only five-double in the history of the league was born in Wu Dawei. With this alone, it is no longer comparable to Kevin Durant. No matter what kind of data he plays in the next finals, it cannot be compared with Wu Dawei's five-double data in the second game of the finals.
Unless he can get a single 100-point score similar to Wilter Chamberlain, he may have a slight chance. So, if Kevin Durant wants to get a higher evaluation in this round of finals than Wu Dawei, then he will only lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the finals of this season!
However, according to the current situation, it is very unfriendly for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although they want to win the championship this season, although their hope is still there, it seems to be getting smaller. Because the Cleveland Cavaliers have won the five-double data from Wu Dawei. The mental outlook of the entire team seems to have changed a lot!
On the other hand, as the young opponent of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder's momentum fell sharply after the second game and encountered a huge Waterloo!
The opponent has made a huge improvement, while one side will not advance but retreat. In this way, the gap between the two sides will naturally be widened. Although morale is something that cannot be seen or touched, it can often have miraculous effects in the game.
The difference between a low-morning team and a high-morning team is huge, as if the Cleveland Cavaliers were in this game compared to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Kevin Durant is not only unwilling to accept Wu Dawei's feelings, but naturally he still has some concerns or fear. Although he will definitely not be willing to admit it, Kevin Durant always has various concerns when facing Wu Dawei.
There is no doubt that these concerns arise after the second game. So whether the Oklahoman admits it or not, the fact is that they are indeed affected by Wu Dawei getting five double data!
Perhaps the final situation in this round of finals will eventually undergo an irreversible change because of the unparalleled five-double data that Wu Dawei got in the second game of the finals!
Perhaps Wu Dawei's five-double data this time will become the most keyword in the finals of this season!
Of course, in addition to Kevin Durant and James Harden, another core point guard in the Thunder, Russell Westbrook, is also another young player who has been deeply influenced by Wu Dawei's five-double data.
His performance in the first half was not satisfactory. The three young core players of the Cavaliers did not perform well in the first half of the game, otherwise they would not have fallen behind the Cleveland Cavaliers at the end of the half.
Because apart from the three of them, the Thunder were evaluated as a weak inside player in this round of the finals, but they played well. Sergi Ibaka contributed 15 points to the team in the first half, and his shooting percentage of 7 of 8 shots is enough to show how outstanding he was in this game tonight. However, he is not a player who is good at attacking, so even if his performance is so good, it will not bring a huge improvement to the team on the offensive end. Because the ball rights are more concentrated in the hands of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Sergi Ibaka often relies on second offense to grab offensive rebounds after scoring.
However, if it weren't for Sergi Ibaka's performance in the first half offense, the situation facing the Oklahoma City Thunder would undoubtedly be even more difficult.
The situation is very unfavorable for them. Although they are only behind the Cleveland Cavaliers, who play at home, 6 points. However, these 6 points are like an insurmountable gully, always lying between the two teams.
In the entire second quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder neither allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to widen the gap to a desperate gap, nor did they narrow the gap. The gap between the two teams was always controlled by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, they urgently need to change such a form in the second half, but it is easy to say and difficult to do. Especially on the outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers, there is Wu Dawei who is difficult for them to solve. In this game tonight, there is a very good form in the interior. In the case of Dwight Howard, it is really difficult for the Oklahoma City Thunder to win.
Serge Ibaka's performance in the inside tonight was somewhat surprising to the Oklahomas, and Dwight Howard scored 18 points and 12 rebounds in the first half, which made the Oklahomas feel a little desperate. The only people who walked into the player channel with dejected dismay were not just James Harden, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, three young players, Kendrick Perkins. Of course, he knew what the team's intention was to bring him from the Boston Celtics to the Thunder, wasn't it just to deal with these super insiders?!
But obviously I could not limit Dwight Howard's performance tonight. Not to mention this game tonight, I had no choice but to do anything to Howard's performance in the past two games.
The reason why people in front of them won’t complain about Perkins’ defense. Perkins himself also understands very well that it is not because he has made such a good defense before; but because Wu Dawei’s performance in the first two games was too dazzling, and people couldn’t bear to take the attention of him, so they ignored him. When Howard’s performance was so outstanding tonight, and Wu Dawei did not perform very well, people will definitely pay attention to his “bad” defense...
