Beijing time, January 27, today, the East ushered in a strong dialogue, Cleveland Cavaliers at home to meet the Milwaukee Bucks, which is a contest between the fifth and fourth in the East, the difference in strength between the two teams is between millimeters. Prior to that, the Bucks had three straight wins and the Cavaliers had two straight wins, and the two teams were in full swing. In the first quarter of the game, the Bucks were mainly counter-guests, under the play of alphabet brothers and others, the Bucks led the opponent by 9 points, but in the second quarter, the situation on the court began to change, the Cavaliers were all soldiers, Love and Osman joined forces to hit 9 three-pointers, Garland also ushered in an outbreak, the Cavaliers countered 8 points.
In the third quarter, the Cavaliers took advantage of the chase, after Love's basket, Osman also broke through, but alphabet brother made a foul to go to the free throw line to get points, the third quarter ended, the Bucks 77-95 trailed the opponent by 18 points, Love and Osman both scored 20 points, Garland contributed 19 points, Mobley had 15 points and 6 rebounds. In the final quarter, Alphabet Brother scored 4 points with a penalty deduction, LeFu returned 2 points from mid-range, and soon after, Lefour spent three points in the left bottom corner and then received a defensive rebound, and the point difference reached 20 points. After that, Rondo scored 5 points in a row, Middleton teamed up with Portis to stop the bleeding by 6 points, and because the point difference was too large, Love then went off the field to rest.
Looking back, Osman continued his fiery feel, hitting three more points on the right side of the arc, and DiVinchenzo played 2 points in return, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Middleton threw a shot to take 2 points, Portis also had 2 points under the basket, the game time was about to run out, the Bucks also closed the army, and in the end, the Cavaliers won 115-99 against the Bucks. After this game, the Cavaliers won three straight games, with a record of 30 wins and 19 losses, rising to fourth place in the East, and the Bucks' three-game winning streak was ended, with a record of 30 wins and 20 losses, ranking fifth in the East.
In this game, Love ushered in a big outbreak, he came off the bench for 27 minutes, 9 of 16, 9 of 3 points, 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, plus or minus +9, let people see the Eros of the championship period that year, Osman came off the bench for 34 minutes, 8 of 17, 6 of 14 three points, took 23 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Garland played 26 minutes, 3 of 3 points, 3 of 12, contributed 19 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, only one mistake, plus or minus + 13, Garland has been very good in recent games, and this season, he has the opportunity to storm the All-Star Game.
Jarrett Allen played 33 minutes and delivered 10 points and 10 rebounds, Mobley had 16 points and seven rebounds on 5-of-12 shooting, Dean Wade had 10 points and three assists and Rondo had five points and five assists. On the Bucks side, Alphabet Brother played 29 minutes, 7 of 13, 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, a game-high 7 turnovers, Middleton 8 of 15, had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Portis made 10 of 15, contributed 22 points and 7 rebounds, and Connaughton had 11 points and 5 rebounds. The Cavaliers' defense this year is very strong, and the interior lineman is tall, which is also the reason for the frequent mistakes of the alphabet brother.
Although Stevens did not score in this game, he did a very good job in defending the alphabet brother, coupled with the tall interior line such as Mobley, Allen and Love, the alphabet brother is difficult to kill, the Bucks' lineup is very tall in the strong team, but against the Cavaliers, a taller team, they simply can't take the opponent. In addition, Garland, as a starting defender, sorted out the team's attack in this game, while Osman and Lefu played the role of divine soldiers on the bench. If you continue to play like this, LeFou will not only not leave the team, but may even win a big contract again.