While the Cavaliers have struggled in tonight's game and the Celtics are an extremely difficult and formidable opponent in front of them, it is clear that this will make this game very difficult, but fortunately they still have defense.

Building a team that is balanced offensively and defensively has always been Byron Scott's founding purpose. This was true of the New Jersey Nets, who were once brilliant in the East, and the same was true of the New Orleans Hornets in '07 and '08.

And a quick counter-attack after a successful defense is the core of his tactical system. This is the signature that he has relied on as a coach for more than ten years, so he values it very much. With the Nets he had Kidd to start the fast-break, and with the Hornets he had Chris Paul. But in the current Cavaliers lineup, he doesn't have such players under his command, so it's important to cultivate the awareness of the forward players to grab the rebound and launch a fast break.

That's a big part of why the Cavaliers always play beautiful counter-attacks.

Vallejo, Jamison, JJ Hickson and others will look for the best position player as soon as they grab a defensive rebound, and sometimes even send a sharp pass to ensure the speed of the counterattack. Although Wu Dawei has only been training with the main team for less than half a month, head coach Byron Scott is pleased that this hard-working Chinese forward will also subconsciously look for opportunities to score directly with a pass after grabbing the rebound.

It's much better than grabbing a defensive rebound and giving it to the closest guard to you.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers didn't regain their touch on outside shooting, but fortunately, they relied on defensive counterattacks to temporarily bite the score.

Wu Dawei only scored 2 points in the first half of his first start, which will definitely make him a mouthful of truth in front of the media; Fortunately, his performance on the defensive end is as good as ever.

Although in the face of Pierce's old and spicy defense, Wu Dawei's attack was a little helpless; But that didn't take him into the defence. Although Paul Pierce had eight points at the end of the first half, he shot 4-of-12 from the field, a 33.3...... percent shooting percentage that was well below Pierce's season average, and more importantly, the man known as the offensive kaleidoscope did not get a single free throw in the first half.

Relying on his excellent anticipation ability, Wu Dawei was almost unmoved by Pierce's actions of pretending to shoot to cheat fouls, and he controlled his fouls as well as ever.

That's definitely a top priority for a defensive sharpshooter.

There's nothing better than controlling your foul count, and there's nothing better for a defensive player. Because a good number of fouls means you can play longer and have more comprehensive coverage of the targets you're responsible for defending.

This has always been an important problem for many defensive players, after all, a good defensive player is not as simple as making a good block, stealing or making an offensive foul at certain moments, but providing the team with the most powerful and reliable defensive strength at the most critical moments.

And thanks to his excellent anticipation ability, Wu Dawei can always avoid some meaningless fouls.

48：44。

The margin at the end of the half-time was kept within 5 points, and it was a defensive battle, without a doubt all the factors, low shooting percentage, low scoring.

Although the game was a bit ugly, head coach Byron Scott was okay with it. He's not an attacking fanatic, he doesn't have much to demand from a good game, the only thing he needs for the game is to win.

Therefore, in the face of the Bostonians, who are significantly stronger than their own team, they can play such a score, at least Scott is satisfied with it now. …,

At half-time, Scott didn't criticize the players for their offensive disadvantage in the first half, because he knew that saying something over and over again would always make people get tired; So, he just stressed that he had to take every opportunity and defend well.

That's what assistant coach Wright Tibbetts told Wu at halftime.

"GREAT, you didn't feel very good tonight, so don't pay too much attention to it. Defense is your most important task, and Paul Pierce is a terrifying killer. If the game had gone on in the first half, I think it would have been until the last minute. And that was Paul Pearce's scariest time! You did a good job defending him in the first half, and in the second half you just have to try to maintain the rhythm of defending him in the first half and then think about helping your teammates on the offensive end. ”

Wu Dawei nodded, and then walked out of the locker room with his teammates. The Cavaliers didn't stay in the locker room for long at halftime, and they returned to the court in less than 10 minutes.

Every player came up and practiced shooting.

"Oh~ The Cavaliers players have just returned to the locker room and immediately turned back, and they are all practicing their shooting in their own half now, and obviously, they know that their shooting tonight is really not good. I think that's one of the reasons why the Cavaliers trailed the Celtics by four points at 44:48 in the first half. But for the sake of their hard work, I think God will leave the victory in the second half in the Quick Loan Center. ”

The commentary on the sidelines, Carlson, said something right, success is not a hairy boy, it will always come to those who are prepared; Victory seems to be the same.

The Cavaliers players practiced shooting at halftime, allowing them to regain the feel that had disappeared for most of the game in the second half.

After the half-time break, the second half officially began. Both sides sent all their players back on the pitch.

It was still the Celtics who attacked first and the Cavaliers who defended first.

Point guard Racho Rondo, who has grown up this season, had the ball in possession and he quickly crossed the halfcourt, and then Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O'Neal joined Shaquille O'Neal in the high post to give Rondo a double pick at the top of the three-point arc.

Maurice Williams, who is not known for his defensive skills, undoubtedly missed, and Rondo shook him off with a lateral move, and then, with a slip of his foot, he rushed towards the paint.

What was supposed to be the most densely populated area on the basketball court was unusually empty at this time due to the high position mentioned by Garnett and O'Neal earlier.

So when Rondo shook off Williams and rushed forward, there was an open field in front of him.

When Rondo stepped on the edge of the paint field, Wu Dawei, who had already predicted what he was going to do next, did not hesitate to leave his own target Paul Pierce, and he jumped towards Rondo's back, which was about to jump.

Pierce shouted at the moment Wu Dawei left, but at this time, Rondo turned his back to him, how could he pass, so Pierce also hurriedly rushed inside.

Rondo heard Pierce's call, but he still stretched out his right hand with the ball in one hand to finish off the attack with a basket lick.

But as soon as he stretched out his hand, the basketball flew towards the rebound as if it had grown feet! Then, a yellow arm appeared in front of Rondo's eyes, and he was capped! from behind.

The moment the basketball hit the rebound, the quick loan center resounded with cheers.

But soon a pair of swarthy arms grabbed the rebounding basketball in the air, and at the same time extinguished the cheers in the arena.

After the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch, Pierce gets the basketball that Wu Dawei didn't have time to bag in the air.

Then he jumped. He opened his mouth in the air, but to the eyes of the Clevelands, it was like a smug laugh, and it made people gnash their teeth.

But suddenly, a white figure burst out of the empty space in front of him.

Wu Dawei seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, jumped up again the moment he landed, and completed his turn in the air, at this time, he faced Pierce in the air.

Who is the praying mantis and who is the yellow finch? At this moment, a question mark appeared above the heads of everyone in the quick loan center.

Then, people heard a "drink", and in the half of the Cavaliers, two similar figures collided together, as if Mars hit the earth, and burst out in an instant!

Basketball flew out of the paint area!