Thinking of this, Perkins could imagine how people would complain about their defense after the game was over. Thinking of this, Kendrick Perkins' mood at this time naturally would not be better!
The atmosphere of the entire team is so low, no wonder people are not optimistic about the Oklahoma City Thunder. Because in everyone's eyes, this should be a vibrant team, but now... there is no doubt that Wu Dawei's five-double data has a great impact on this group of young people.
Although it has been three days since Wu Dawei got the five-double data, the heat of discussion about this data will not dissipate. Not only the Oklahoma City Thunder players are still affected until now. When the game enters the half-time break, people will also discuss the second game that has ended and Wu Dawei's five-double data from time to time.
Although such a topic has been discussed a little bit bad in the past two days, this still cannot stop people from feeling the hot interest in it.
"Kevin Durant scored 11 points in the first half, but his shooting percentage was too poor, only 3 of 9 shots; James Harden scored 8 points, and 4 of 8 shots. It looks pretty good, but anyone who has watched the second quarter can clearly know that his performance in this game is actually not as good as the data sees; as for the core point guard Russell Westbrook who only scored 7 points in the first half, I think he has not yet walked out of the shadow of Wu Dawei in the previous game! Or the three young talented players of the Oklahoma City Thunder are still affected by Wu Dawei's performance!"
During the halftime break, people would unconsciously mention Wu Dawei's five-double data in the last game. And most people agreed that it was precisely because of Wu Dawei's performance in the last game that this group of young and without much experience in the Oklahoma City Thunder players at this time had an indelible impact!
In addition to the people in the stadium talking about Wu Dawei's five-double performance in the last game, in the visiting locker room where the Oklahoma City Thunder was located. When everyone returned to the locker room and sat down to rest, the Oklahoma City Thunder was head coach Brooks actually talked about Wu Dawei's performance in the last game.
Of course, unlike the jokes people make, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Brooks wants to use this to inspire the players' fighting spirit, hoping that they can play a game that can turn the tables in the second half of the game fifteen minutes later.
"Look at what you look like? You are dejected. Do you want to give up this game like this? Or are you already afraid of Wu Dawei!?" Brooks was indeed very dissatisfied with the team's lack of energy in the first half, so when he walked into the locker room and scolded the players, he also poked their sore spots.
The time of the game made many people widen their eyes. Although the players' eyes were not good, it made Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Brooks feel a little relieved. At least in this way, they have not completely lost their fighting spirit.
"Since you don't want to or are afraid of Wu Dawei, then let everyone see it in the second half of the game! Let everyone know your blood! You were not scared by Wu Dawei's shit-like luck!"
During the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, Brooks, as the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, almost did not make any tactics, but just kept encouraging the players.
Brooks spoke passionately in the locker room. The players responded to this, but even so, Brooks seemed somewhat unconfident about the upcoming second half.
He didn't know why he felt this way, perhaps because of Wu Dawei's five-double data, but he felt that it was more likely that the team's listless performance in the first half, and he was simply a mess of mud and couldn't stand it on the wall.
Of course he would not want to lose this game, after all, this game will redefine the leading side of this season's finals. As the Oklahoma City Thunder, which once led the way, how could he be willing to accept being the situation of becoming a lagging side?
But now, the situation is not optimistic about the Oklahoma City Thunder. If they cannot make a wonderful counterattack in the second half to reverse this difficult away game, then even if the Oklahoma City Thunder is unwilling to accept it, they must accept such a fact!
Compared with the Oklahoma City Thunder players who are under great pressure, the Cleveland Cavaliers players do not have such a lot of pressure during the break.
After all, they are now the leading side and have a home advantage. They have always been able to perform well in the third quarter, so it can be said that they have all the advantages.
Under such circumstances, the second half of the game also came soon.
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Brooks hopes that the team will change its performance in the second half after fifteen minutes of rest. But he soon felt disappointed because the Cleveland Cavaliers continued to gain the advantage on the court at the beginning of the second half.
The Thunder tried to counterattack, but the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers who fought at home again and again were wiped out.
The Cavaliers completed what they had not accomplished in the first half in the third quarter, and they began to slowly expand their lead! In this way, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who played away, would undoubtedly face a more difficult situation.
And compared to the more unfavorable side of the first half, they will not have any fifteen minutes of rest time. That is to say, if they cannot turn the tables at this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers will win the game in one go and then win two consecutive victories in the finals!
