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220. Recovery?

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro chose to request a timeout to alleviate the Cleveland Cavaliers' chasing momentum on the basketball court. He was of course very dissatisfied with the players' performance before this.

So he began to make corresponding adjustments to his team's lineup, hoping to return to the basketball court after the timeout and regain the previous advantage. However, after the timeout, it was Wu Dawei's free throw time.

After the game started again, Wu Dawei was the first to stand on the free throw line, and he needed to complete the free throw opportunity that had been fouled before. When Wu Dawei stood on the free throw line, after receiving the referee's pass, he threw the ball into the basket amid the cheers of Cleveland fans throughout the game.

In this way, the Cleveland Cavaliers turned the score to 32:35, with only the last 3 points left. Next, only a successful offensive and defensive round can tie the score.

So the next game became particularly critical. During the previous timeout, the head coaches of both sides also took the opportunity to exchange some of their core players back to the basketball court.

On the Clippers, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin both returned to the basketball court, while Dwight Howard, on the Cleveland Cavaliers, also returned to the basketball court.

After the free throw, the game was re-run. The ball naturally came to the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers, and Chris Paul dribbled the ball through the half. Since Wu Dawei is currently playing in the fourth position in the Cleveland Cavaliers, the player he faced with at this time became Blake Griffin!

In the 2009 No. 1 pick, although there were few grudges between the two, all grudges also originated from the two people's drafts in the same class.

Now people say that Wu Dawei is the well-deserved No. 1 pick among this rookie, and Blake Griffin is at best a second pick. He cannot compare with Wu Dawei in terms of personal ability and achievements!

So this has become a consensus among people, but of course Blake Griffin himself would not be willing to accept such "arrangement". Wu Dawei showed up and left himself in the spotlight. This is something that made Blake Griffin feel very uncomfortable. Because the person who was so much lower than you in the draft suddenly ran to your head one day, and you would never be able to get up happily.

This is like a classmate who was always at the bottom of his studies in the class. When he suddenly got the first place in the whole class one day, you would feel unbalanced and even think that he must have achieved his goal through some improper means! This idea is normal, and even now, some people still doubt Wu Dawei like this.

However, Wu Dawei never takes such suspicion seriously. The most important thing he is now, of course, is how to help the team successfully defend the championship this season. Other things are not particularly important for Wu Dawei.

After winning a championship, Wu Dawei naturally hopes to establish his own basketball dynasty. Usually, the minimum standard for the basketball dynasty is three consecutive championships, so the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have already won a championship, will become particularly important in the next two seasons.

When the game started again, Wu Dawei and Blake Griffin came to power. Facing this rookie in the same grade, Wu Dawei was not afraid of the other party at all. Every time he fought with Blake Griffin, Wu Dawei almost never suffered any loss.

He also believed that this time was no exception. Although Wu Dawei played in the third position, Blake Griffin was usually a power forward. However, Wu Dawei was not much different from Blake Griffin in terms of height and tonnage.

Although the positions of the two people are quite different, in fact, Wu Dawei is not much different than Blake Griffin in terms of physical tonnage and height. So at this time, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Scott, was also more at ease to let Wu Dawei compete with Blake Griffin.

Blake Griffin played 10 minutes in the first quarter and scored 8 points for the Los Angeles Clippers. His performance was still very outstanding. At this time, Byron Scott asked Wu Dawei to play against Griffin, and naturally hoped that Wu Dawei could stop Wu Dawei's performance from the defensive end.

Although Wu Dawei had no choice but to gain the upper hand in the first quarter against Caron Butler, it was obvious that Wu Dawei's performance improved significantly in the second quarter. I believe that as long as he can continue such a wonderful performance, it is not a very difficult thing for him to curb Blake Griffin.

After Chris Paul dribbled the ball through halftime, Blake Griffin took the initiative to go up and make a high pick-and-roll cooperation for Paul who was holding the ball. This is the usual method used by the two people, and their cooperation has become more and more proficient.

