The Fifth Point Guard

Although the Heat came aggressively, the Cavaliers controlled the situation well at home.

Near the middle of the third quarter, the Cavaliers still led the Heat by 6 points, 67-61, and controlled the rhythm of the game.

However, the situation on the field is so rapidly changing.

Drew Gooden, who performed well in the first half of the third quarter, was hit in the chin by O'Neal's big elbow when he was helping Big Z defend O'Neal after turning around for a dunk. Blood spilled on the court.

This good guy, Shark O'Neal almost every time he plays against the Cavaliers, he has to destroy one or two players on the court.

The most annoying thing is that when Gooden fell, the Heat did not stop attacking.

Due to interference, O'Neal's dunk bounced off the back edge of the basket and was caught by Williams.

When Williams saw Gooden falling to the ground, he wanted to throw the ball directly out of bounds, but Wade hugged him back.

While the Cavaliers players were distracted by Gooden's fall to the ground, Wade took a leisurely step and broke through for a layup.

Only then did the game enter a dead ball timeout.

STO was very dissatisfied with Wade's actions and rushed directly to the basket to push Wade away. After all, Gooden was lying on the ground under him.

After scoring the goal, Wade had just landed, with his back to Shentong, when he was suddenly pushed hard. He was very angry, and turned around to prepare for a fight. Who knew it was Shentong, and he immediately lowered his raised arm.

But the steps have already been taken, we can't just shrink back.

Do you still want to lose face?

Therefore, Wade turned around symbolically, bumped Shentong with his shoulder, and meant something.

Not only did he save face for himself, but he also expressed his "anger".

But what he didn't expect was that even such a small touch would attract a crowd of Cavaliers players to surround him.

Big Z, who never likes to make trouble, also surrounded Wade.

If O'Neal hadn't cleared a path in time, Wade would have been a little scared.

The referee stepped forward to separate everyone.

On the big screen recording the score, the Heat's score added 2 points, and the audience immediately burst into boos.

The Cavaliers team doctor and staff came in and carried Gooden off the court on a stretcher.

This guy may have bitten his tongue, and his mouth was full of blood, which looked scary.

Big Z comforted him: "It's okay, don't be afraid. These are all skin injuries. I thought I had a concussion and lay there for a week. I don't know if there are any sequelae now. You can go with peace of mind. I'll leave it to me later!"

Gooden nodded silently and followed the stretcher.

Shentong said nothing, pointed at Varejao on the bench and said: "You, come on!"

Varejao immediately jumped up from the bench and threw the towel on the bench without any fear.

Paul Silas stood aside.

Who is the head coach?

However, STO's point is correct. Varejao's fighting spirit and condition are very good today. There is nothing wrong with letting him replace Gooden.

The pause ends.

After coming on the court, Shentong went straight to Wade.

"You should call two people to guard against me."

Wade was stunned for a moment, then showed an excited expression, but frowned and said arrogantly: "I am enough alone."

Wagner dribbled past half court.

He has long been familiar with Shentong's temper, and of course he knows who the ball should be given to.

Shentong took the ball at the top of the arc on the right side and faced Wade's single defense without making too many moves.

Holding the ball in his left hand, he feinted, but instead of breaking through, he dribbled the ball to his right hand under his crotch. Then, without stopping the ball with his right hand, he dribbled the ball back to his left hand behind his back.

During the entire dribbling process, Shentong adjusted his center of gravity well and then directly pulled out his hand towards Wade.

The whole world knows that STO's next step is dry pull-out, so what's the use?

Wade's blocking was unable to interfere with Shentong's shooting.

The ball flew off Wade's head and passed through the net with great accuracy.

"I told you before that you should call two people to guard against me."

Wade was silent.

This season, the league has implemented a no handcheck defensive requirement, which is very beneficial to the offense of outside players.

In the past, defensive players were allowed to put their hands on players' bodies.

This is also the reason why three-pointers were not very popular in the league before STO.

In order to improve the viewing experience, the league also made reforms in defensive rules, which directly contributed to the collective scoring spurt of players this season.

So, does history create heroes, or does heroes create history?

This cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

But starting from this season, Shentong, who has won the scoring title twice in a row, will definitely continue to score to the end!

Not to mention Wade, even if Bowen comes, he will be beaten.

Of course, if Bowen uses the next three moves, he will indeed be hard to defend against.

After a summer of hard training, Wade's level has indeed improved a lot compared to last season.

Lightning broke through and went straight to the basket, coupled with a gyro spin that seemed to incorporate the meaning of "Tai Chi". After turning around, Wade directly raised his hands to deliver a dunk to the Cavaliers' basket.

But some people didn't agree.

At least not today.

This person is Varejao who suddenly broke out after taking some medicine today.

Just as Wade pulled up, Varejao jumped up and pressed his hands on Wade's ball.

This scene surprised both Shentong and Silas on the sidelines.

Varejao's shot-blocking skills are so terrifying!

Pressing Wade's ball, Varejao immediately hugged the ball.

Shen Tong came through, and Varejao immediately sent the ball to Shen Tong's arms.

Shentong dribbled the ball past half court, and Wade watched and retreated.

At this time, he cannot rush forward rashly, otherwise he will lose his position if he is careless.

He dribbled the ball from his hip and headed toward Wade.

Just after passing the logo area, Shentong suddenly stood up straight and threw a super long three-pointer.

Wade was stunned and could only look up.

Wade, who was unconvinced, thought to himself: "If this ball can go in, I'll give it to you."

"Bang."

The ball bounced into the basket.

After scoring the goal, Shentong raised his hands high and was surrounded by cheers like a roaring tsunami.

cleveland.

He Shentong is the god here.

knight.

He Shentong is the soul here.

Wade's eyes dimmed instantly.

At that moment, a thought flashed through Wade's mind: This guy in front of him was invincible.

O'Neal, who was extremely brave in the first half, once again used his flexible advantage to overwhelm the fat man and made waves in the paint.

After knocking Big Z away, O'Neal jumped to the basket and was about to hit it hard.

Unexpectedly, before he could stand firmly, the referee's whistle sounded.

Everyone looked at the referee in astonishment. Before the referee could make a move, Varejao shouted from the floor, clenched his hands and jumped up. His expression looked very excited.

It turns out that the Brazilian just made an offensive foul on O'Neal!

The great Varejao made a contribution as soon as he came on the field.

Then, he came to the offensive end to steal the offensive rebound from O'Neal, and with O'Neal's big slap, he put the ball into the basket forcefully, tipping the ball to 2+1!

Varejao is usually the pistachio of the team. At this time, he toughly scored 2+1 in front of O'Neal, and the effect was much better than STO's goal.

The team's morale skyrocketed.

O'Neal clasped his big ears and couldn't figure out who this Brazilian was. He had never heard of this person before.

Just as he was wondering, a stench suddenly hit him, making O'Neal instantly dizzy and almost fainted.

Varejao raised his hands to enjoy the support of the winner while escaping from the right and wrong under the basket.

Due to excessive force just now, Varejao accidentally left a cloud of gas under the basket.

This mass of gas was almost solidified and would not dissipate. If Varejao hadn't run away early, he might have fallen there as well.

Seeing that the team was about to lose, Wade couldn't stand it anymore.

Like a flying fire meteor, he used his speed to pass Shentong, and then turned in a very coquettish circle, bypassing James who was defending.

In front of you is the basket.

Wade was holding back all his energy and wanted to hit the Cavaliers hard.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to complete the dunk, a guy that the Heat hated appeared again.

Anderson Varejao!

"Snapped!"

There was a thunder in the plains.

"Good hat." As soon as Shentong said "good", he realized that something was not right and quickly lowered the volume of "hat".

Under the basket, Wade fell to the ground frothing at the mouth, with clear five-fingerprints on his face.

The referee directly gave Varejao a technical foul, and the latter defended: "I really didn't mean it, I just watched him play like our Brazilian samba, twisting and turning in circles coquettishly, so I I wanted to go up and respond, but I accidentally called over and used too much force."

Shen Tong looked at the deep slap mark on Wade's face on the ground.

