Beijing time on April 9, the NBA regular season continued, the Nets at home to meet the Cavaliers, the Nets in the first quarter of the outbreak to win 15 points, up to 17 points ahead, the Cavaliers then chased points, and in the third quarter to complete the counterattack, but the Nets broke out in the last quarter, and finally defeated the Cavaliers, after winning 3 consecutive wins, surpassed the Cavaliers, rose to the 7th in the East, taking the lead in the battle for playoff places.
It's a playoff card battle, the two teams were only 1 win apart before, the Nets are 8th, the Cavaliers are 7th, and in terms of status, the Nets are in better shape, having won two straight games and the Cavaliers are two straight losses.
Irving and Durant double-core led the team, and the Cavaliers' Mobley returned. The Nets took the lead in the first quarter, starting 7-2. The Cavaliers gradually found their feel and chased to 10-11, but then the Cavaliers attacked the dud, and the Nets blasted a wave of 13-1, directly opening up the point difference. Durant was in hot form in the first quarter, scoring 16 points on 6-of-7 in the quarter and the Nets hitting the Cavaliers 34-19 in the first quarter.
As soon as the second quarter came up, Love hit a three-pointer, the Cavaliers began to chase the points, after Mobley scored under the basket, the Cavaliers chased 30-41, Durant returned to the court, the Cavaliers continued to chase points, Mobley single-handedly dunked to chase only 6 points, Durant made 4 consecutive kills to stabilize the situation, the two teams scored alternately, LeVert once chased the point difference to only 5 points. Durant hit two free throws, Irving scored on a difficult layup, and the Nets led 62-54 at halftime. Durant scored 22 points and four assists on 6-of-10 shooting in the half.
The Cavaliers continued to chase points in the third quarter, Garland was still fierce, Le Ver, Markkanen, Mobley, etc. were also in good shape, the point difference gradually narrowed, and the Nets could almost only rely on Durant to score, caught in singles, and the physical consumption was very large. The Cavaliers seized the opportunity to complete the comeback with 3.5 points left in the quarter, Claxton and Drummond both suffered four fouls early, and the Nets' offensive was a dud in this quarter, scoring only 21 points in a single quarter and losing 13 points, and the Nets trailed by 5 points at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Nets scored 4 consecutive points to chase only 1 point, Love hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, the Nets' offense broke out, Drummond flew into a dunk, and the Nets played a wave of 16-5 to surpass 6 points. The Cavaliers' offense was a dud, the Nets gradually opened up the point difference, and with 4 minutes left in the game, the Nets took a double-digit lead, and then the Nets retained the advantage, and finally defeated the Cavaliers to win 3 consecutive wins, rising to 7th in the East, taking the lead. Durant spent another 42 minutes in the game, bombing 36 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Irving still did not feel good, only 7 of 21 shots had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Drummond and Brown got two double-doubles at the same time.
In the last game, the Nets' opponent is the No. 3 pacers, as long as they win, the Nets will lock in the 7th place in the East, if they win in the first round of the playoffs will fall to 7th, the opponent will most likely be the Bucks, if they win in the second round of the playoffs will fall to 8th, the first round against the Heat.