On March 20, Beijing time, the Cavaliers played at home against the Pistons, and the Cavaliers successfully defeated the Pistons 113-109 at the end of the game. The Cavaliers are back-to-back in this game, and yesterday the Cavaliers also experienced overtime, so even if the piston Cavaliers are playing against the broken team, they can't be careless, after all, this stage is very important for the Cavaliers, after all, the Raptors behind them are eyeing the tiger, if the Cavaliers are not careful, they may be overtaken by the opponent, so against the Piston Cavaliers will win the game no matter what. But what people did not expect was that the Pistons played very well in this game, they once took the lead in the game, but in the second half of the game, the Cavaliers recovered to maintain the lead, and in the end the Cavaliers refused to let the upset game happen.
Grant helped the Pistons score in the first quarter, and then Mobley scored, and in the next game, the two teams each played a staggered score, and the Cavaliers led by one point at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers played a wave of 8-0, but then Olynk and others began to threaten, and the Cavaliers had to play a wave of 14-0 to take the lead, after which Stevens scored to stop the bleeding, Garland also continued to score, and the Pistons led by 5 points at the end of the half. Grant dunked and scored in the third quarter, Ocorro and Stevens responded, but the Pistons also continued to maintain the offensive state but opened the score, fortunately, after LeVert began to score, Lefour three-pointers also broke out, and finally the Cavaliers played a wave of 14-1, and the Cavaliers led by 1 point at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Garland and Luck continued to score, although Grant also helped the team chase points, but with the help of Osman and Markkanen, the Cavaliers maintained the lead, and finally the Pistons chased the points and lost the game without success.
It should be said that the Pistons once had a chance to win this game, after all, the Lakers' favorite Grant played an explosive performance in this game, but unfortunately, the Cavaliers played a multi-person game or let the Pistons lose the game, but Grant really tried his best in this game, and Grant got 40 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 13 of 22 at the end of the game. At the same time, Cunningham played in this game, he performed average in this game, and at the end of the game, Cunningham had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.
It is not easy for the Cavaliers to win the game, after all, the Pistons once played a good offensive state in this game, fortunately, Love was able to break out at a three-point break at a critical moment, which helped the Cavaliers stabilize the situation, otherwise the Cavaliers have been in the downwind, then it is not a simple thing for the Cavaliers to turn the tables. At the end of the game, Love had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-7 shooting, Garland had 24 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists, Mobley had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Le Vere had 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Osman had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
At the same time, the Cavaliers have won 41 this season after winning this game, so that they have at least a 50% winning percentage this season. According to statistics, this is the first time since the 17-18 season that the Cavaliers have won at least 50%, and the first time since the 97-98 season that they have done it without James. It can be said that this is also the Knights after so many years finally got rid of the shadow of James, after all, after the first time James left the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers fell into the pendulum selection of some young people and still did not complete the reconstruction, and then James returned to win the championship, and then After James left the Cavaliers again, the Cavaliers fell into the pendulum again, until this season's selection of Mobley, plus allen, Garland and other tough players played, the Cavaliers were reborn in nirvana this season, and this is of great significance to the Cavaliers. After all, the previous James's influence on the Cavaliers was really too great.