In the first quarter, the two sides fought hard, and the Cavaliers relied on Wu Dawei's excellent performance in the No. 3 position to play happily on defensive counterattacks; At the same time, without Paul Pearce's firepower on the offensive end, the Green Shirts have been suffering a lot despite having a lot of scoring points.

You know, this season, Pierce is still the team's current leading scorer! His form is the slowest decline among the Big Three. Therefore, Pierce did not score a point in the first quarter, which was the key to the Celtics' inability to win the advantage.

But even with the No. 1 scorer completely ineffective on the offensive end, the Green Shirts were only two points behind the Cavaliers at home at the end of the first quarter.

25：27。 The reason why they were able to hold on to the score was not only because they had more blossoms, but also because the Celtics had the advantage in rebounding. Among the Cavaliers, the most rebounders this season is Brazilian Andre Vallejo, who is also one of the few rebounders on the team. Although Wu Dawei can average 9 rebounds per game this season, as a No. 3 position, Wu Dawei is part of the position on the court in the middle and long range.

So he's not in a good position for most of the rebounds, and the reason why he still grabs nine rebounds per game is mostly by surprise, especially in the frontcourt. On the defensive end, Wu Dawei's top priority is to prevent the opponent's number one outside star, and naturally, rebounding can sometimes be a little inadequate.

With the exception of Vallejo, the Cavaliers have no one to be proud of when it comes to protecting backcourt rebounding, and veteran Antoine Jamison, who started as the No. 4 position, has not been as good as he used to be. That's why the Celtics were able to dominate the rebounding in the first quarter, with Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O'Neal, and Jermaine O'Neal, who are still alive under the basket even though they are old.

At the break, head coach Byron Scott expressed his dissatisfaction with his team's rebounding, believing that if the team had only trailed in rebounding, their current lead would not have been so difficult.

Every coach wants to solve the opponent as quickly as possible in every game. A scorching game is never what coaches want to see, because not only is it a sign that your team is not invincible, but it can also lead to a series of problems: sudden injuries, fitness of players, etc.

Therefore, the fierce game is only liked by the fans, and the coaches only advocate the hearty victory of each game. If they can end the game in one quarter, then they definitely don't want their players to drag on until the third or even fourth quarter for various reasons.

Scott focused on rebounding, but it didn't get any better at the start of the second quarter. The Green Shirts' "Big Baby" Davis and O'Neal Jr. didn't fall behind when they faced the Cavaliers' Hickson and Ryan Hollins.

Even, Davis's aggressive scramble and O'Neal Jr.'s experience on the inside have helped the Green Shirts still take the absolute initiative in rebounding.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers were very competitive on the outside tonight, whether it was Morris Williams or Ramon Sessions who came off the bench, they all showed good form on the offensive end and helped the Cavaliers stabilize the situation.

Paul Pearce only played seven minutes in the first quarter due to his form, so he was quickly back in the second quarter. Three minutes into the second quarter, Paul Pierce was back in the game.

At the same time, the Cavaliers have made adjustments accordingly. Byron Scott didn't dare to underestimate Pierce, and after seeing him walking towards the technical table, he hurriedly called Wu Dawei to his side.

A chance to kill the ball, Wu Dawei and Pierce appeared at the same time. At this time, the second quarter has been nearly 4 minutes, and during this time, the substitutes on both sides are still back and forth, and no one can get rid of each other, and the difference is only 1 point.

35：36。 The Cavaliers are the lead, but the ball is in the hands of the Bostonians.

Once on the court, the Celtics' first offense was handed to Pierce. Regardless of form, Pierce has always been the number one choice on the offensive end of the pitch for this veteran powerhouse.

It's as if Paul Pearce is the Green Shirts' number one option on the offensive end at all times; No matter how successful Wu Dawei was in defending Pierce before, he still didn't dare to be careless at this moment.

Pierce's cautious defensive stance left him with no chances, but as one of the league's top scorers, Pierce has always been the one to create offensive chances. Although he has been deflated in front of Wu Dawei's defense before, this will definitely not affect Pierce's attitude on the offensive end. can only make him more and more resolute.

