The NBA regular season continues, with the East facing a showdown between the underdogs and the dark horses, with the Cavaliers heading on the road to challenge the Pacers.
After many seasons of silence, the Cavaliers finally got out of trouble and became one of the dark horses in the East, but the injury problem caused the team's competitiveness to decline seriously in the past period of time, and Aaron suffered another injury in the last game, although the team is currently sixth in the East, but it is possible to fall into the playoffs in the closing stage.
The Pacers chose to rebuild this season, but before the trade deadline, the team completed a big deal, but the team's defensive performance was still limited and the overall competitiveness was insufficient.
As soon as the game began, the Cavaliers, who lacked major generals, continued their dark horse nature, and the anti-guest established an early advantage.
The Pacers responded quickly, narrowing the gap, and the Cavaliers continued to be hot, building an eight-point lead at the end of the first quarter with an inside advantage.
In the second quarter, the Wizards continued to emerge as The Wizards, the point difference was smoothly leveled, fortunately, the Cavaliers recovered in time, so that they were not reversed by the opponent, and the two teams launched a tug-of-war, and the two teams drew at the end of the half.
Yi Bian fought again, and the two teams continued their state in the second half of the second quarter, playing inextricably at both ends of the attack and defense, and the point difference has not been opened.
It wasn't until the middle of the third quarter that the situation on the court suddenly changed, the Pacers Halburton suddenly broke out, coupled with the Cavaliers side fell into a brief mute, the Walkers successfully completed the rebound, with an 8-point lead to end the first three quarters of the battle.
In the face of an unfavorable situation, the Cavaliers backcourt brain Garland stepped forward in the final quarter to help the team successfully overtake, and then the Cavaliers pulled the point difference to double digits in one breath, but the Pacers Brogdon and Hield did not give up, and joined forces to set off a counterattack climax, and completed the rebound again, fortunately, at the critical moment, Mobley completed the key basket, coupled with the Pacers' successive mistakes, and finally the Cavaliers won 127-124.
Throughout the game, the Pacers, as a fish-belly team, have played a good performance, but the team is still an old problem, and no one can deliver a stable performance at key moments.
In contrast, the performance of the two new stars of Mobley and Garland is remarkable, Garland played 37 minutes, 14 of 26 shots, and bombed 41 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists.
That makes Garland the sixth player in league history to have at least 40 points, 10 assists, five rebounds and two steals in a single game, and is 22 or under, the top five are Jordan, James, Smile Assassins, Chris Webb and Doncic.
Garland's performance is also a new career high in single-game scoring, making him the first player in Cavaliers history since 2010 to cut 40+10 in a single game in the regular season.
The last player to accomplish the feat was James, and the two had an air-to-air interaction during the All-Star period, with James saying he didn't close the door to returning to the Cavaliers.
Garland openly rejected the idea, saying that the team is in good condition at the moment, and it is clear that from Garland's current performance, he does have the courage to say this.
In addition to Garland, Mobley's performance is also remarkable, and Mobley has a comprehensive statistic of 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals and 1 block.
This makes Mobley the first rookie for the Cavaliers to deliver 20+ points + 10+ rebounds in a row after James, and since the beginning of the game, Mobley has averaged 14.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game.
If you count five steals, Then Mobley is the first rookie in Cavaliers history to deliver at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five steals in a single game since Harper in 1987.
It was thanks to the performance of the two that the team beat the Pacers and completed the sweep of the Pacers this season.
The last time the Cavaliers swept the Pacers, it was back in the 2007-08 season, and the team also stopped the downward trend.
That means the Nets' ability to get back to the top six in the East has spiked, and despite the return of Irving and Durant, it's not easy to catch up with 5.5 wins with just a dozen games left.