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360. The passing opportunity

After Wu Dawei got the ball, Kevin Durant immediately came forward. But not only Kevin Durant immediately forced him forward, but the Thunder's defensive focus and attention were also focused on Wu Dawei at the same time.

Such treatment can be said to be a key consideration, but Wu Dawei has obviously become accustomed to this. Since his offensive end this season, more and more teams have not only attached importance to him on the defensive end but are also alert to him on the offensive end.

After entering the playoffs, Wu Dawei became the key target of defense of various teams.

Since the opponent has already settled the defensive formation, Wu Dawei did not choose to force his breakthrough through Kevin Durant's defense, but chose to make a pick-and-roll with Jamison, who came from the high position in the inside.

Jamison can be both inside and outside, so when Wu Dawei finished pick-and-roll with him, Jamison did not choose to go astray, but stayed at a high position. In addition, his performance on the offensive end was pretty good, so the Oklahoma City Thunder players who were responsible for defending him did not dare to completely let him go to double-team Wu Dawei.

You should know that in addition to scoring 21 points tonight, Wu Dawei has also sent 11 assists, which is currently the best in the game! So at this time, the Oklahoma City Thunder's attitude towards attacking Wu Dawei is not very determined.

Because at this time they were only one point behind the Cleveland Cavaliers who were playing at home, they had a chance to catch up. So after the pick-and-roll, although Wu Dawei formed a breakthrough, the Oklahoma City Thunder was not determined to double-team Wu Dawei, and in the end they still formed a one-on-one between Wu Dawei and Kevin Durant.

Although Durant had tried his best to put pressure on Wu Dawei, Wu Dawei still easily squeezed into the paint area. Before the Oklahoma City Thunder came up, Wu Dawei ended the attack with a layup.

Although Kevin Durant was tall and his arms were long, Wu Dawei pressed him with his body so that he could not fully stretch. The ball was pushed into the basket by Wu Dawei.

The score was rewritten by 80:83 again, and the Cleveland Cavaliers led by another three-pointer. After the substitution, Wu Dawei once again gave Cleveland fans a reassurance for the first attack. Although the gap in scores was not big, Wu Dawei's state showed made Cleveland fans feel confident.

Wu Dawei got his 23rd point tonight, which also helped the Cavaliers to widen the gap to more than three points again, but it was not easy for the Cleveland Cavaliers to maintain the lead of these three-pointers.

Because the Thunder have many ways to attack tonight. Otherwise, they would not be able to stalemate with the Cavaliers when they could not defend the Cavaliers' offense.

After James Harden took the ball for half, he immediately attracted the attention of the Cleveland Cavaliers. After all, his performance was extremely outstanding before that. So the Cavaliers had to defend his ball-holding breakthrough; but he only confronted Billups, who was responsible for defending himself, for a while, and then chose to pass the ball to Russell Westbrook on the other side of the court.

Westbrook obviously had been waiting for a long time. After getting the pass, he immediately started to attack, and did not give the Cavaliers too much time to react. Westbrook had already entered the basket and made a jump shot.

After Wu Dawei used a hook to help the team complete the goal and widen the gap to 3 points, Westbrook also quickly returned the color for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The score difference was once again narrowed to 1 point, and the situation was still extremely tense. At this time, neither side had the confidence to win, although people were very optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home before the game. However, the 1-point gap at this time made the outcome unpredictable.

Because of a turnover or scoring in a round, the situation on the court can be easily changed at this time. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder must be cautious and cautious at this time.

When Westbrook scored points for the Oklahoma City Thunder, naturally, the pressure returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home.

If they want to continue to maintain the lead, of course they must make the next attack as much as possible, because only in this way will they have room for buffering in the next defense.

Wu Dawei is still the top priority of the Oklahoma City Thunder's defense this time. Wu Dawei's previous goal made the Oklahoman's view of him tighter this time. When Wu Dawei got the ball again and cooperated with Jamison at a high position, this time the Thunder player who was responsible for defending Jamison directly left Jamison and double-teamed Wu Dawei.

At this time, Wu Dawei did not hesitate to break through the inside and split the ball out. In this way, Jamison, who is at the middle distance, can get a chance to take an open position!

Jamison also did not hesitate at all and jumped up to shoot at the middle distance. Unfortunately, the ball hit the basket, and JJ Sikson at the basket was unable to grab the rebound.

The Oklahoma City Thunder got the ball, and then they sounded the horn of counterattack. Kevin Durant took the lead and rushed to the front. The Cleveland fans at the scene couldn't help but look at the scene on the court with fear. The Cleveland Cavaliers currently have only one point lead. In other words, if the Oklahoma City Thunder counterattack succeeds this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers will suddenly become a lagging side. When they are about to play halfway in the fourth quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers will give the situation to the Oklahoma people and hand it over to the Oklahomans. This situation is something that Cleveland fans cannot accept.

The running Kevin Durant received a high-altitude ball thrown by his teammate from behind. After receiving the ball, he continued to attack the frontcourt. His running speed was still extremely fast. He was the first to take the lead and there was no one in front of him. Kevin Durant felt almost no pressure, and he soared into the air as soon as he rushed into the paint area!

