254. Timely Rain
In the second quarter, Dwight Howard left the court because of a foul, and played very well. Although after Wu Dawei came on the court, the New Jersey Nets faced another headache they needed, their own performance on the offensive end was also very good.
Because the inside of the Cleveland Cavaliers lacked Dwight Howard's defensive gate, Brooke Lopez was liberated. His tonnage and weight in the inside were difficult for other inside players of the Cleveland Cavaliers to compete.
In addition, he has such excellent and delicate skills in hands and feet. After Dwight Howard left the court, Brooke Lopez performed like a fish in the basket of the Cleveland Cavaliers!
It is precisely because of Brooke Lopez's rise on the offensive end, and Deron Williams's condition was already in the game, that the New Jersey Nets will perform such an amazing performance in the next period of time!
It was precisely because of this period when Dwight Howard was not present and the Cleveland Cavaliers' interior was relatively empty that the New Jersey Nets were able to slightly widen the gap.
In the past two minutes, the New Jersey Nets instantly said that the small gap between the two sides suddenly widened to more than 6 points! And this was all due to the joint performance of Deron Williams and Brooke Lopez on the offensive end!
If it weren't for their outstanding performance on the offensive end, the New Jersey Nets would not have been able to pull the score wide in such a state of anxiety.
However, even if they made such an excellent offense, another reason why they still couldn't completely widen the score gap was because the New Jersey Nets still couldn't solve Wu Dawei!
The score at this time is 42:48!
The New Jersey Nets led by 6 points, but the reason why they still couldn't completely widen the gap in the score with the two stars performing well is because Wu Dawei also brought great help to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
It is precisely because of Wu Dawei's performance that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to hold on with the score in the absence of Dwight Howard. Although they widened the score difference to the biggest gap in this game at this time, they were still within an acceptable range.
The gap of at least 6 points has never been possible to make a team surrender, especially in the first half of the game. Although the widening of the score difference will definitely have some impact on the progress of the game, such an impact is now minimal!
Because even though the score gap widened, the Cleveland Cavaliers did not collapse because of this. Because Wu Dawei was on the basketball court, he was able to shock the situation on the basketball court very much.
This is also why the New Jersey Nets are still unable to win the Cleveland Cavaliers in one fell swoop despite having two players in hot form at this time.
Wu Dawei can always help the Cleveland Cavaliers well, whether on both offense and defense, but now the two players who are breaking out of the New Jersey Nets are in the fifth position and the other is in the first position. Although Wu Dawei is a very versatile player, it is still unrealistic to fight with a player who is more than ten centimeters lower than himself on the outside, or fight with an inside player who is about ten centimeters taller than himself in the inside, which is more than ten centimeters taller than himself.
Although Wu Dawei is very good in single defense, he is also a professional professional. Although modern basketball tends to be blurred on the court, Wu Dawei has always been known for being omnipotent, but after all, No. 1 and No. 5 are two extremes, and Wu Dawei cannot reach these two extremes at the same time.
So in this regard, Wu Dawei can only help his teammates defend as much as possible. However, whenever the New Jersey Nets are about to attack, Wu Dawei's defense, Gerald Wallace will always run to the weak side of the ball and wait at this time!
It seems that he doesn't want to participate in the defense at all. This has also had a great impact on Wu Dawei's assisting defense. So many times, he can only watch Brooke, Lopez or Delon Williams take turns to attack the Cleveland Cavaliers' basket in the half-court of the Cleveland Cavaliers and is powerless...
Fortunately, Wu Dawei is also a headache for the New Jerseys on the offensive end. And they still cannot solve such a problem until now!
Whenever Wu Dawei holds the ball, New Jersey fans are always the most worried. Because after watching more than a quarter of the game, they also understand very well that their team cannot limit Wu Dawei's performance.
If the New Jersey Nets hadn't had a very good offense, how could the New Jersey Nets play like this now with the Cleveland Cavaliers! Even the New Jersey Nets fans would admit in their hearts that the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is now in the limelight, is indeed an opponent that the New Jersey Nets can't compete with.
So in this game tonight, Gerald Wallace was completely defeated by the opponent when facing Wu Dawei's attack again and again. Although it was very frustrating to watch, New Jersey fans could still understand his pain very much.
The fans felt so uncomfortable just by watching on the sidelines, let alone Gerald Wallace had to face Wu Dawei's strongest attack at this time! Just like now, the New Jersey Nets led the Cleveland Cavaliers by 6 points at this time. They led the game with 48:42, but the ball rights were back in the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
At this time, there were only about 4 minutes left in the second quarter, and both sides had almost replaced their starting lineups, but on the side of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwight Howard, the team's inside core, was still sitting off the court to rest.
Because he had three fouls on his back, the team's head coach Byron Scott really didn't dare to bet on him. After all, this is the home court of the New Jerseys. If the referees were determined to help the New Jersey Nets, it would not be impossible to directly slap Dwight Howard for a few fouls.
