Knights rise
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers waited for Rajon Rondo, the days were not good, and they were greeted by a six-game trip to the West, the first game was the return of Klay Thompson, the Cavaliers lost, and it was lost on the rebound. In this game, the Cavaliers' opponent is the Saramento Kings, which is finally a long drought. Why? The Kings are really speechless, the team suffered a four-game losing streak, the last game against the Trail Blazers without Lillard and McCollum and Powell, it was a fiasco.
The Kings didn't lack talent, the team had a number of good players such as Fox and Hielde, Haliburton and Barnes, but unfortunately, it did not translate talent into winning. In contrast, the Cavaliers have found their way, although against the times, but always in the top eight in the East.
Love erupted
Garland still didn't find his form, he didn't score on 0-of-2 shooting in the first quarter, but he gave 4 assists, Allen took it from the inside, got 6 points and 9 rebounds, Mobley also had 6 points and 2 rebounds, the Cavaliers easily scored 28 points in the first quarter, while the Kings only scored 22 points, Fox shot 0-of-3, Ryan 5-of-0, both of them did not score a single point. After returning from the second quarter, Love suddenly exploded, scoring 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and the explosiveness of the points was still unmatched, and the Cavaliers' lead also came to double digits.
The Kings then chased after Rondo with 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Garland also hit a three-pointer, and the Cavaliers blasted down 34 points in the second quarter to lead the Kings by 13 points at 62-49 at the end of the half. In the second half, the Kings quickly played a wave of 8-3 small climaxes, directly stopping the Cavaliers. Stevens had seven points, two rebounds and one assist on 3-of-3 shooting in a single quarter to help the Cavaliers stabilize the situation, but even so, the Kings narrowed the gap to five points, and there was still a quarter left in the game.
In the final quarter of the game, the Kings once again completed a 12-3 direct rebound. Garland threw a throw in response, and Markkanen hit a three-pointer to tie the score. Garland scored an assist to lead the Cavaliers to gradually overtake the score, and after Mobley's 2+1, the point difference reached 7 points. Markkanen scored three points, and Barnes responded immediately, keeping the suspense. The Kings then narrowed the gap to one point, but in the end, the Cavaliers narrowly beat the Kings 109-108.
Western Fish Belly lost 5 consecutive defeats
Although the Kings once saw the hope of winning in the last moments, they still had no chance to reverse it in the end, and had no choice but to swallow five consecutive defeats. It has to be said that Walton is just a backslider, the Kings' poor record is not his responsibility, and now it has been replaced by Gentry, or nothing has changed. Home star Fox had only 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-14 shooting, Haliburton had 21 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, Hield on the bench had 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and Barnes had only 7 shots, 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Cavaliers won the game and refused a reversal, with six players scoring in double figures and stevens with nine points, three rebounds and two assists, and the team's scoring points were too many. After only 20 minutes, Luck had 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, scoring the same points as Allen and tied for the first place on the team. Allen had 18 points and 17 rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting, Garland 12 points, five rebounds and 11 assists, including seven points, one rebound and four assists in the final quarter, Mobley 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists, Markkanen with 15 points and five rebounds, Osman with 15 points and three rebounds, and Rondo with 5 points, 4 rebounds, six assists and two steals.