The dark horse teams meet
If last season's dark horse in the East was the New York Knicks, then this season it was none other than the Cleveland Cavaliers. Before the start of the season, ESPN experts predicted that the Cavaliers' wins this season would be 27, but halfway through the schedule, the Cavaliers have won 28 games, ranking fifth in the East, and even have the opportunity to impact the first half, after all, last season's Knicks finally achieved the fourth place in the East. In this game, the Knicks and Cavaliers two teams met.
The Knicks are only in the eleventh place in the East this season, and after Derrick Rose's injury, their form is getting worse and worse, especially at key moments, and they lack a stable scoring point. Randle's performance this season is undoubtedly disappointing, as the team's star, the performance is a ghost.
The Knicks nearly reversed
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Cavaliers showed great strength, the starting score was very average, but The Bench Lefou hit 2 three-pointers, got 6 points and 6 rebounds, and led the team to 28 points in a single quarter, although Randall had 6 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, but the team only scored 23 points. After returning from the second quarter, the Cavaliers' feel began to decline, Rondo shot 3 of 3, 2 of 2 three-pointers, got 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, when a team needs Rondo to score, the situation can be imagined.
The Cavaliers scored just 22 points in the quarter, and the Knicks seized the opportunity to tie the score 50-50 at the end of the half. In the second half, the easy side of the fight, Love completely broke out, three-point 6 shots 4, a single quarter bombed 14 points and 4 rebounds of the data, once again showed the style of the former Cavaliers Big Three, with the help of Lefour, the Cavaliers took another 26 points in a single quarter, and the Knicks completely fell into a scoring drought, only 19 points into the account, the Cavaliers with a 7-point lead into the final quarter. The Knicks kept catching up in the final quarter, narrowing the gap to 3 points at one point.
At the crucial moment, Wade hit a three-point whistle, but Grimes responded with three points immediately, and Barrett picked a basket, and the point difference came to 1 point. Mobley hit two free throws and Randall flew to the top to tie the score. Garland hit a crucial three-pointer and shot into the soul. Mobley missed two free throws to give a chance, and Barrett made both. Rondo didn't have three points, Barrett didn't hit three points, Mobley got the rebound again, and then was fouled, this time two free throws and one shot, leaving the Knicks with 1.7 seconds, will there be a kill?
Burks sent to Randall at the top of the arc, after receiving the ball, directly covered by the defender, there was no time to pass the ball again, only to shoot, turn around and shoot directly, and finally the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 95-93 at home, successfully winning 2 consecutive wins.
LeFrom came back to the top
20+11, only 24 minutes! Love dreams back to the top, Rondo makes a stunning comeback, and the Cavaliers refuse to reverse. In the absence of many people, Kevin Luck on the bench stepped forward, played 24 minutes, 6 of 12 three-pointers, and got 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, such scoring efficiency is really breathtaking. Rondo's first game of return was also very amazing, shooting 3 of 4, 3 of 3 from three-point range, and had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Garland had 13 points and 12 assists, and Mobley had 15 points, 12 rebounds and five assists.
In contrast, Randle showed up again in this game, only 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-17 shooting, and only scored 2 points in the last quarter, and also missed the kill, the plus-minus -22 is also the first to last in the team, the penultimate is Fournier, and the plus-minus is only -14. Barrett had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 9-of-16 shooting, Topin on the bench had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Grimes had 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. The good news is that Derrick Rose has followed the team to the away, which means his comeback is not far away.