In this way, the Cleveland Cavaliers can take a big lead in the finals, and it will make people feel that the situation of this round of finals is very similar to the Cavaliers' footprints in the Eastern Conference Finals all the way.
They all lost one game first and then chased four games in a row!
The score soon expanded from 6 points at the end of the first half to 10 points! This forced Brooks, the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, to continue requesting a timeout to stop the game. Although the game would become scattered, it would not affect their happiness in watching the game for the Cleveland fans who came to the scene tonight.
Because the Cavaliers always firmly control the rhythm of the game, they seemed to have grabbed the Oklahoma City Thunder's life goal, leaving their opponents powerless to fight back!
In this way, the Cleveland Cavaliers can play more calmly in the game!
The Oklahoma City Thunder encountered a scoring crisis after the start of the second half. Wu Dawei made continuous contributions to the Cavaliers on the defensive end, which led to the gradual expansion of the scores between the two sides. At this time, the Thunder certainly hoped that someone could stand up. In the past, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and even James Harden could come out to help the team. But tonight, their poor condition made them shoulder such a responsibility in the house.
As the boss of the team, Kevin Durant is always at a disadvantage in the competition with Wu Dawei. Even in shooting, which could gain an advantage by relying on height and arm length, Kevin Durant performed very badly tonight. His shooting percentage is surprisingly low, which has never happened in previous playoff games.
The performance of the team's main players is so bad, so you naturally cannot have too much expectations for this team! Although Kevin Durant also hopes to help the team recover their disadvantages on the court, his condition was so sluggish tonight.
The third quarter game has just begun. The Cleveland fans who came to the Speed Loan Center to watch the game tonight can already see the dawn of victory. Although the game still has more than one quarter, the high game played by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third quarter has already made them begin to gain more and more advantages on the court!
The balance of victory is also beginning to slowly but clearly turn towards the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are fighting at home. It seems that the Oklahoma City Thunder is already unable to recover such a downturn.
After the second half of the game started, the Oklahoma City Thunder was defeated! As Charles Barkley said at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers were able to perform so well in the third quarter!
This is like the tradition of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the game, and such a tradition seems to have emerged after Wu Dawei joined the Cleveland Cavaliers.
After the score difference was widened to a double-digit ten, the game soon began to become unsurprising! The Oklahoma City Thunder looked at the increasingly larger gap in the third quarter and felt more and more hopelessly catching up.
Although head coach Brooks on the side of the court did not want to accept the failure, when he saw that the team was no longer an opponent of the Cleveland Cavaliers who were playing at home on the court, he knew that even if he did not accept it, he had to face up to such an upcoming reality!
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be behind the big score for the first time in the finals, 1:2, and for them, they have more and more difficult problems after this game. That is, after the Cleveland Cavaliers rewrite the total score to 2:1, the next two games will still be held at their home Speed Loan Center!
In other words, they do have the chance to end the finals of this season at their home court! Although this has always been a rumor, if the Cavaliers really win this game, then they will undoubtedly become very close to achieving such a goal!
This game gradually lost suspense in the third quarter. The Oklahoma City Thunder were players. Although they seemed to have been awakened by the head coach during the halftime break, they were soon exhausted by the opponent's fierce aura in the third quarter!
In the end, the Oklahoma City Thunder almost surrendered before they even reached the fourth quarter!
Although Wu Dawei's data in the end was not very outstanding in this game, everyone knows that the genius players of the Oklahoma City Thunder performed poorly because of some of his reasons.
With 22 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks, Wu Dawei is a huge difference from the five-double data in the last game, and he is not the best player in this game, but it is still impossible to underestimate.
The Cavaliers performed the best in this game, undoubtedly the inside superstar Dwight Howard had 35 points, 19 rebounds and 5 blocks!
The game ended up being 90:105. The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder, who was very anxious to play with them in the first two games.
Even though Wu Dawei performed so well in the last game, the Oklahoma City Thunder had never lost like this, but they undoubtedly played very poorly tonight!
This game completely became the rhythm of the Cleveland Cavaliers. After the game, they naturally turned the total score into 2:1, becoming the leading side, making the Cleveland Cavaliers' situation in this season's finals!
Especially in the face of the two remaining home games, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have already won one game first, naturally have a big confidence increase. Not only is the team's confidence rising, but when this game is over, Cleveland fans are also more determined to win the championship this season! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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