On February 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Indiana Pacers hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers, Halburton and Hield made their Pacers debuts, and the two played well; but the Cavaliers reversed in the last quarter under the leadership of Le Vere, changing the situation 32-17 in the single quarter, and finally the Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 120-113 away to win four consecutive games.
For the Cavaliers, Allen had 22 points and 14 rebounds, LeVert 22 points and five assists, and Rondo had 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists;
For the Pacers, Halliburton had 23 points and six assists, Brisette had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Hield had 16 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Game review
In the first quarter, Brisette took the lead in scoring a dunk, Wade scored the first goal for the Cavaliers from the outside, Le Vere broke through the pick-and-roll, after a brief tug-of-war at the opening, the Pacers began to exert their strength, Duvattiri suddenly shot a wave of 8-0 small climax, after the suspension adjustment O'Corro finally scored a stop-bleeding throw, Hield and Halliburton shot three points in succession, the point difference on the court gradually reached double digits, and Osman forced the basket to play 2+ 1, Washington took the ball to the front court and directly shot into the pressure whistle long shot. The first quarter ended with the Pacers leading the Cavaliers 47-28.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Stephenson came up to hit a jump shot at the free throw line, this goal also helped the Pacers to continue to expand the point difference to more than twenty points, Rondo broke through the layup, Osman began to find the state after entering the section, personal consecutive scoring narrowed the point difference, after the suspension adjustment, Halliburton faced the defense to shoot the middle distance, Jackson also scored continuously under the basket, Le Vere's breakthrough layup was always a little worse, fortunately, Allen was able to follow up in time to complete the basket, the point difference was once back to single digits, Duvati scored three-pointers from a bottom corner. At halftime, the Pacers led the Cavaliers 74-63.
Easy side to fight again, Allen broke through the layup to win, Wade quickly faced the empty basket to complete the dunk, just when the Cavaliers were about to start, Duvati shot three points in the bottom corner, Hield received the ball and shot into the middle distance, the Pacers a wave of 7-0 small climax to stabilize the situation, both sides began to decline after entering the second half, the scoring became less so easy, after the timeout adjustment, the Pacers regained their outside touch, continuous hits and long shots, Osman quickly flew down to hit the ball, Wade's bottom corner met the defense and hit the long shot, Defensive Washington was also subject to additional malicious fouls. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led the Cavaliers 96-88.
In the last quarter, Mobley turned low to hook the hand hit, Stephenson continued to hit the basket to score the ball, Rondo tried to shoot three points from the outside, Smith ate cake to easily complete the dunk, Cavaliers coach Bixtaff ate T for dissatisfaction with the penalty, Osman snatched the counterattack and caused a foul, after the suspension adjustment, the Pacers still failed to curb the momentum of the opponent's counterattack, Rondo and then mid-range shots to help the Cavaliers achieve a rebound, the game suspense was reborn, at the critical moment Le Ver scored consecutive points to kill the old master, and finally the Cavaliers reversed the Pacers by 21 points, Four consecutive wins also give the latter five consecutive defeats.
Both sides started
Pacers: Halliburton, Duvati, Hilde, Brisette, Bitazze
Cavaliers: Le Vere, Okoro, Wade, Mobley, Allen
Source: NBA official website