635. Narrowing the point difference
"While I think both teams will be hoping to get off to a good start in the second half, it's a stalemate right now, and it's not good news for either the Cleveland Cavaliers or the San Antonio Spurs."
After the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the players on both sides started the fourth quarter with their own expectations; But when the game started, Charles was re-energized sitting in front of the commentary bench at this moment. Barkley said.
The scorching situation at this moment was not a situation that both sides wanted to see, and the game went from 86-76 after the start of the fourth quarter to 2 minutes before it became 90-80 now......
The difference is still 10 points, which means that after two minutes of the game, the two sides have not played anything; Of course, this is not something that both sides want to see, but compared to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are behind, this situation is more favorable to the San Antonio Spurs playing on the road.
After all, the time has been reduced by 2 minutes, but the difference in the score is still 10 points in double digits; Time is always of the essence when it comes to chasing points.
As soon as such a situation arose, it was clear that Byron, as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Scott, at this point, is going to be more nervous than Popovich.
He's going to make changes to the team's lineup right away, and even though it's only two minutes into the fourth quarter, time is money for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He can't continue to wait like this, for the Cleveland Cavaliers playing at home, it is already very difficult to catch up with the 10-point deficit in 12 minutes of a game; Now, with only 10 minutes left, the difficulty for the Cleveland Cavaliers will undoubtedly continue to increase.
Either way, this is not Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron. Scott is willing to accept the reality of the situation.
So at this time. For Byron. Scott, for his part, will have to make adjustments as much as possible, otherwise, if the clock drags on like this, the Cleveland Cavaliers will only have fewer and fewer chances in this game.
So at this time, for Byron. As far as Scott is concerned, it's natural for him to put his core players on the pitch at this point.
Especially in the previous third quarter of the game, Wu Dawei, who had a very good personal performance, must have been defeated by Byron at this time. Scott was the player he most expected to be.
And once the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Popovich, saw Wu Dawei on the court, he would naturally make adjustments.
After all, he wouldn't just watch Wu Dawei come on the basketball court, for the San Antonio Spurs. Wu Dawei is their number one threat.
Although Popovich was also in a hurry at this time, he replaced all his core players on the court; Although the fourth quarter of the game has only just begun for two minutes, it is clear that the battle of this game has completely begun.
For the San Antonio Spurs, now is the time to give it their all, and winning the game tonight and turning the series to a 1-1 draw is the only goal and thought of the San Antonio Spurs at the moment.
They can do whatever it takes to achieve this goal, after all, for the San Antonio Spurs, they don't want to actually return to San Antonio with a 0-2 deficit.
Players from both sides took advantage of a dead goal to get back on the pitch. Wu Dawei's appearance made the entire quick loan center cheer with joy.
For Cleveland fans, Wu Dawei is their hope now, after all, the performance in the third quarter of the game is obvious to everyone.
Naturally, for Cleveland Cavaliers fans. Of course, they hope that Wu Dawei can appear at this time and continue to continue the previous performance in the third quarter of the game.
"If Wu Dawei can play the third quarter of the game, then the Cleveland Cavaliers still have a chance in this game, now. Everyone will see how Wu Dawei has a table next. ”
With Charles. Barkley's shout, the fourth quarter of the game continues to kick off, for the Cleveland Cavaliers. When Wu Dawei appeared on the stage, they naturally wanted to put more balls in Wu Dawei's hands at this time.
Just like Charles. As Barkley said, because of Wu Dawei's performance in the third quarter of the game, Cleveland people will certainly put more hope on Wu Dawei at this time.
After all, he is the heart and leader of the team, and it is only right to take on such a responsibility at this time.
And the players of the San Antonio Spurs, of course, are also very clear about who they need to defend at this time. 、
Wu Dawei is definitely the target they need to focus on the top defense, and Popovich, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, also emphasized this point during the intermission break.
After all, compared to Wu Dawei's appearance in the last game, his performance in tonight's game is not half a star, so as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Popovich certainly hopes that the team can better limit Wu Dawei tonight.