There is a saying that mocks the blacksmiths of the alliance for throwing indiscriminately, and the more they can't vote, the more they have to vote until they get in! Although this sentence is a derogatory term, it also shows from the side that these so-called blacksmiths are actually people who never give up.

Pierce asked teammate Petrus for a pick-and-roll, and then he took a step sideways, and although Wu relied on the advantage of anti-judgment to bypass the pick-and-roll as quickly as possible, Pierce was also fast.

After he took a step to the side, he jumped up and shot directly, but the action seemed to be a little hasty, because Wu Dawei had already flown and pounced. The basketball flew to the basket before Wu Dawei slapped his palm.

"Rebound!" But Pierce felt that the ball was crooked the moment he shot, so he hurriedly yelled, and after landing on the ground, he hurriedly ran to the inside; At the same time, Wu Dawei rushed into the paint area immediately after the block failed, before Pierce.

The head coach's yelling at the intermission made it clear to every Cavaliers player that the head coach was very unhappy with the team's rebounding.

Almost instantly, all eyes were on the paint area where countless big men were crowded together, and the basketball flew to the basket, and then, as Pierce expected, smashed into the blue neck and bounced high.

In an instant, everyone huddled together. "Big Baby" Davis relied on his generous tonnage to occupy a favorable position on the inside, and O'Neal Jr. relied on his experience to jam the jumping man ** Hickson behind him, and the two interior lines of the Celtics took the initiative at once.

The basketball bounced high, and Davis stuck out his tongue and licked his lower lip, looking up at the basketball like a turtle with a shrunken neck......

Davis counted the height as he watched the balls grow more and more in his eyes, and then, as soon as he stretched out his arms and kicked his two fat calves on the ground, he felt like a rocket flying towards the basketball.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Davis felt the basketball within reach, and he opened his hands to grab the basketball to grab the offensive rebound, when suddenly, he noticed a much more athletic figure leaping above him. Because the cooked duck flew away......

Davis watched in the air as a figure passed by, and then snatched the rebound he was about to win, and before he could see who the halfway Cheng Biting Jin was, he immediately felt the high feelings of the Cleveland fans at the Quick Loan Center.

The cheers rang out almost instantly, and Daviston felt empty around him, and when he fell to the ground and turned around, he found that the Cavaliers' No. 0 player was running like a mad dog in the front court with a basketball!

The moment Wu Dawei grabbed the rebound, he launched an offensive towards the front court. As a 203-centimeter-tall and 110-kilogram player, Wu Dawei is not slow at all in terms of speed thanks to his diligent training every day. The aging Paul Pierce was pulled behind by David Wu even at the moment of starting. But soon, other Celtics players posted up, so Wu Dawei didn't force the attack, and he gave his third assist in the game.

Ramon Sessions jumped up to shoot after winning the ball in the open spot, and tonight the Cavaliers' outside players were in good hands, and the basketball went into the net.

35：38。 The Cavaliers pulled the score.

But three-pointers are never a big advantage in basketball, so after completing the fast break, the Cavaliers players quickly ran back to their own half to defend. The Celtics attacked again, and this time the ball was still in Pierce's hands.

It's just that this time Pierce didn't choose to attack, but handed the ball to Davis after completing a high pick-and-roll with the latter. At this time, the dislocation had been formed, and Davis directly opposed to Wu Dawei, so the big fat man did not hesitate, he rushed to the paint area with the ball.

Although Davis's tonnage is much more than his own, Wu Dawei is still not afraid! He was stuck in front of Davis, and although he didn't cover the small hook after Davis rushed into the paint area, it already affected the curvature of his shot.

In order to avoid Wu Dawei's block, Davis threw the basketball with a very high arc and smashed directly on the front edge of the basket, when Davis still wanted to rely on his faint almost inconspicuous height advantage to compete for this offensive rebound, Wu Dawei had already grabbed the next step, and turned around to take the basketball into his arms!

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