223. Momentum
Although Nigro, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, was extremely reluctant, he still requested a timeout later. Because in the subsequent games, Wu Dawei not only helped the Cleveland Cavaliers equalize the score or even overtake, but in the following games, the Cleveland Cavaliers also took advantage of the opportunity to further widen the gap between the two sides!
This is what Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro cannot tolerate it. From this, he can also see that relying on the players' self-adjustment on the basketball court, the effect of restructuring cannot be achieved at this time.
Because the momentum on the basketball court was already completely biased towards the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time, the Los Angeles Clippers were originally in a very unfavorable away game. Now the opponent's momentum is getting back on the verge of rest. If you don't ask for a timeout to relieve the pressure, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will really have to fight the Los Angeles Clippers home in a wave.
This is not the plan formulated by the Los Angeles Clippers when they came to Cleveland. For Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro, this game is within his winning plan.
So he would not let the victory of this game fly out of his plate because of any accidents. The Cleveland Cavaliers need victory in this game, and the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers also needs to win this game very much.
For him, the team is now in a six-game winning streak, which is a good time to catch up with the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, the top two teams in the Western Conference. If you cannot take advantage of such momentum to reach the top of the West, it will definitely be an extremely regrettable thing for the Los Angeles Clippers.
This game does not seem to be a very difficult game in Negro, because although the Cleveland Cavaliers are the league champion team last season, their strength has dropped significantly due to frequent injuries this season.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference with a record of 23 wins and 27 losses! If they weren't in the Eastern Conference, judging from the current situation where the Cleveland Cavaliers' record is not yet over half, they would have been difficult for them to be in the top ten even in the Western Conference!
So for this game, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro is so confident. For him, his team has only one goal in this game, that is, to win the game!
No other choice will also make the Los Angeles Clippers in this game have no way out!
They did play well at the beginning. In the first quarter, they completely gained the upper hand. They also continued this momentum until the second quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, they were once led by the Cleveland Cavaliers by as much as 8 points. Everything went very smoothly here, but when Wu Dawei reappeared in the second quarter, everything changed.
The Cleveland Cavaliers began to reverse the game under the leadership of Wu Dawei. It was also from this time that the Los Angeles Clippers, which were originally in the lead, began to quickly fall into a disadvantage.
Although during this period, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro had requested a timeout and made adjustments to the personnel on the basketball court, what made him helpless was that all this was still useless.
After returning from the timeout, Wu Dawei still led the Cleveland Cavaliers to play high chao on the basketball court, and then reversed the game in one go. From leading to falling behind, the Los Angeles Clippers lost in less than half a quarter in the second quarter.
This result is frustrating. However, it is helpless. Because the opponent suddenly has an excellent condition, it is something they cannot stop. What's more, when Wu Dawei gets angry, how many people in the league can stop it?
So although Negro was reluctant to ask for a pause again shortly after requesting a pause, because this made him feel like he had nothing to say. However, when the difference between the two sides was widened to 5 points in just a few minutes, Negro still had to be forced to request a pause.
When the Los Angeles Clippers asked for a timeout again, the score on the basketball court was 39:44. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, not only completely closed the gap that was originally 8 points behind in the second quarter, but also led the opponent by 5 points!
This means that the Cleveland Cavaliers established a 13-point lead in less than half of the second quarter!
This is a world of difference from the first quarter of this game. You should know that in the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are fighting mainly, are still beaten by their opponents; and after just two minutes of rest between the festival, the Cleveland Cavaliers changed from falling behind to leading side.
The jump between them was too big, and even the Cleveland fans sitting on the sidelines couldn't help but feel excited about it. To be honest, the first quarter game could be said to have made Cleveland fans feel extremely disappointed, because the team fell behind after just one quarter and gave the opponent a close double-digit gap; of course, the most important thing was Wu Dawei's poor performance in the first quarter.
It is extremely mediocre, and it really makes people feel unbearable to look at it. This is definitely the same as the Wu Dawei whom Cleveland fans imagine and are looking forward to!
However, it was precisely because of Wu Dawei's poor performance in the first quarter that he further supported his outstanding performance in the second quarter at this time!
It was the time to stop this. Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro had no choice but to request a timeout, with 6 minutes left in the second quarter. However, Wu Dawei had already contributed 10 points, 2 blocks and 1 steal to the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time.
Although it is not a very violent expression, it already has a little meaning!
For Cleveland fans, this is the performance of Wu Dawei they want to see the most. Although everyone is saying that they hope Wu Dawei can play a more terrifying data and performance than in 2012, but after he was injured and rested for more than half a year, the expectations of Wu Dawei for Cleveland fans now are that he hopes that he can play the rest of the next season safely.
