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205. The Last Hope

The 2013 NBA All-Star Game kicked off as scheduled. This year, the All-Star Game is held in Houston. This is also the first time that Houston, which has been silent for many years, has ushered in such a grand event.

Houston missed the playoffs in the past three years. Since Yao Ming announced his retirement, this team, which had been deeply stained with Chinese red, has entered a trough.

It was not until last summer that they had a lot of money in the free market that they signed James Harden, Jeremy Lin and Omire Asik, and the team was back on track!

James Harden, who had been substituting for the Thunder for three years, immediately played a performance that suited his value after joining the Houston Rockets this season, and also successfully entered the All-Star stage.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing in this All-Star Game is of course the starting lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team. Originally, if it weren't for Wu Dawei's injury, the Cleveland Cavaliers would have teamed up with the Miami Heat to confuse the Eastern Conference starting lineup of this All-Star Game.

However, the person who replaced Wu Dawei as the starting striker is Cameron Anthony, who is also a very topical figure. As we all know, after the New York Knicks rose this season, the target of provocation of New Yorkers was Wu Dawei's Cleveland Cavaliers.

Because they were severely humiliated by the Cleveland Cavaliers last season, and the relationship between the two sides has been very unpleasant in the past two seasons, so when the New Yorkers are full of ambitions, they will not forget the Cleveland Cavaliers who have given them many embarrassment.

Since the start of this season, the New Yorkers can be said to have just seized a small opportunity and immediately opened fire on the Cleveland Cavaliers and Wu Dawei without hesitation.

Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers can be said to have become the biggest victim of the New York Knicks' impressive record this season. Because whenever the New York Knicks perform well, they always intentionally or unintentionally involve the Cleveland Cavaliers and Wu Dawei.

This is how to laugh at the latter. But obviously there is little time left for them to laugh at the Cleveland Cavaliers now, because Dwight Howard has made a comeback. Although the performance of the Cleveland Cavaliers after his comeback is not as good as people expected, it still brings progress to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and in the near future, Wu Dawei will be about to make a comeback.

It can be said that when the Cleveland Cavaliers regrouped their core lineup, the New Yorkers would have very little chance of laughing at the Cleveland Cavaliers as they did before.

As long as Wu Dawei can perform well after his comeback, the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely not be like what they are now. So the New Yorkers are not allowed to take advantage of the moment to laugh at the Clevelanders.

Cameron Anthony finally became the starting striker of the Eastern Conference, which also made the New Yorkers feel relieved. As the number one in the Eastern Conference, if no player in their team is selected as the starting striker, it would be a joke.

Since Wu Dawei was preparing for his comeback after the All-Star Game, Wu Dawei did not go to the Houston All-Star Game in person. Generally, players like Wu Dawei who were injured but were still selected as the starting lineup will usually go to the All-Star Game to watch the game. And this is also what the league requires, but Wu Dawei has now begun to enter the final preparations before his comeback, so after explaining to the league, Wu Dawei did not travel from Cleveland to Houston.

For him, the most important thing now is how to play well after his comeback. Because this is not just about him, but the current Cleveland Cavaliers also urgently need Wu Dawei's outstanding performance to connect the entire team.

Although Kyrie Irving has had an explosive performance this season and has been selected for the All-Star Game starting lineup, he still seems a little immature. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, in many games, Kyrie Irving still finds it difficult to control the situation on the basketball court well.

He is indeed a scoring expert and can repeatedly make subtle assists. However, Kyrie Irving still lacks a lot in controlling the rhythm of the game. This requires time to accumulate experience, not a matter of one day or one night.

During the All-Star Carnival, the league gave all teams a five-day holiday, which was the best thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because in this way, they could quietly wait for Wu Dawei's return without continuing to perform very hard in the game.

The 23-27-loss performance is not a devastating thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but as the defending champion of the league, the Cleveland Cavaliers are of course still eager to get rid of the current dilemma.

Although they do not care who they meet in the playoffs, if the Cleveland Cavaliers really only enter the playoffs as the seventh place in the East Division League, it means that they will not have a home court advantage in every round of the series. Home court advantage sometimes often has miraculous effects.

Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have absolutely impressive strength, this is not something they can ignore. Especially this season, they still have no way out because they want to defend the title and Wu Dawei wants to create his own basketball dynasty, so they still have to win the championship this season.

Obviously, compared to last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers will face more challenges this season. Because they have become the league's new champions, they will naturally become the subject of research.

However, the more you are like this, the more you have to withstand the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you miss the opportunity to defend the championship just because the opponent's attention has been greatly improved, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will be a little too miserable.

Therefore, if the Cleveland Cavaliers want to defend the championship this season, they will have to do their best to strive for all the advantages they can have in the current regular season.

In this way, they can play more relaxed and comfortable in the long long march of the playoffs. After all, the playoffs start in mid-April. If they have to play all the way to the finals, it will take about two months. Within these two months and the schedule is so tight, would you like to rest at home or run around outside for a while?

Obviously, the answer is self-evident.

Although the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have lost 27 games, even if they make great efforts now and win the next game, it will be difficult for them to become the number one in the Eastern Conference. Judging from the current momentum of the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat, at the end of the regular season this season, they will basically lose more than 27 games.

So the most realistic goal of the Cleveland Cavaliers is to strive to climb to third place in the Eastern Conference at the end of the regular season of this season. This way, they can gain a home advantage in the first round.

It's just one trip less.

So Wu Dawei's comeback is particularly critical. Dwight Howard has proved that he alone cannot completely save the Cleveland Cavaliers who are trapped in the mud. So of course, the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to place all the remaining expectations on Wu Dawei.

As long as Wu Dawei can maintain his form that last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers are just around the corner.

So when the All-Star Game was in full swing in Houston, Wu Dawei also stayed in Cleveland, temporarily avoiding disturbance from journalists and media, and was relieved to prepare for the final preparations before his comeback.

The doctor and the team doctor have agreed to Wu Dawei to practice with the whole team, but they are currently on vacation, so Wu Dawei has no chance to practice with the whole team for a while. However, he has started to start confrontational training with the help of the sparring training arranged by Bonny Lauflin for himself. Moreover, Danny Green, who performed well this season, insisted on coming to the training hall to train with Wu Dawei.

The outbreak this season allowed Danny Green to gain stable playing time, and he also successfully squeezed out the team's original starting shooting guard Anthony Parker, becoming the team's current starting second position.

Of course, Wu Dawei felt happy and relieved about Danny Green's achievements this season, because the two of them trained together every day in the last season, which made the relationship between the two very good.

That's why Danny Green insisted on coming to the training hall at this time. On the one hand, it was to continue to strengthen his abilities, and on the other hand, it was to help Wu Dawei do his final work before his comeback.

As for Wu Dawei's comeback, the Cleveland Cavaliers' senior management attaches the most importance to it. The team urgently needs Wu Dawei's help, so the Cavaliers' senior management also knows that Wu Dawei will never make any mistakes at this time.

Otherwise, the Cleveland Cavaliers will be completely desperate this season. Wu Dawei is the last hope of the Cleveland Cavaliers sticking to the road to defending the title this season. If he cannot come back on time, then the Cleveland Cavaliers' prospects this season will be in danger! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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