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Just like what Los Angeles people guessed, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott requested a timeout this time because he finally reacted after the Los Angeles Clippers chased the Cleveland Cavaliers for 4 points in a row on the basketball court!
This timeout, he not only wanted to take the opportunity to disrupt the Los Angeles' offensive rhythm, but also Byron Scott wanted to take the opportunity to replace his direct starting lineup on the basketball court!
Since Los Angeles people have a little calculation in their hearts, then Byron Scott naturally cannot make the other party come true. In the current hostile relationship between the two sides, if Byron Scott still let the other party get the other party's wish even though he knows the other party's plan, wouldn't that mean that the other party wants to get a victory from the Quick Loan Center tonight?
Compared with the Los Angeles Clippers, which currently ranks third in the Western Conference, it is obvious that they are only the defending champion who ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference, which is the team that needs a more victory in a game!
Because they can't even guarantee that they can have a playoff spot when the playoffs come to the regular season in April. The current record of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 23 wins and 27 servers is just one or two more wins than the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers, which are ranked eighth and ninth!
So how could Byron Scott not make corresponding adjustments after seeing through the opponent's tricks? Wu Dawei and other starters naturally came on the court immediately. After the timeout, Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, the two most important core players of the Cleveland Cavaliers were immediately replaced by Cleveland Cavaliers' head coach Byron Scott after this timeout. When Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard returned to the basketball court after the timeout, the expression of the Los Angeles Clippers head coach Nigro was naturally very serious.
Because he didn't know whether the team could continue to play the game before the timeout, Byron Scott's timeout temporarily suspended the team's offensive rhythm. At the same time, Negro did not know whether the team could still play the previous performance after the substitution.
Because the Cleveland Cavaliers have brought back the two strongest players in their lineup to the basketball court at the same time. In the previous game, when Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard were on the court at the same time, it was difficult for the Los Angeles Clippers to get benefits...
This can be seen in the first three quarters. Although the Los Angeles Clippers have played an unparalleled offense this season, it seems that they are a team with great strength in both the inside and the outside. However, there is not no reason why the Los Angeles Clippers' inside line is called Paper Tigers. Whenever they fight against a team with thick and black inside, their two inside players are always unable to perform well, which is commonly known as being unable to play. In the playoffs last season, it was because of this that they lost.
So at this time, Nigro was also very worried about the team's performance in the inside.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup after the suspension came back. Due to the addition of Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, it is naturally different. The two veterans Anthony Parker and Chauncey Billups on the back line are still used on the bench, and then the forward line is good partners Wu Dawei and Michael Beasley, while the center is Dwight Howard.
Such a lineup was in the second quarter when the Cleveland Cavaliers overtook the score and scored a huge advantage in the quarter.
When the game started again, the ball was still in the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although the Los Angeles Clippers had narrowed the gap between the two sides to only 6 points, the 89:83 score also allowed the Los Angeles who were chasing for a glimmer of hope.
But after the timeout requested by Byron Scott disrupted their pace, the Los Angeles were not sure to be able to play the previous performance. And if they wanted to continue their previous performance, they had to do the next defensive work first!
After the game restarted, the ball was on the Cleveland Cavaliers side. Chauncey Billups controlled the ball for halftime, although he did not immediately hand it over to the hands of Wu Dawei, who was frightened by Los Angeles. However, after he made a pick-and-roll with Dwight Howard at a high position, he chose to hand the ball over to Wu Dawei who was raised to catch the ball at a high position.
Although Wu Dawei is playing in the fourth position now, he still adheres to his original style of play on the offensive end. Wu Dawei still attacks more at high positions, and after Wu Dawei was mentioned to the fourth position, Blake Griffin was forced to fight against him on the basketball court.
So when Wu Dawei stood at a high position with the ball, the person responsible for defending Wu Dawei was Blake Griffin. For Blake Griffin, who has always been accustomed to playing against the No. 4 players, letting him stand at the three-point line to defend. It is indeed something that makes him embarrassed.
Although Wu Dawei has a large tonnage, his breakthrough speed is still very fast! Although Blake Griffin has always been agile in Xiang Zixu, he still feels that he is a little slow in front of Wu Dawei.
After all, one of them is a pure power forward who plays as a small forward. Of course, the two of them have some differences in movement. Although Wu Dawei is only standing at a high position with the ball now, it has already made Blake Griffin feel the pressure.
However, he also knew that he had to withstand the pressure in front of him now, otherwise if they could not defend the Cleveland Cavaliers or Wu Dawei's offense, then all their efforts on the offensive end would eventually become a waste of effort.
So no matter how huge the pressure is at this time, of course Blake Griffin has to withstand the pressure! If the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense cannot be curbed on the defensive end, then they will really be threatening this game tonight.
This is not what Blake Griffin wanted to see, so at this time, he focused all his attention, trying to defend Wu Dawei's attack in front of him at this time. But obviously, Wu Dawei is not the one who can defend if he wants to defend.
In the previous three quarters, Wu Dawei seemed at ease when facing Blake Griffin's defense. Even now, Griffin has put all his strength into it, but Wu Dawei still has no more difficulty than before.
When Wu Dawei held the ball at a high position, Dwight Howard still actively ran out of the inside to make a high pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei. He stood behind Blake Griffin. At this time, the All-Star Power Forward player of the Los Angeles Clippers had no reaction at all!
At this moment, Wu Dawei moved closely! He would not waste any chance, and now the Cleveland Cavaliers have very little advantage, and only the last 6-point advantage left makes the Cleveland Cavaliers feel nervous.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have been the leading side on the basketball court since they surpassed the score in the second quarter, the problem is that they have never been able to widen the gap enough to make Los Angeles feel desperate.
Even though the score difference was widened to double digits in the third quarter, it was not long before the Los Angeles caught up again. So although he was already leading the game tonight, the entire Cleveland Cavaliers were still very uneasy.
Because the moment the game was not over and the dust settled, everyone's hearts were hanging in the air. No one was sure of winning, but now of course the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are holding the lead, will be more calm on the basketball court.
Especially for a person like Wu Dawei who has always been thick lines, he didn't feel nervous at all. So this time, Wu Dawei was not ruthless, so he launched an attack directly. His speed was faster than Griffin. In addition, there was a Dwight Howard behind Griffin at this time. As soon as Wu Dawei started, Blake Griffin was fooled by Wu Dawei in an instant!
Although DeAndrew Jordan has made active defenses and is also a center player with extremely fast movement speed, they are all compared to other inside players. After all, Wu Dawei is an outside player, so even though DeAndrew Jordan has very active defense at this time, he can't keep up with Wu Dawei who has already rushed forward. He can only watch Wu Dawei rush through his defense line in a blink of an eye, and then directly into the paint area. Then, under the witness of the screams of all Cleveland fans in the game, he suddenly jumped up, then raised his arm high, and then used a one-arm dunk to complete the score!
With a bang, the sound of the sky was still clearly heard even in the boiling Quick Loan Center!
91:83!
In the first offense after returning from the timeout, the Cleveland Cavaliers achieved results! After Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, who had just played, completed a pick-and-roll at a high position, Wu Dawei rushed into the inside and completed a dunk!
It can be said that it completely gave Los Angeles people a solid warning! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!