636. Responsibilities of Leaders

"86 to 80!"

When Wu Dawei used a wonderful pen to make a flower, the ball was passed to Carey. Irving, after helping the latter complete a light layup, sat in front of the courtside commentary booth Charles Brown. Barkley cheered hysterically.

For him, it's clear that this is the moment of the most exciting time for him, and there has never been a time in this game tonight that excites him more than now.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been on the underdog side in this game tonight, leaving Barkley feeling down; It was only at this point that there was finally some hope, which naturally would make Barkley excited.

Of course, he will also hope that the Cleveland Cavaliers can take advantage of the victory at this time, after all, they are already behind for three quarters, and now the game has entered the final quarter, if they don't exert their strength at this time, then this game will be over.

Naturally, at this time, it is extremely important for the Cleveland Cavaliers to catch up with the score at this time.

Although he didn't score after the start of the fourth quarter, Wu's two assists can be said to be a good help for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This is of course the goal that the Cleveland Cavaliers need, and now, with only six points left in the scoreline, they can clearly see the hope of victory for the Cleveland Cavaliers under such a point gap.

Although the San Antonio Spurs still have the advantage in the score at this point, the morale of the Cleveland Cavaliers has allowed them to slowly start to improve.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, next, they still need a good defense; Because only in this way can they continue to narrow the gap in the score even further.

It's certainly not an easy thing to do, but no amount of difficulty for the Cleveland Cavaliers can stop their desire to be the winner in tonight's game.

A 2-0 lead was their ultimate goal after their first two home games, and now they are not far from such a goal. But it's definitely not close.

At least the San Antonio Spurs, who are in front of the Cleveland Cavaliers, are their biggest problem.

Because the San Antonio Spurs played very good form in this game tonight, so even if the Cleveland Cavaliers played some momentum at this time and looked ferocious, but if they want to win this game, the San Antonio Spurs are still a very difficult opponent to solve.

Their state on the offensive end made the Cleveland Cavaliers feel very tricky, so of course the Cleveland Cavaliers can't give every ball to the San Antonio Spurs to defend at this time.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers closed the gap to six points. Next, it was the San Antonio Spurs' turn to attack, and the Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't defend this time like Dwight in the last round of defense. Howard went and fanned the ball like that.

Manu. Ginobili made a layup to make it 88-80 and the margin returned to the eight-point mark, but it wasn't a cause for San Antonio Spurs head coach Popovich to cheer about at this point.

Because he watched as the Cleveland Cavaliers were slowly trying to eat away at the San Antonio Spurs' already huge lead.

Especially after Wu Dawei came on the court, the backbone of the Cleveland Cavaliers played a vital role in the Cleveland Cavaliers' pursuit.

But he didn't have anything to do with him, although no team could deal with Wu Dawei this season. However, for Popovich, this is not an excuse to look for.

Because his goal this season is to win a championship, making excuses is the most useless thing to do; For Popovich, that's the last thing he likes.

So now for Popovich. He can only expect the San Antonio Spurs players to maintain a strong momentum on the offensive end; In this way, even if they can't defend the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense, then the San Antonio Spurs' own offense can still be relied on.

After all, they are the lead right now, as long as they maintain a high enough offensive efficiency. Then even if the defense is a little worse, it's still acceptable.

But now, Popovich is afraid that if the team fails to attack, then even if they still have the lead at this time; There is also a possibility that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be overtaken by the Cleveland Cavaliers playing at home.

Led by three quarters. Losing either way won't be what Popovich's San Antonio Spurs want tonight.

But at this time, Popovich had to be vigilant about this, because he knew that in the last series of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, the Cleveland Cavaliers were behind and finally completed the comeback.

While the Miami Heat's lead wasn't as huge as the San Antonio Spurs had tonight, the process was remarkably similar.