After all, he doesn't have the insanely hot form of the last game, and for the San Antonio Spurs, this is an opportunity for them.
That's why they're so frenzied about tonight's game, and they want to be the winner tonight.
And now, for the San Antonio Spurs, if they want to achieve such a wish, the first thing is to defend Wu Dawei as a Cleveland Cavaliers.
This is the most critical, so at this point in the pressure on Kaulai. Leonard's burden is not light at all.
3 But now Kauvai. Leonard was in a very different mood than he had at the end of the first half.
Of course, he also hoped that he could help the team contain Wu Dawei's appearance, but in the previous experience of the third quarter of the game, it was clearly given to Kaovai. Leonard had a very bad experience.
Naturally, at this time, for him, his psychological burden is very large, but at this time he still has to stand in front of Wu Dawei.
Although after the last match, Kaovai. Leonard was already very devastated. But at this point he knew he still had to step up.
After all, as the team's best swing man, Covaj. Despite his young age, Leonard knows that he has a responsibility on his shoulders and the expectations of his teammates.
So at this point, he has to be stronger.
And Wu Dawei, who was pinned on by everyone at this time, would naturally feel a lot of pressure at this time.
After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still 10 points behind, and he doesn't have the hot form of the last game, so for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the current shape is very difficult.
And in such a difficult and difficult situation, it is not easy for Wu Dawei to catch up with the disadvantage of 10 points, even at this time.
Therefore, Wu Dawei knows more clearly that he must play his first ball after re-entering the game in the fourth quarter at this time.
This is important. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, if they can score the ball in the first attack after the re-entry at this time, it can not only boost the morale of the whole team; At the same time, it is also possible to turn the current double-digit score gap into a single-digit score at once.
Although it is only a goal difference, the visual impact is completely different.
So at this time, when Wu Dawei was holding the ball in the front court, he knew that this time the offensive significance was heavy. Naturally, I want to do my best to help my team at this time and throw this ball into the basket.
The San Antonio Spurs are definitely trying to stop the Cleveland Cavaliers from doing so, after all, their current lead looks like a lot, but it doesn't give them any sense of security.
So when Wu Dawei holds the ball. The entire San Antonio Spurs defense was focused as they hoped they could successfully contain the opposition's attack in this defensive match.
Kaovai. Leonard stood in front of Wu Dawei, and the two of them looked at each other. There was no spark......
Because Wu Dawei didn't plan to play any conspiracy, at this time, his only thought was to use the most direct way to complete the attack!
Just like the previous game in the third quarter. Use your tonnage to crush your opponent directly, because Kaovai. Leonard was simply powerless to stop Wu Dawei's tonnage.
Wu Dawei had this idea at this time, so he didn't hesitate, he didn't wait for the ball in the front court, but directly launched an attack.
Kaovai. Although Leonard was completely ready at this time, he was still knocked away by Wu Dawei at once.
This was his disadvantage, although he tried his best, but at this time he could still only watch Wu Dawei pass in front of him.
But Kauwai. There's nothing Leonard can do at this point, but his San Antonio Spurs teammates aren't going to just watch Wu dash into the paint from the outside.
So Tim. Duncan pounced, and he did not hesitate to stop Wu Dawei's scoring momentum at this time.
After all, in the previous third quarter, Wu Dawei had already scored 16 points in a single quarter, and if he was allowed to score so unscrupulously, then if Wu Dawei found the offensive state of the previous game, the San Antonio Spurs should really be in danger.
Tim. Duncan understood this very well at this time, so at this time, he unreservedly surpassed Wu Dawei and pounced.
Because he understands very well that no matter how good Wu Dawei is, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a team built with Wu Dawei as the core.
He was the key to the Cleveland Cavaliers' game, just like in the last game, although the other players of the Cleveland Cavaliers were terrible, Wu Dawei's performance alone still helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win a Finals game.
From this point, it can be seen how important Wu Dawei's table is to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Duncan wouldn't hesitate to do anything about it.
