Facing the Russian City Thunder, which is in the rebuilding stage this season, the Eagles' home star Trae Young has not been merciless. In just 29 minutes, he shot a game-high 41 points from 13 of 24 shooting and led the team to an 18-point victory. After this game, the Eagles, who won three straight games, also further opened the gap with the Knicks that followed, further maintaining their tenth position in the East. I have to admit that although the Eagles can no longer play the momentum of last season's playoff dark horse, they still perform very unusually in the current sprint stage.
This game, the Hawks, who returned to play at home, ushered in the challenge of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Again, after three years of dormancy, the Cavaliers' rise this season is completely unexpected. That's right, Kevin Love, the last all-Star player on the team to get a top salary, was placed on the bench, and with only the young players on the team, they came to the seventh position in the East. There is no doubt that youth is the capital that the Cavaliers have been proud of this season. So, this road challenge to the Hawks, how should they perform?
At the beginning of the game, the Home Eagles took the lead and got the initiative to lead the score. Trae Young played 12 minutes of the first quarter, delivering 9 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, leading the team to a 36-28 score and an eight-point lead. And entering the second quarter showdown, the Eagles who have the lead can also follow the trend, further widening the point difference between the two teams. Okungu, who came off the bench, sent 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in the single quarter with 100% shooting, and the rest of the players on the team were able to fight back one after another, helping the team to play a 30-25 score.
By the end of the first half, the Hawks were already 66-53 ahead of the Cavaliers by a crucial 13 points. The point difference has been expanded one after another, the Cavaliers have almost no ability to fight back, and even Garland, who once played the role of the team's savior, is not in a very good state in this game, and the shooting feels extremely cold. Yi Bian fought again, Trae Young did not hesitate, and once again sent out the outbreak data. In the third quarter, he played 12 minutes of game time, delivered a luxurious stat of 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and led the team to a 34-22 score in one fell swoop.
By the time of the crucial final showdown, the point difference between the two sides had widened to 25 points, and there was no great suspense in this game. The starters on the Eagles side chose to clock in for three quarters, and the players on the Cavaliers side naturally chose to give up in advance. In the end, the remaining regular time was over, and the Eagles scored a 24-point win with a 131-107 score. I have to say that the starters clocked in in the third quarter, and the team completed a 24-point victory, and the Eagles once again played the dark horse style of last season's playoffs.
Trae Young remained the best player of the game, playing 28.5 minutes in a single game, delivering a game-high score of 30 points, as well as 2 rebounds and 9 assists. The Cavaliers' future star, Garland, lost his previously high state and was once invisible. In this game, Garland got 21 shots in the third quarter, which can be described as unlimited firing rights, but only a bad shooting rate of 7 of 21 shots, as well as 18 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists. But in the process of delivering eight assists, he delivered 170 assists in March, becoming the player with the most assists in a single month in the history of the Cavaliers.