254. Regain the advantage
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The scorching game was about to enter the fourth quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers still led in this game, although the score was never pulled away, but the Cavaliers still firmly controlled the advantage on the court.
In this inevitable game, the Cavaliers can be said to have done their best, after all, they can no longer afford to lose. A loss in tonight's game would have them trailing the Philadelphia 76ers by a score of 3-1. It's not just something they didn't think of before the game started, it's something they can't tolerate.
How could the championship-hungry Cleveland Cavaliers sink into the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, such a shame is like last season's Miami Heat being eliminated in the first round, which makes people feel humiliated.
The fourth quarter of the game began, as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron Brown. Scott didn't even dare to let Wu Dawei, who had already scored 39 points in the first three quarters, have too much time to rest.
The fourth quarter of the game was just over 2 minutes old, and Wu Dawei was re-sent to the court by Scott. After all, he's now the Cleveland Cavaliers' best player for tonight's game. Scott can only let Wu Dawei stay on the court as much as possible at such a critical moment, which can somewhat reassure him.
The Cavaliers are still in the lead, and at this time, they are 89-84, five points ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers. That gap has been held all night, and all the Cleveland Cavaliers have to do next is to take that advantage to the last minute of the game until the end of the game!
After Wu Dawei came on the court, it once again caused a chain reaction, and the head coach of the 76ers, Doug . When Collins saw Wu Dawei playing, he immediately put Andre on the field. Igu Odara with Zhu. Holiday brought the pitch on the pitch.
And after seeing the 76ers' change of formation, the head coach of the Cavaliers, Byron . Scott also didn't dare to be careless, and also made adjustments in personnel. So. The main players of both sides can be said to have returned to the pitch without a long rest. The game also entered the final battle.
Wu Dawei scored 39 points in three quarters, and there is no doubt that he is the offensive core of the current Cavaliers, so when he came on the court, it was natural that the 76ers put the focus of defense on him.
However, even the focus on care could not stop Wu Dawei from being in the game tonight, otherwise he would not have been able to score 39 points in just three quarters of the game. As soon as he came on the court, Wu Dawei contributed to the team on the offensive end.
He scored two points on the offensive end to stretch the deficit to seven in one fell swoop. It was again on the defensive end that he cut the ball from Igouodara's hand, and then helped the Cleveland Cavaliers complete the counterattack.
In less than a minute, when Wu Dawei returned to the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers scored four points in a row, turning the score into 93:84, and a nine-point gap in an instant, making 76ers head coach Doug Murphy. Collins had to ask for a timeout.
After returning from the timeout, the Philadelphia 76ers quickly readjusted. Despite being the trailing side tonight, the 76ers looked quite tenacious. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to bite the Cavaliers all night.
The 76ers came back from a timeout to catch up with the score, but they were never able to close the deficit to less than four points or even overtake the score, which made people come to the Georgiavia Center tonight. I feel unusually depressed and apprehensive.
Everyone looked up at the time on the big screen in the ceiling, and the time of the fourth quarter of the game was always unusually difficult. Especially for the backward side, that time is like a raging wave, and it disappears in the blink of an eye.
So although the Cleveland Cavaliers have never been able to open up the gap between the two sides. However, the Cavaliers have maintained their lead, but it has made the 76ers, who are behind, feel more and more anxious.
Because when there were three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers were still 104-100. Four points ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers, who are playing at home. The gap was a headache for the Philadelphians, but they struggled but couldn't catch up.
Seeing that time is running out, the 76ers are naturally going to fight to the death!
76ers head coach Doug Murphy. Collins first asked for a timeout, and when the timeout came back, the defensive intensity of the Philadelphia 76ers suddenly rose by n notches!
The Cavaliers still had the ball after returning from a timeout, but the 76ers' vain rise in defensive intensity made them scramble for a while. The Cavaliers lost possession of the ball, and when the 76ers opened up and launched a fast attack, the entire Georgia Center finally rang out with hearty cheers!
The 76ers narrowed the gap to two points with just over two minutes left in the game!
Next, all they need to do is a successful defense!
This quick drop boosted the morale of the Philadelphia 76ers and even the entire Georgia Center. Barkley couldn't help but be a little nervous at this time, he said: "The Cavaliers must score the next offense, Philadelphia's momentum has risen, and the Cavaliers can no longer afford to lose!" They have to withstand the pressure at this time! Otherwise, their entire efforts will be in vain! ”
As Barkley spoke, the entire Georgia Center arena was already resounding with the sound of fans shouting "defend", the sound was deafening, as if it was a huge pressure, and the Cleveland Cavaliers were a little out of breath at this time.
Chauncey. Billups dribbled the ball through the half, as a defender who had won the FMVP, Chauncey. What kind of formation Billups has not seen. At this time, he was unmoved in the face of the huge momentum of the 76ers. Holiday's pressing didn't keep him scrambling either.
Billups called Wu Dawei on the three-point line, and the two made a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation outside the three-point line, although this cooperation did not have any effect due to the active defense of the Philadelphia 76ers, but Billups still chose to give the ball to Wu Dawei.
