112. Soft belly

Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were in the lead in the first quarter, they did not get a chance to stretch the score. Amare Stoudemire's unstoppable presence on the inside is the most important reason.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 23:20, and the Cavaliers led by three points.

In the rotation, the Cavaliers did not open up such a point difference, and in fact this is a problem that current coach Byron Scott has a bit of a headache. After Wu Dawei was promoted to the lineup by him from the bench lineup, the team's bench lineup did not have the strong impact it used to have, and began to slowly become mediocre.

Scott had considered putting Wu back on the bench to allow the team's aggressiveness to be assured in the rotation, but as Wu Dawei became more and more excellent after coming out, he was completely unable to pull him out of the lineup.

Wu Dawei's strong defensive ability allows him to directly help the team after he plays, focusing on the opponent's number one outside star on the defensive end. And relying on Wu Dawei's terrifying ball break rate and blocks, the Cavaliers can always play a wonderful defensive counterattack. This was a huge help for the team to establish an advantage in the opening game.

The so-called gains must be lost, and fish and bear paws can have both. Scott can only say that in the team's bench lineup, he can find another player like Wu Dawei. He has also asked general manager Dan Ferry to trade him for a competitive player.

If there is a player like Jason Terry and Manu Ginobili, Scott believes the team will not be so mediocre in rotation time. Of course, he will not be too extravagant to find another player like Wu Dawei.

A player who is defensively strong and can contribute several times the defensive energy of an extraordinary player.

Like the Cavaliers, the New Yorkers' bench isn't much better than them. In fact, Mike D'Antoni's team has always been like that. A lineup with strong attacking firepower and an overly sparse bench lineup.

They have all of their best attacking players in the lineup, Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Amare Stoudemire, Raymond Felton.

The two sides went back and forth like gentlemen during the first half of the second quarter, so dull that the fans who came to Madison Square Square wanted to sleep, and even Spike Lee was a little distracted.

So, the boredom on the pitch made New Yorkers quickly turn their attention to the sidelines.

As Wu was sitting on the bench talking to Ryan Hollins and Andrea Vallejo next to him, he suddenly heard laughter.

He raised his head and saw a New York fan playing on the big screen, a big fat pig, he lifted his loose top, focused on his fat belly and wrote: Chinese Yankee, Wu Dawei, you are as weak as my belly!

The fat guy twisted his belly vigorously in the camera, amusing the fans. And what made New Yorkers laugh even more was that Wu Dawei's head suddenly appeared in the camera, just in front of the fat guy's belly.

"Idiot!"

Before Wu Dawei could make some indications about this, such as giving him a middle finger and other global behaviors, he was called to the sidelines by head coach Byron Sturke.

At this time, the second quarter had been played for 4 minutes, but the difference between the two sides remained in the range of 3 points, so the managers of both sides had the idea of making substitutions to break the deadlock. Scott made a preemptive move and called Wu Dawei to the sidelines, ready to replace him first.

Scott didn't make any special arrangements for Wu, and although Wu and Amare Stoudemire were the talking points of tonight's game, they were actually difficult to match up because of their position and the difference in height of 5 centimeters. And the threat of Wilson Chandler and Daroni Gallinari ensured that Scott wouldn't let David Wu face Stoudemire on the defensive end. …,