On March 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lone Ranger challenged the Cavaliers away, the first half of the two teams tightly clamped the score, the Cavaliers led by 6 points at halftime. The Lone Ranger broke out in the third quarter to open up the point gap and finally defeated the Cavaliers 120-112 to win three consecutive games, just 0.5 games away from the Warriors in third place, and are about to complete the overtake.
The Lone Ranger has been in good shape recently, having won two consecutive wins and rising to 4th in the West, just 1 win away from the 3rd Warriors, and is very promising to reach the top three. The Cavaliers are no. 7 in the East, at a critical stage in the battle for direct playoff spots, and every game that follows is not to be missed.
As soon as the first quarter came up, the two teams fought against each other, the shooting rate was very high, although Doncic only scored 6 points in the first quarter, but sent 8 assists, completely revitalizing the team's offense, the Cavaliers' LeVert felt hot, played a high score of 34-30. The Cavaliers quickly pulled back in the second quarter, with LeVert scoring 21 points at halftime and Garland in good shape, with the Cavaliers rebounding by six points at halftime. Doncic had a double-double of 12 points and 11 assists at halftime.
Doncic began to erupt in the third quarter, almost single-handedly supporting the team's offense, the Lone Ranger bit the score and completed the reversal at the end of the quarter, Doncic fired 20 points in a single quarter, the Cavaliers' offense in this quarter was a bit crotch-pulling, the Lone Ranger played a 39-22 disparity in the single quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, he surpassed by 11 points.
In the last quarter of the game, the Lone Ranger always controlled the rhythm and maintained a double-digit lead, and finally the Lone Ranger defeated the Cavaliers and won 3 consecutive wins, the record became 48 wins and 29 losses, only 0.5 wins away from the 3rd Warriors, if the Warriors could not defeat the Suns today, the Lone Rangers would complete the overtaking and rise to the 3rd place in the West. After the Cavaliers lost, they trailed the 6th-place Raptors by 1.5 wins and fell into a passive fight for the top 6.
Doncic played a super-god performance in this campaign, sending 8 assists in the first quarter, 20 points in the third quarter, and a luxurious quasi-triple-double data of 35 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds in the whole game, leading the team to win, Smith Jr. scored 28 points, Powell 15 points. The Cavaliers' Garland had 25 points and 10 assists, and Le Vere had 32 points, six rebounds and four assists.