216. Heart of a Champion
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers was quite anxious from the beginning. However, the biggest gimmick in this game, Wu Dawei's performance in the first game of his comeback was not satisfactory.
Since it was Wu Dawei's first game back, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott, did not let Wu Dawei play too much time. He replaced Wu Dawei with 5 and a half minutes left in the first quarter and went to rest.
The one who replaced Wu Dawei was naturally Wu Dawei's good friend Michael Beasley.
Wu Dawei's performance in the 6 and a half minutes of playing was not very good, with only 2 points and a wonderful counter-attack block. In other times, Wu Dawei's performance was relatively mediocre.
However, Byron Scott also knew that he could not be too demanding about a player who made a comeback, after all, he just made a comeback. The reason why everyone has such high requirements for Wu Dawei is actually because Wu Dawei's performance last year was really outstanding and terrifying.
That's why people have high expectations for Wu Dawei's performance after his comeback. In fact, Wu Dawei is just a player who is just 22 years old. Even in this league, he is still very young. So sometimes it is a bit too harsh to use such a high standard to demand him.
So although Wu Dawei's performance in the first quarter was not satisfactory, when he left the court, the team's head coach Byron Scott still gave Wu Dawei great praise and support.
"It's okay to fight! Wu, take your time, don't worry!"
When Wu Dawei walked off the field, with a depressed expression on his face, as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott couldn't help but comfort the player he admired the most.
After all, players who have just recovered from injury will hope to get back into shape as soon as possible, and this is obviously not an easy task. So many people will feel frustrated or even violent about it.
So at this time, it is the best choice to comfort yourself in time. Wu Dawei nodded and said nothing. Obviously, the head coach's comforting did not play a good role.
He walked straight back to the bench and sat down. Wu Dawei did feel tired. He hadn't played in the game for half a year and returned to the game for the first time. The super strong feeling of confrontation made it difficult for him to adapt for a while.
Wu Dawei's data in the first quarter were not good, with a block of two points, and he had no other contributions. But even so, when Wu Dawei got off the court, many Cleveland fans applauded him.
Obviously, although the fans are very expecting Wu Dawei's comeback and are very high, for them, Wu Dawei's condition is not in a hurry. Although when they see Wu Dawei unable to limit him on the defensive end, they do feel very nervous and frustrated, but when they think about this, this is the game where Wu Dawei just came back, it feels understandable.
After all, Wu Dawei is not Superman. This requires a reply process. This process is usually a very long journey and cannot be solved in just a few seconds.
So it is the most useless thing to be anxious, and in fact, Wu Dawei is also quite anxious now. During the first quarter, Wu Dawei himself has been adapting to the familiar and unfamiliar feeling on the court.
Wu Dawei was not satisfied with his performance in previous playing time. Apart from that shooting and counter-defense block, Wu Dawei had no other flashes, and Wu Dawei himself was only satisfied with these two flashes.
Especially when he turned around and shot on the three-point line, Wu Dawei seemed to have regained his former feeling. But obviously this was not the case. However, Wu Dawei, at least Wu Dawei scored such a difficult goal in this game, which made him feel that his touch should be pretty good.
In the first quarter, Wu Dawei played for 6 and a half minutes, and only made two shots in total. He turned around and entered at a difficult time, but did not. Wu Dawei could not be satisfied with such a performance, because this was far from meeting his own requirements for a comeback battle.
But now that he has been replaced, Wu Dawei can only sit on the bench for the time being.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were still anxious to play against the Los Angeles Clippers, which ranked third in the Western Conference, in the game tonight, and it seemed difficult to solve, they were actually quite passive.
Because they are always the chasers on the basketball court, they feel a little tired of running. This feeling also makes the Cleveland Cavaliers not feel good. When Wu Dawei left the court, the score was 16:14. The Cleveland Cavaliers who played at home gave the Los Angeles Clippers 2 points.
Although the disadvantage of these two points is not very big, it is enough to bother the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because they are always in a situation of 2 points behind the Los Angeles Clippers.
This situation is easy to make people impatient because the advantage of two points is not much, but if you are always behind and give your opponent a disadvantage of two points and it is difficult to catch up, then slowly, your mentality will definitely change slowly.
After Wu Dawei was out, this situation did not change much. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have good books, they now look more like a mess. Whether on the offensive end or on the defensive end, their performance is not worthy of their outstanding strength on the books.
In the eyes of more people, their current performance is simply terrible. However, the only thing that is good for the Cleveland Cavaliers is that although their current performance is unanimous, at least they have not been completely scored by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Although they are very passive in the scene, they are just two points behind. Although it is indeed easy for people to feel inexplicably irritable and depressed, two points will always make people keep hope.
So when Michael Beasley's substitute Wu Dawei appeared, he played harder than usual. Wu Dawei's condition is not good, so if Michael Beasley can work harder, then maybe he can stay on the basketball court for more time.
Although Michael Beasley regrets Wu Dawei's bad condition on the basketball court before, this is indeed a chance for Michael Beasley. So at this time, he naturally has to seize such a hard-won opportunity.
In his opinion, it may be said that he will not be able to recover when Wu Dawei returns to the basketball court next time. Then there will be even less chance of his own, so Michael Beasley naturally has to work hard at this time.
Although Wu Dawei did not return to his state as expected, the Cleveland Cavaliers' performance in this game tonight was still remarkable. They did not collapse immediately because Wu Dawei was not in shape.
After all, in the first fifty games of this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers completed without Wu Dawei. For them, they were actually somewhat adapted to the games and days without Wu Dawei. However, in those days, their performance was really not worthy of the title of defending champion.
That's why Cleveland fans are looking forward to Wu Dawei's return so much. Now that Wu Dawei has returned, they naturally have to adapt to the days and games of Wu Dawei again.
Just like this game tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers players were working hard to adapt to Wu Dawei's game from the beginning. Of course, they also hope from the bottom of their hearts that Wu Dawei can perform wonderfully to announce his comeback.
However, obviously Wu Dawei did not do it in the first quarter. His performance was still a little far from what he expected, which was not what Cleveland fans expected.
In this way, people will naturally feel a little disappointed, but people will still look forward to the next game. Because Cleveland fans still believe that if you give Wu Dawei some time, he can still play in an excellent state that originally belonged to him!
This is beyond doubt, and it is also people's confidence in Wu Dawei. Even when he is fighting so badly now, he is even eaten by the old Caron Butler two times.
Even though he played so badly, no one dared to underestimate Wu Dawei. As the most dazzling superstar in the league last season, Wu Dawei would easily let those who dare to underestimate him suffer. This situation has not happened before, but has happened repeatedly.
Just as Mr. Tom Janovic, the former Houston Rockets champion coach, said, you can never underestimate the heart of a champion!
Otherwise, what you are facing may be an unexpected defeat! So the Los Angeles Clippers naturally dare not take it lightly in the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, especially when this is still in the opponent's home court, so the Los Angeles people will not be careless. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!