Wu Dawei got a pass at the top of the three-point arc, and then he was in front of him. Igu Odara is on the right side. However, this is not a battle between the two of them, because the moment Wu Dawei got the ball, the attention of the other players of the Philadelphia 76ers was also focused on the top of the arc of the three-point line.
Wu Dawei could feel his opponent moving towards him, but he didn't hesitate, and he opened up the fight and launched a direct attack on Igu Odara's defense. Although the two are of similar height, Wu Dawei's tonnage is beyond the reach of Igu Odara!
With the advantage of tonnage, Wu Dawei carried Igu Odara's body and rushed into the inside line, and in an instant, the entire Philadelphia 76ers team was like a big enemy. Although they tried to come forward to wrap the clip, Wu Dawei had already rushed into the paint area. Seeing this, Hawes also hurried over.
But Wu Dawei was not afraid of the defense of Hoyce and Igu Odara! The moment he rushed into the paint area, he directly raised the basketball and made a shooting motion, which made everyone's hearts hang on the spot.
When people saw Igouodara jumping in the air with Hawes, blocking the sky, the hearts of Philadelphia fans fell. But in less than a second, they couldn't help but sigh. Because Wu Dawei didn't jump at all, the instantaneous feint deceived everyone.
The moment Igu Odara and Hawes fell from the sky. Wu Dawei jumped up immediately and threw the ball to the basket under the eyes of the Phillies who were unskilled!
Basketball smashes into the frame!
At 106:102, the Cleveland Cavaliers were on edge despite previous turnovers. However, Wu Dawei used the forty-seventh point he scored in this game to resolve this crisis!
There was a muffled lament in the Georgia Center, but the game continued, even though the margin was stretched to four points. Still, the 76ers have a lot of opportunities.
Attacking the half again, Zhu. Holiday in the high post with Spencer. Hawes made a pick-and-roll and went straight to the basket. Dwight. Howard was pulled out, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an interior void. This is not only realized by Holiday , but also by Wu Dawei, who is standing on the flank and responsible for defending Igouodara.
So at the moment when Howard ran out of the paint area with Hoyce, Wu Dawei consciously moved inside, and when Holiday threw off Billups' defense and bypassed Howard's interception and rushed into the paint area, Wu Dawei also rushed into the paint area with extremely fast skills!
The moment Holiday jumped, Wu Dawei also jumped from the flank. Holiday hadn't even been able to imagine the picture of the goal before he was viciously slapped away from the air by a pair of big hands!
The Georgiavia Center was in a commotion because of this image. Holiday screamed, but the referee didn't move, and after the ball was regained control by the Cavaliers, there was a huge boo in the arena.
Even Spike. Li also felt that this was an unfair sentence. But now no one is paying attention to them, even the 76ers players who feel wronged. Because when the ball was regained control by the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers quickly launched a counterattack!
They are a team that is extremely good at playing defensive counter-attacks, and naturally, the 76ers still have the heart to find referee theories at this time. The 76ers stepped back in time to kill the Cavaliers' fast-break counterattack, but Billups quickly organized an offense after coming to the halfcourt.
Dwight. Howard got stuck on the inside and Billups passed the ball to him. Although Howard's performance tonight was not great, the 76ers did not dare to take it lightly at this time. So the moment Howard got the ball, the bag followed. Howard ignored the incoming bag defense, he got the ball and hit the spot and then it was a turn!
The hook after turning left Hawes out of reach, and the ball flew over Hawes's head to the basket, once again tugging at the hearts of Philadelphia fans. Because if this goal is scored again, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will have a six-point lead, with less than two minutes left in the game......
Philadelphia fans have only one feeling, and that is that the beautiful fantasy of 3:1 is getting farther and farther away from them!
But fortunately, the ball didn't get into the basket after flying over Hawes's head!
The ball slams out of the basket!
The Georgia Center immediately erupted in thunderous cheers, because the 76ers are still only 4 points behind the Cavaliers, and they still have a chance! The ball bounced high on the hoop and flew off the hoop to the cheers of all the Philadelphia fans.
But in the next second, the cheers stopped abruptly! Because the ball was not grabbed by the 76ers players, in the air, a big man wearing the Cleveland Cavaliers zero jersey fell from the sky, grabbed the ball in the palm of his hand before everyone else, and then, facing the basket close at hand, the ball that had been knocked out of the basket before was smashed into it!
Wu Dawei's dunk at such a critical moment, the sound of the basket metal frame shaking was hysterical, but at this time, the entire Georgia Center Arena was silent! Only the shrill cheers of the Clevelands remained, and for a time, a few took the upper hand!
Most of the people were stunned to see the air on the court!
108:102, with less than a minute and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Cleveland Cavaliers stretched the margin to as much as six points, which made them look more and more like the winners of tonight's game!
At this time, their ecstatic celebration looks in stark contrast to the 76ers' somewhat closed expressions!
Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doug Murphy. Collins asked for a timeout, and the atmosphere in the silent Georgia Center was extremely oppressive. But the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers who were playing away felt extremely excited.
For the first time in this year's playoffs, they were so excited and happy that they were about to win!
A win in tonight's game would allow the Cleveland Cavaliers to level the score and reclaim their home-court advantage!
At that time, the Cleveland people will have reason to believe that the course that has deviated from the track before will be back on track after the victory in this game! (To be continued......)