Being overturned twice in a row directly caused the Miami Heat to completely collapse, so the Cleveland Cavaliers swept away the opponent 4-0. 、

Now, the San Antonio Spurs are clearly facing such a dilemma, for them, losing in this year's Finals is not their goal, let alone being swept by their opponents in the Finals series.

It's even more unlikely to be the goal of the San Antonio Spurs in this series, and they won't like that ending.

However, this is also something they must be wary of, because in the previous three series of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cleveland Cavaliers have all swept their opponents with a 4-0 record.

That's why after the Finals begin, there will be so many Clevelanders and media clamoring for them to win the championship with a perfect 16-0 record!

This is certainly not impossible, after all, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are now in the lead in the Finals, and now the second game is a disadvantage. However, the recent momentum has made them feel like they are turning the tables around.

So Popovich suddenly thought of this and broke out in a cold sweat, this was definitely not his design, so he frowned even more and stared at every move on the basketball court.

Whenever the shape becomes worse, he has to make adjustments in time, this is what Popovich said to himself in his heart.

After all, this is the last quarter of the game, whether it is for the Cleveland Cavaliers or the San Antonio Spurs, it is a game that cannot be missed.

So at this time, it is essential to be vigilant enough; The Cleveland Cavaliers attacked, and in Popovich's worried mood, he saw Wu Dawei hold the ball again. Although he didn't score, he did give his seventh assist of the game!

He worked with Dwight. Howard did a pick-and-roll, and then he cut inside, and Dwight did the pick-and-roll. Howard followed suit.

Wu Dawei attracted the San Antonio Spurs defense, and Popovich repeatedly stressed during the timeout that Wu Dawei should not let Wu score easily.

So when Kauvai. When Leonard is at a disadvantage on the defensive end, the rest of the San Antonio Spurs players will do everything they can to help him defend.

In this way, there will definitely be a hole in the defensive line, and Wu Dawei is good at seizing this hole, and he gave the ball to Dwight. Howard. The latter once again succeeded in the face of empty blue!

88 to 82!

Although Wu Dawei still scored 16 points so far in the fourth quarter of the game, his assist number has risen to 7 assists at this time!

It only took a little more than a quarter for Wu Dawei to score 16 points and seven assists. Such a table is efficient enough, because this is even the number of times a team starts a point guard for the whole game!

This is where Wu Dawei is strong, even if his appearance is not good, he is still very good at using his threat to opponents and then creating open shooting opportunities for his teammates.

It's his talent.

Popovich couldn't do anything about it. He could only think of it, but now for Popovich, he hated such talent.

Because the team worked hard to take the lead in the half. is going to be under such a talent as Wu Dawei, and it will come to naught. 、

The deficit is back to six points, which is fantastic news for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but fatal for the San Antonio Spurs.

They're going to be hit because the pressure is all on them, and if they can't score a goal to pull the score away from the next offense, then the Cleveland Cavaliers have a chance to close the deficit to four or even three points on the next offense......

As the third quarter progressed, it was clear that for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it seemed that the shape was getting better; For the San Antonio Spurs, it's getting worse and worse.

In not what they want to see, but at this time, the sky doesn't want to go, Tim. Duncan, although previously defeated by Dwight. Howard slapped a hard hook, but he didn't seem to be affected at this point.

When he was removed from teammate Tony. Parker took the ball in his hand and faced Dwight from mid-range to try to keep him covered. Howard, Tim. Duncan makes a jumper.

As the core of the team, Tim. Duncan knew he had to step up at a critical moment; Because it's his responsibility, for nearly 20 years with the San Antonio Spurs, Tim Brown. Duncan understands exactly what a leader's responsibilities are.

So he's leading by example at this point, Tim. Duncan stepped up and defused the crisis for the San Antonio Spurs for the time being.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 90-82 score is much better than before, but the more they are at this point, the more they know that the game time is running out.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, if they are to win tonight's game, they will have to hurry.