However, when Tim. The moment Duncan pounced on Wu Dawei, he was desperate to find that Wu Dawei actually chose to pass the ball like this.
But there is nothing he can do about it. Because it was a one-of-two question, he had to make a choice.
Now, when Tim. After Duncan saw that Wu Dawei chose to pass, he could only pray that Wu Dawei's pass object could not throw the ball into the basket, or that his teammates could continue to make up for it.
However, the person who received the pass was Dwight. Howard, facing the empty blue and the San Antonio Spurs players who didn't have a defense in place, Dwight Brown. Howard jumped hard, and he directly smashed into the frame with one hand!
The score became 86-78!
It's finally down to single digits!
When Dwight. While Howard turned Wu's pass into his fifth assist of the night, it also allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to close the gap to single digits at this point.
The entire Quick Loan Center cheered at this time, for the Cleveland fans. That's all they were looking forward to.
When Wu Dawei came on the pitch, he played a crucial role in the team's situation in this game tonight.
This situation will be very exciting for Cleveland fans, but it will put more pressure on the San Antonio Spurs players at this time.
After all, when the score gap is narrowed to single digits, it means that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are playing at home, are moving the score gap back little by little.
Although they still have an eight-point advantage, for the San Antonio Spurs, they are increasingly worried.
After all, for the San Antonio Spurs, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been chasing after them. They feel very bad.
Of course, this will not be the situation that the San Antonio people want to see, but at this time, when the entire quick loan center is ringing with violent cheers, for Wu Dawei's assist. The sense of crisis in the hearts of San Antonio people forced them to face such a cruel reality.
Ball conversion when Dwight. After Howard smashed the ball into the basket, it was naturally the San Antonio Spurs' turn to attack.
They want to be able to play a good offense as well. In this way, the gap in the score was re-opened to 10 points.
But at this point, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been waiting in the backcourt for a long time, and they won't let the San Antonio Spurs players throw the ball into the basket lightly.
For the entire Cleveland Cavaliers. Every second of the game in the fourth quarter was extremely precious, so they certainly didn't want to do any useless work at this time.
Naturally, I don't want to be pulled away by my opponent again after I just said that the score was reduced to single digits.
That's not what they think, so at this point, the Cleveland Cavaliers will naturally be very attentive on the defensive end.
They need a successful defense to keep the gap down at this point, and they need to play a wave of attacking hoops to make the San Antonio feel even more panicked.
So at this point, when the San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony . After Parker dribbled the ball past halftime, he naturally felt something different.
He didn't attack on his own, but chose to give the ball to Thiem on the inside at this point. Duncan, who held the ball and turned his back to Dwight. Howard, he wants to solve this fight with a low-post attack in individual singles.
But at this time, Dwight, who had just completed a violent dunk. Howard's love was high when Tim. When Duncan wanted to shoot with a turnaround hook after his back singled him, Dwight was able to complete the shot. Howard jumped with all his might!
He blocked the ball!
An unexpected block, at this time, set off a hurricane on the basketball court, because Wu Dawei got the ball, he was nearby, and then he picked up Dwight. Howard blocked the ball, and then, Wu Dawei did not hesitate to launch a fast attack!
The atmosphere in the entire Quick Loan Center also became more high-spirited at this time, and the fans in Cleveland cheered; Popovich, on the other hand, was even more frightened at this point.
Because the advantage is only left with the last 8 points, if the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to score, then for the San Antonio Spurs, the consequences are unimaginable!
Popovich would never accept the San Antonio Spurs' hard work overnight, which ended up in vain.
He doesn't like to do things that are useless, so at this time, for Popovich, of course, he doesn't want to see Wu Dawei put the ball in the basket in this fast break.
And Wu Dawei did not put the ball into the basket with his own hands, he was pinched and it was difficult to shoot.
However, just when the San Antonio people thought they were guarding against Wu Dawei, Wu Dawei turned his back and passed to Carey who was following him at a clever angle. Irving, who scored on a layup!
There are only 6 points left! (To be continued......) I1292