"The force of this slap is not light."

Varejao took a look and said straightforwardly: "Yes, I'm trapped."

Listening to Shentong and Varejao singing along, the Heat players were reluctant to let go, especially O'Neal.

After leaving Kobe, Wade was his little brother. How could the elder brother agree to bully his little brother?

Just after he pushed Varejao in the chest, Shentong immediately stopped in the middle and said to O'Neal: "Why, you are only allowed to bully others, but our people are not allowed to miss occasionally?"

Seeing that Shen passed, O'Neal did not continue to make mistakes.

Shentong pointed at Big Z, who immediately lowered his head and revealed his shiny head.

"Look, this is the head that was concussed by your elbow. It has been resting for a whole week, and it still hasn't recovered yet."

Big Z nodded repeatedly.

Then, Shentong pointed to the outside of the court and said: "In today's game, our Drew Gooden is still uncertain about his life or death, and it was also your fault. That's it, you have the nerve to come and make trouble with our people?"

If Shentong had a reasonable basis, he would immediately stop O'Neal.

"I didn't mean it," O'Neal defended himself subconsciously.

Shentong didn't give O'Neal a chance to speak at all, and continued: "How many people did you say you accidentally hurt?!"

This sonorous and powerful question made O'Neal turn around and leave without saying another nonsense.

Wade was carried off the court by Heat team doctors and on-site staff.

This game was so brutal, I really didn't expect it.

But in order to win and remain undefeated, it is normal for such explosive scenes and combative attrition on the court.

The two sides did not fight, and they were quite sensible.

Wade left the game, and the Heat's book strength dropped instantly.

At the very least, the team's scoring leader is gone.

In this case, the Cavaliers, who had already had the upper hand, completely let go of their hands and quickly established a score advantage that was enough to determine the victory.

Originally going against the trend, and coupled with the psychological blow caused by Wade's departure, the Heat quickly appeared in defeat.

With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, as Shentong broke through and hit the board with a high throw, the Cavaliers were already leading by 15 points.

Stan Van Gundy kept mobilizing his troops in a last-ditch effort, but no one could fill Wade's vacancy.

In this Heat team, almost all perimeter tactics are tailor-made for Wade.

As Varejao grabbed his seventh offensive rebound of the game, both sides gave up their attack and waited for the countdown in the last few seconds.

Shentong glanced at the big screen, the score was 102-90.

He himself scored 34 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, in addition to 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Wade scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 turnovers before leaving the game due to injury.

For the Cavaliers, James scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and Varejao had 7 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks.

For the Heat, O'Neal scored 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, Walker scored 14 points, and Williams had 8 points and 10 assists.

The Cavaliers broke the Heat's undefeated streak this season while continuing to remain undefeated themselves.

They also got off to a good start at their new home court, the Quicken Loans Center Arena.

Just when the overall situation was decided, the scene suddenly became noisy.

In the stands on the left, there was a "toy rain", and countless stuffed animals flew from the back row to the front row area.

Sitting here watching the game today are sick children from a children's hospital in Cleveland.

On his first day in charge of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert invited these kids to watch the game at Quicken Loans Center.

The Heat players, who were originally chattering about the outcome of the game, were also moved by this scene.

This is something better than winning.

The children who received the stuffed toys were all smiles on their faces.

Before leaving the court, O'Neal went out of his way to find Shentong.

"We're not done yet. If Dwayne hadn't retired due to injury, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose. Next time in Miami, we'll see."

Facing O'Neal's provocation, Shentong just showed a faint smile, looking like a master.

"Okay, Shaquille, I'll wait for you."

After receiving STO's response, O'Neal turned around and walked towards the player tunnel.

Gary Payton came to O'Neal and asked: "Hey, big man, what were you talking about to Shentong just now?"

O'Neal said: "I told him, the next game in Miami, I will beat them all."

"Did you really say that?"

"Of course! I can't swallow this breath."

"But the next time we face each other, it will be in Cleveland."

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Seeing the sincere smiles on the children's faces, Shentong was in a very good mood.

At this time, Jay Chou came to Shentong.

"Oh, not bad."