In fact, at this time, the momentum of the Cleveland Cavaliers is certainly very good. But the urgency of time made them feel very anxious; However, the more anxious side at this point is definitely the San Antonio Spurs. 、

Head coach Popovich watched the Cleveland Cavaliers make the San Antonio Spurs a little embarrassed on the basketball court, but there was not much he could do.

This qiē made him feel anxious, but fortunately the old guy Tim. Once again, Duncan stepped forward.

"Thiem is a very good team leader, and he's been doing that for almost 20 years, and he's been a great prop up for the San Antonio Spurs! In the nearly 20 years that he has been around, the San Antonio Spurs have never had a season with a win rate lower than 60%, what a horrible thing! ”

When Tim. After Duncan finished his goal, Kenny sat in front of the commentary booth on the sidelines. Smith couldn't help but praise; And this time, sitting next to him, Charles. Barkley also agreed in unison.

"That's right, Tim told us what it means to be a leader with his actions, even though he's almost 40 years old. However, he did a qiē even better than those young lads! ”

Recognized by many as the best power forward player in league history, Tim. Duncan certainly deserves such an accolade.

But it's clear that at this point for Tim. For Duncan, what he needs most is not praise, but help to help his San Antonio Spurs win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But with Wu Dawei's form recovering, the current San Antonio Spurs are in a shape that has long been unable to be compared with before.

Kaovai. Leonard, when facing Wu Dawei, was completely unable to play his appearance in the first half of the game, and in such a situation, the San Antonio Spurs wanted to limit Wu Dawei's breakthrough. Then they need more people to work together.

But once too many troops are invested in Wu Dawei, then for the San Antonio Spurs, their defense will be flawed.

And once there is a loophole, it will give Wu Dawei a chance to pass the ball, after the start of the fourth quarter of the game. Wu Dawei has been doing this all along.

Just like this offense, Wu Dawei once again chose to impact the inside, Tim. Duncan and Split had to rush up and flank him.

Because at the moment of Wu Dawei's breakthrough, Kawwai. Leonard was left behind.

If they don't make up for their little brother at this time. Then the next time will become Wu Dawei's lonely table.

But now they rushed up to make up for the defense and pinch, and it seemed that it would be useless, because they could not completely block Wu Dawei's passing route.

Wu Dawei threw the ball directly into the sky. Dwight who waited for a long time in the paint area. Howard jumped to his feet, and then, in front of more than 20,000 Cleveland fans in the Quickfinance Center, the ball was once again lost to Dwight. Howard slammed it into the hoop!

The score became 90 to 84!

The margin is once again in the 6-point range, and for the San Antonio Spurs, they are still the leading side, but the shape of the entire basketball court is very bad for them at this time.

The San Antonio Spurs started the second half with a 17-point lead, and now, just over a quarter later, that huge lead has become just six points.

The 11-point gap was snatched away by Cleveland from the start, and for the San Antonio Spurs, the shape is undoubtedly getting worse.

Because judging by the previous momentum of the Cleveland Cavaliers, it may not be long before the San Antonio Spurs may even wipe out this six-point lead.

So at this time, the whole San Antonio Spurs team will feel very worried about this, and they want to be able to play the first half again, but now it seems that it is not an easy thing to do.

Because Wu Dawei is no longer like the first half of the game, the help to the entire Cleveland Cavaliers is even negative, after the start of the second half of the game, he has obviously woken up.

It's like Tim. Duncan took on the responsibility of the San Antonio Spurs, as the core player of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Dawei also put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his shoulders at this time.

In the second half of the game, it was precisely because of Wu Dawei's recovery that the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to chase the score gap to only 6 points under such a huge disadvantage.

And judging from the current situation, the Cleveland Cavaliers will definitely continue to catch up.

This is called a leader!

For both teams, being able to get to this point this season is certainly not only the result of the hard work of the whole team. Duncan's efforts to achieve this are unimaginable to ordinary people. (To be continued......) I1292