The situation where the Cleveland Cavaliers were about to fall behind was almost a foregone conclusion. Kevin Durant stretched out his long arm and was ready to dunk the ready-to-go ball into the basket. But at this moment, a figure came from behind, which made the originally coming dunk eventually turn into the scene where the ball was blown away from Kevin Durant's hand!

Wu Dawei chased back in time to resolve the crisis encountered by the Cavaliers this time. The ball was slapped out of bounds. Although it was still the Oklahoma City Thunder's ball, at least the Cleveland Cavaliers had time to prepare.

Taking advantage of the game's break from the dead ball, Cleveland Cavaliers' head coach Byron Scott did not dare to delay, so he quickly waved his hand to the bench, and then replaced Dwight Howard and Andre Valaijo on the court at the same time.

After Howard got out of the court, the Cavaliers obviously lacked control in the inside. Moreover, the game has been in three quarters. At this time, the players' physical strength decline will definitely affect their feel, and the more and more balls they missed, so naturally, Dwight Howard's dominance in the inside is needed. As long as he can grab as many rebounds as possible, the Cleveland Cavaliers will have enough opportunities for a second offense.

In this way, the chances of winning will increase greatly!

The Cavaliers almost replaced all the starters on the court at this time, and at the same time, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Brooks also sent all the best players under his command to the court.

Perkins and Ibaka are back in the inside line, while the three people on the outside are Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

After the substitution, the Thunder got a chance to serve on the outside. Kevin Durant took the serve outside the three-point line leisurely and then faced Wu Dawei's defense. Looking at the basket outside the three-point line, Kevin Durant was of course very offensive. But at this time he knew that he could not be too arrogant, because this was a chance to overtake the score that the Thunder finally got.

The current score is 82:83. As long as they can score next, they will be able to overtake their opponents in the fourth quarter. And if this goal is scored, the Oklahoma City Thunder will not only get the chance to lead, but will overtake their opponents in the fourth quarter. As the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers who have always led most of the game, there will definitely be some psychological changes.

Maybe they might be in a mess, so Kevin Durant dared not bet. Besides, Wu Dawei's defense has always left a deep and even a little scary impression on Kevin Durant. He waved to the inside, and Ibaka quickly ran out of the inside.

Kevin Durant tried to rely on pick-and-roll to get rid of Wu Dawei's defense, but Ibaka's pick-and-roll did not cause too much difficulty for Wu Dawei. When Kevin Durant relied on Ibaka's pick-and-roll to break through to the inside, Wu Dawei quickly threw away Ibaka and chased after him.

At the same time, Andre Valejo also blocked the ball and quickly formed a pinch attack with Wu Dawei on Kevin Durant. The two people's pinch attack was very fast. Kevin Durant tried to pass the ball at the first time, but when he just raised his hands and tried to throw the ball back to Ibaka, Wu Dawei raised his hands and blocked it!

A successful interception! This was Wu Dawei's sixth interception tonight, and at such a critical moment, he got the ball back for the Cavaliers. When Wu Dawei controlled the ball, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, once again had the opportunity to open the score.

After Wu Dawei grabbed the ball, he did not choose to hand the ball over Billups, but chose to dribble the ball through halftime. His speed was not slow, but the Oklahoma City Thunder's return to defense was also extremely fast. After Kevin Durant was intercepted by Wu Dawei, trying to pass the ball back from high altitude to Sergi Ibaka, other Oklahoma City Thunder players ran back as soon as possible.

However, although they ran back in time, due to the scattered formation, it was difficult to pose a threat to Wu Dawei. Although Sergi Ibaka quickly put on Wu Dawei who ran with the ball and rushed from behind, Russell Westbrook also attacked Wu Dawei, but Wu Dawei did not give them the chance to cut off the ball in their hands. When the two of them were about to defend themselves, Wu Dawei passed the ball out. Dwight Howard, who had just been on the court, rushed to the front at this time. He received Wu Dawei's pass, and then faced the empty paint area, Dwight Howard's airflow was no longer stopped!

Howard jumped in the air, then stretched out his right hand high and made a force to cut Huashan! With a bang, the ball was smashed into the basket by him!

82:85!

Although the Cleveland Cavaliers' previous shots were in danger, they soon made up for their previous mistakes in the next offensive round.

The ball was smashed into the basket by Howard, and the score difference once again returned to the third. Standing on the sidelines, watching Dwight Howard dunk in his own paint area, and the powerless Thunder coach Brooks was very disappointed.

Almost again and again, this is not the first time the Oklahoma City Thunder has overtaken in this game. They have had countless times before, but it seems that the ending of each time is almost the same.

They once again missed the opportunity to overtake the score!

Brooks shook his head in frustration, a little discouraged, looked up at the large ceiling screen above the arena. There was only the last 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter. There was not much time left for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and no one knew where the next chance to overtake was, or in other words, this... was the last chance for the Oklahoma City Thunder to overtake in this game!?

Brooks didn't know, but he was still very upset that the team was wasting the opportunity to overtake the score again and again. If he couldn't seize the opportunity, then what's the point of clinging to the difference in this game?

Seeing the time disappearing in seconds, but the score difference is always so stable... Brooks could easily feel that the hope of winning seems to be slowly becoming slim. (To be continued...)
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