Beijing time, January 25, today, the Cleveland Cavaliers at home to meet the New York Knicks, which is a contest between the fifth and eleventh in the East, the Cavaliers have won 6 of the last 7 games, from the record to open, they also have the advantage. In the first quarter, the Cavaliers played their home advantage to lead their opponents by 5 points at 28-23, and in the second quarter, Randle and Barrett scored in succession, and the Knicks chased the score to 50-50. Entering the third quarter, Love hit four three-pointers in a single quarter, three of which were consecutive hits, and the Cavaliers quickly pulled the gap to 11 points.
After that, Randle made a mistake, Garland won again in the middle distance, Love went inside to cause Gibson to foul and score again, the Knicks fell into a scoring drought, after conceding 4 consecutive goals, Grimes hit two consecutive stop-bleeding three-pointers, the point difference returned to single digits again, the third quarter ended, the Cavaliers led the opponent by 76-69 by 7 points, Love scored 14 points in a single quarter, and cut 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in the third quarter. In the final quarter, Stevens came up and scored four points in a row, and Topin folded a layup to return with two points, but Dean Wade's outside line blossomed, and the Cavaliers had led by 12 points.
Just 20 seconds later, Dean Wade hit another three-pointer, but Grimes felt hot in the hand, the three-pointer was still in color, and Barrett also had a three-pointer on the right, and the game was suspended. Timeout back, Barrett scored 2 points under the basket, Topping left bottom corner three points through The point difference is only 4 points, the Cavaliers only rely on free throws to score 1 point during this time, back, Barrett broke through to take 2 more points, and the Cavaliers were forced to pause. After the timeout, Dean Wade and Grimes exchanged three points, and Barrett also scored two points. In the decisive moment, The Garlandic corner three flowers, Mobley received defensive rebounds, and in the end, the Cavaliers narrowly beat the Knicks 95-93.
After this game, the Cavaliers won two consecutive games, with a record of 29 wins and 19 losses, continuing to rank fifth in the East, but it is close to the Heat in the East, and the Knicks' record of 23 wins and 25 losses continues to rank eleventh. In this game, Le Fu Meng returned to the peak, he played 24 minutes off the bench, 6 of 12 three points, sent 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, plus or minus +7, of which the score was the first in the team, the rebound was second in the team, and the plus-minus team was the first in the bench. Mobley played 38 minutes, 6 of 12, had 15 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Ocorro 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Dean Wade 13 points and 5 rebounds, Garland had 13 points, 12 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-19 19, a game-high 6 turnovers, almost buried a good game, Stevens 8 points.
Rondo made a big surprise in this game, he played 18 minutes off the bench, played at a critical moment to stabilize the hearts of the army, 3 of 4 in the whole game, got 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, plus-minus +4 was second only to Lefour among the team's bench players, and Rondo hit all three shots in the first three shots. On the Knicks side, Barrett scored a game-high 24 points plus 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 9-of-16 shooting, and Randall had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, but only 6 of 17 shots, Noel had 2 points and 13 rebounds, Grimes had 12 points, and Topin hit a season-high three-pointer and contributed 13 points and 6 rebounds. Gibson had 6 points and 8 rebounds.
The Cavaliers have been reborn this season, originally they had planned to trade Lefour, but they did not expect that now the team's record is getting better and better, Lefu is also playing well, and now the Cavaliers are very promising to enter the playoffs, they urgently need Lefour's help, and the Cavaliers are even expected to renew their contract with Lefour again.