After all, this season is also very important for the Cleveland Cavaliers. If they can defend their title successfully, they will really have the opportunity to build a basketball dynasty that belongs to them.
And this is what Wu Dawei has always been looking forward to. So it can be said that the whole of Cleveland is united now!
"It's a good fight, guys!"
When the game entered the timeout period, the players walked off the court one after another. Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott clapped his hands and walked to the players, praising their performance on the basketball court before this.
At this time, the atmosphere of the Cleveland Cavaliers was great. Because they caught up with the disadvantage of 8 points in a row and opened up a 5-point gap with their opponents, they are now the one who takes the initiative, so naturally they are not as depressed as before.
The person who should be depressed should be a Los Angeles talent, holding such a big advantage in his hand. But in the end, he was turned around by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the blink of an eye, which was undoubtedly a very morale-breaking thing.
"Especially you, great!" Byron Scott did not say that he should take into account the feelings of other players, but said to Wu Dawei by name: "Your performance just now reminded me of our team. It turns out that there are not only two superstars Dwight and Carey!"
Scott's humor made the Cavaliers' players laugh on the table, and Wu Dawei became younger. He knew that this was the team's head coach's praise for him. Countless teammates touched his head, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are now in unprecedented unity.
After winning the NBA championship last season, the atmosphere in the Cleveland Cavaliers has quietly changed. Everyone trusts each other very much because after experiencing a championship season together, everyone's mentality will change.
Otherwise, after Michael Beasley, a bad boy who was not favored by the outside world, came to the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer, he has become so well-behaved. Among them, there are reasons why the atmosphere in the team is affected.
"But it's not yet time for us to relax, guys!"
Seeing the players happy, Byron Scott also felt relieved and happy from the bottom of his heart. The team's current situation is not good. However, no negative news was revealed in the team, which shows that the players still trust each other.
As long as there is trust, everything will be easy. Especially when Wu Dawei is back, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, their situation has improved even more!
"Although we are ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, our score is only 5 points! Believe me, boys, this is not a safe maple tree. I still need you to continue to work hard and fight to kill the opponent with one stick! We are in full swing now, and the opponent's current situation is very bad! So, we must seize this opportunity at present!"
Byron Scott shouted loudly to the players, and the Cleveland Cavaliers players naturally shouted loudly to the team's head coach. At this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers were not only united, but their momentum still existed, and it seemed that they were not disbanded by this timeout!
This will naturally be even more unfavorable for the Los Angeles Clippers, who are currently lagging behind! Because they have not even recovered from the previous wave of offensives of the Cleveland Cavaliers!
"This is not the game I want to see! Do you know? You guys just played like a piece of shit! This is not our basketball, not the Los Angeles Clippers basketball!"
Negro was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in previous games. There is no need to doubt this. No coach could tolerate such a game.
Before 6 minutes, he was still the leader with an advantage of 8 points, but after 6 minutes, the situation took a sharp turn and became a disadvantaged side who was 5 points behind!
Anyone who is in such a situation will be furious! Although the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers is very vocal, the players with big tempers in the Los Angeles Clippers are surprisingly quiet this time. Obviously, they must be very dissatisfied with their previous performance on the basketball court, especially Blake Griffin. This game has other special significance to him, so he is naturally even more dissatisfied.
Maybe he will be the last person in this team to lose to Wu Dawei, but the current situation has forced him to face such a cruel reality. If the Los Angeles Clippers still play like they did before, then they will most likely lose their hatred at the Quick Loan Center tonight!
If they continue to fight like this, this ending will not just exist in imagination, but will be something that will be realized soon!
So if the angrier coach of the Los Angeles Clippers is Negro, then the angrier player will definitely be Blake Griffin! He was dissatisfied with Wu Dawei and thought he would not lose to Wu Dawei. But if he couldn't even defeat Wu Dawei, who had just recovered from injury, how could he have the confidence to say such things?!
The one-minute time-out ended soon, and the players from both sides returned to the basketball court one after another, and the game was about to start again. At this time, the head coaches of the teams of both sides also changed the original starting lineup of the team back to the basketball court at this time.
For the Cleveland Cavaliers, except for Billups and Beasley who remained on the basketball court, Howard, Wu Dawei and Danny Green all returned to the basketball court; while for the Los Angeles Clippers, all the starting lineups returned to the basketball court!
The game is about to start again and is about to break out. Although it is still full of smoke, it is obvious that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are ahead of the score at this time, will definitely gain the upper hand!
The cheers of fans shouting loudly for them on the sidelines also made the Cleveland Cavaliers players better in momentum at this time! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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