After all, at the opponent's home court, although Byron Scott is very confident in his team, as a team head coach, he dare not make any sense. Especially in the current game, the situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers is still so bad, and the opponent's center player Brooke Lopez's firepower on the offensive end is so fierce. Although Byron Scott is also very confident in Dwight Howard's defensive ability, he still dares not take risks.
After all, the overall situation of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the league and the season is not very good. With 25 wins and 27 losses, they are also very eager and looking forward to winning this game. So this makes Byron Scott dare not take Dwight Howard casually!
After controlling the ball for half, Kyrie Irving chose to hand over the ball to Wu Dawei. The new All-Star starting guard who was beaten by Deron Williams at the beginning did not perform well tonight. So far, he has only scored 2 points and 1 assist.
Originally, his pressure on the defensive end was very huge, and Wu Dawei's condition was so hot at this time, so naturally Kyrie Irving could not become the first choice for the Cleveland Cavaliers to eat balls on the offensive end. At this time, he was more of a wing assaulter, and mainly restraining the opponent's defense for Wu Dawei.
When Wu Dawei held the ball, since Dwight Howard was not present, the player who played No. 5 now became Andre Valacho. The Brazilian quickly mentioned the high position to make a pick-and-roll for Wu Dawei, but the New Jersey Nets' big center Brooke Lopez was completely unable to follow at this time. So after Wu Dawei relied on Valacho's pick-and-roll to throw away Gerald Wallace, there was a big gap in front of him!
Brooke Lopez failed to keep up with Andre Valacho at this time, so he naturally had to come to defend Wu Dawei. Although Gerald Wallace was blocked by Andre Valacho, how could he dare to let Wu Dawei go at this time!?
After all, Wu Dawei is currently the best player in the Cleveland Cavaliers on the basketball court, and he is also the key to the attack of the entire Cleveland Cavaliers. So soon, at the top of the paint area, Brooke Lopez and Gerald Wallace completed the defense of Wu Dawei's attack!
The two people around him will naturally hinder Wu Dawei's offensive pace, but Wu Dawei has never been a greedy person, so at this time he had already seen Andre Valajo, who was empty and still standing near the middle distance on the flank!
Wu Dawei threw the ball directly to the Brazilian as soon as he threw it casually. After receiving Wu Dawei's pass, the Brazilian directly chose to jump shot from the spot!
The moment the ball flew out of Andre Varacio's hands, the New Jersey Nets players had no time to make up for defense. Andre Varacio could be said to have thrown the ball out without any pressure!
But when the ball flew up under such circumstances, it immediately hit the ring!
Didn't make a move! Once again!
The fans of the New Jersey Nets who saw this scene on the sidelines were so happy at this time. Valacho had made a pick-and-roll with Wu Dawei at a high position, and it was almost the same as the one now, but the final result was that they were unable to score the ball!
The ball hit the basket! This is one of the reasons why the New Jersey Nets have been able to gradually widen the gap in the past two minutes. The Cavaliers have not had a good shooting feel in recent times. This also gives the New Jerseys a chance to open the score.
Especially under the current situation, they have two All-Star players in a very hot state, so it is naturally easier for them to score points.
When Valacho once again missed the ball at a high position, the New Jersey fans on the sidelines even began to fantasize about the team's next attack. But at this time, the ball hit the basket and bounced out. Humphries stuck Michael Beasley behind him with his back. He looked up at the ball in the sky. Just as he was about to jump up, he found that he was entangled by Michael Beasley!
And just taking advantage of this gap, suddenly, a huge shadow suddenly appeared on the sky above Humphries' head, which was originally very open! Almost without any confusion, Humphries discovered that the man was Wu Dawei!
At this time, Wu Dawei flew over the New Jersey Nets' paint area! There was no one in front of him, no one was fighting around him. Wu Dawei easily grabbed the ball, and then he was no longer able to stop him in the sky!
Immediately afterwards, all New Jersey players could only look up at Wu Dawei completing a shocking patch performance in the air!
With a bang, the original high mood of the New Jersey fans on the sidelines fell to the bottom at this moment!
Before everyone could react, the moment when New Jersey fans saw Andre Valacho missed the shooting, they even began to fantasize about the scene where the New Jersey Nets continued to widen the score gap, but in the end they got something so frustrating!
44:48, although the Cleveland Cavaliers are still the one behind the basketball court, there is no doubt that Wu Dawei's patch has increased the morale of the entire Cleveland Cavaliers like a timely rain!
The Cleveland players on the bench couldn't help but stand up and shout, cheering for Wu Dawei's wonderful patch. The Cleveland Cavaliers felt bad on the basketball court and were constantly slid by their opponents, which made the morale of the entire team extremely low.
Before, Valacho's jump shot failed again, which made the team's morale fall to the bottom, but Wu Dawei appeared in time and saved the team from danger! Although the team is still behind, fortunately, at least the morale has increased after Wu Dawei's dunk!
For the current Cleveland Cavaliers, they are just going to suffocate this energy. If they are discouraged at this time, then what awaits them may be a thunderous ending!
Of course this is not something they are willing to see, so Wu Dawei's retouch is really crucial! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!