And this also gave Wu Dawei a difficult problem. Paul played very well in the first quarter. Whether he was attacking himself or helping his teammates score, Paul did a very good job.

It is precisely because of this that the Los Angeles Clippers were able to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers by as much as 8 points at the end of the first quarter.

So this time, when Paul used Blake Griffin's high pick-and-roll and the master and apprentice to get rid of Chauncey Billups' defense, Wu Dawei had to snatch up and delay Paul's footsteps.

This gave Blake Griffin more space and opportunities. Griffin immediately chose to go astray after the pick-and-roll. At this time, Wu Dawei delayed Chris Paul and Billups also went to chase Paul, so no one was on guard!

Paul directly used a hit to the earth to split the ball, and after Griffin got the pass, he was already half a step inside the free throw line, so he jumped up and chose a jump shot to end the attack.

Because he was in good condition tonight, Blake Griffin's jump shot was quite accurate. The ball went straight into the basket, and the score was once again widened, becoming 32:37, and the difference returned to 5 points.

The Los Angeles Clippers are still leading, and through this offense, they have managed to stabilize their morale better. However, it is time to test their defense again. The Cleveland Cavaliers' offense was connected by Wu Dawei's organization and played quite well.

And now, when the ball rights are back in the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers again, it is the Los Angeles turn to get nervous again. Because for them, offense is not their problem. Isn’t it because of their poor defense every time they lose?

And in this game tonight, it was obvious that the Los Angeles Clippers encountered such a problem again.

Although Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro changed the team's forward line during the previous timeout and brought the Constitution's players back to the basketball court again, when they entered the defensive state, they still faced considerable difficulties for the Los Angeles people.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' forward combination is now Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley, two highly mobile forwards, and both of them can play guest-playing as the No. 4 position. However, in the end, in order to allow Blake Griffin to have more physical fitness on the offensive end, Negro still asked Caron Butler to be responsible for defending Wu Dawei.

Although the player who defended himself changed from the tall Hollins to Caron Butler who was about the same size as him, Wu Dawei did not feel particularly uncomfortable. Although he did not gain the upper hand in the matchup with Caron Butler in the first quarter, he even became the one who became the disadvantaged. But at that time and now, Wu Dawei is no longer the same as before. Through the previous series of offensive and defense Xiao Gaochao, Wu Dawei has now slowly regained some of his own state.

Although he played one-third of the time in the second quarter, Wu Dawei's data only scored 7 points, but his shooting percentage has rebounded significantly. From one three shots in the first quarter, he has now become three five shots, and his shooting percentage has soared from 33% to 60%!

This situation is gratifying, so when Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Changcey Billups brought the ball through the half, he quickly went to find Wu Dawei.

Wu Dawei also took the initiative to catch the ball at the high position. He held the ball at the three-point line and faced Caron Butler's defense. In the first quarter, he only made one three shot, so at this time, more people focused on the two of them.

Wu Dawei scored 5 points in a row after playing, and now it is a hot touch. So Wu Dawei did not hesitate and directly attacked Caron Butler's defense line after receiving the ball. After all, Butler is old now and no longer as young and vigorous as everything.

Wu Dawei chose to force his breakthrough through Caron Butler, and Caron Butler may have curbed Wu Dawei well in the first quarter, so he was also unafraid of Wu Dawei's ball-holding attack at this time!

He didn't move at all. Facing Wu Dawei's impact, he didn't let go of his position at all, which led to Wu Dawei's two people colliding together while he was moving!

And the moment the two people collided, the whistle sounded from the referee's mouth!

When the referee's whistle was blown, Wu Dawei, who had committed a foul, did not stop. He was hit by Caron Butler with a heavy sank and threw the ball into the basket!

The ball flew up from Wu Dawei's hand, and then with a swish, it actually crawled into the basket! (To be continued...)
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