82. Practice
Wu Dawei used a series of brilliant performances on the defensive end to help the team tie the score in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. And the situation seems to have reversed from this moment.
The visiting Celtics, who were in the lead for almost the entire game, seemed to be deflated when Wu Dawei equalized for the home team with a licking basket.
The Cavaliers unleashed a wave of offensive surges in the final moments, and it was undoubtedly a lethal offensive climax. Because the Celtics stopped their pursuit of victory.
The Cavaliers finally won the battle of the spotlight 85-90 at the end of the game.
Wu Dawei had 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Tonight's poor first-half finish cost him a lot of scoring opportunities, which is one of the reasons why he only scored 12 points tonight. However, 12 points is also close to Wu Dawei's average points per game this season, so his performance in this game is not bad.
At least head coach Byron Scott and assistant coach Wright Tibbetts, who has been coaching Wu in defense, were happy with Wu's starting debut, and even the Clevelanders could accept Wu's performance tonight, as they witnessed Wu's help to the team's victory in the most crucial moments at the Quick Loan Center.
But this does not mean that Wu Dawei can conquer the media. The foreign media, who have always been unapologetic and even disgusted with him, still look like they are picking bones in eggs. For Wu Dawei's decisive defensive table in this game, they showed the concept of average level; As for Wu Dawei's not very good hand tonight, he criticized Wu Dawei for being a bad mess on the offensive end.
In the face of the opponent's stronger defense, Wu Dawei could not score as lightly as he did from the bench. His scoring started to get tough, and he was helpless on the offensive end against a superplayer of Paul Pearce's calibre. ”
"Wu's performance on the offensive end is hard for us to believe, he can help the team in the lineup in attack, and his defensive appearance is nothing more than mediocre. So I think compared to the players, Wu Dawei is still a more qualified substitute player. ”
In the newspapers of the next day, news about Wu Dawei appeared on the pages of various media outlets. Almost all the newspapers unanimously believe that Wu Dawei is okay on the defensive end, but he is not a player-level player at all on the offensive end.
The only one who disagrees with various media outlets is the Akron Beacon from Cleveland, and James Matthew, who has always been at odds with Wu, admits that Wu is not only unfavorable on the offensive end, but also has no way to help the Cavaliers; Defensively, his cousin wasn't as good as Paul Pierce was the top scorer for the Boston Celtics last night. And Wu Dawei is the one who is responsible for defending him throughout the game.
And on the other side of the ocean, in China, of course, the cheers are always greater than the doubts.
After watching the Cavaliers' game against the Celtics, fans were mostly relieved by Wu's appearance.
"Big viagra is good, come on, I believe you can be a great player!"
"Big Viagra did a great job yesterday, especially the defense in the final moments of the game! It seems that he is already a top-notch defensive player in the league. ”
Wu Dawei's excellent performance in the game against the Celtics made those blacks have nothing to hide, so they don't dare to come out as a birdie at this time.
Wu Dawei's outstanding performance always brings him a large number of fans, and when he does not play well, the fans become the ones who criticize him. That's the treatment of a small star, he doesn't have the treatment of a real superstar, because he doesn't have a lot of great performances for a very long time to make the fans really fall in love with him. …,
Therefore, such a situation is far from what Wu Dawei expected.
After finishing the game against the Celtics, the Cavaliers have 2 days off. Head coach Byron Scott received cheers from all the fans for his team's victory over the Boston Celtics, and the team had a day off without training.
But Wu Dawei still came to the training hall the next day, alone, because the assistant coach also took the opportunity to return to his hometown to see his wife and daughter during this day's rest.
So when training alone, Wu Dawei can't practice back-to-back singles. The game against the Celtics taught Wu that although his mid-range shooting has come a long way through the summer, it will still fail.
Maybe it's because I've been practicing my back-to-back singles technique recently, so I have neglected it a bit, which is the reason for the degradation of my feel; Of course, it is also possible that it is because of the strength that I have recently strengthened due to the practice of back-to-body singles, so that the feeling is biased.
Wu Dawei took advantage of this day of training alone and practiced shooting a lot.
This should have been the scoring method he relied on the most last night, but Wu Dawei did not show it, and almost caused him to play abnormally on the offensive end in the first starting game.
This, coupled with last night's match against Paul Pearce on the court, made Wu understand that his back-to-back singles skills are not impeccable. At least when facing an opponent whose strength is as great or even stronger than his own, he will be helpless.
Although he has been able to use his existing back-to-back singles skills to bully many opponents who are not as good as him in the same position and physical tonnage, Wu Dawei knows that his opponents are not just these fragile defenders.
LeBron James is getting closer and closer to himself!
It is impossible for his back-to-back singles skills and strength to improve to the point where they can compete with James in half a month, so Wu Dawei naturally can't discard the weapon he originally relied on most on the offensive end.
After a two-day break, the Cavaliers will embark on a six-game road trip, and after six games, they will return to their home court for a one-day rest before taking on the Miami team.
What will happen then. Wu Dawei seemed to be able to guess with his toes that with the love-hate relationship between Cleveland people and James, the entire Cleveland area would be boiling! And that day was also of great significance to Wu Dawei. He understands how many people want to see their jokes on this day and are ready to step on themselves.
PS: Sorry for the late update. Thank you Xia Fei for the big reward on both cheeks~