After three consecutive defeats and a hasty road trip, the cavaliers, who ranked eighth in the East, returned to home and faced the challenge of the Bucks, who ranked second in the East during their three-game winning streak.
On the Cavaliers, the main players are in full swing, and the team has home advantage in this campaign, and Garland is also ready to lead the team to attack the seventh place in the East.
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, Budenholzer, out of caution, took turns to rest the main forces such as Alphabet Brother + Middleton, and the remnants of the Bucks will obviously be caught in a bitter battle!
Finally, after four quarters of competition, with a perfect 14-0 start, the Cavaliers, who played at home, easily suppressed the Bucks in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 33 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, the third quarter of Mobley + Lefu felt hot, the Cavaliers took advantage of the chase, always maintained a 30-point lead, and this also made the final quarter lose suspense early.
In the end, the Cavaliers, who were firm and steady, also won 133-115 at home to the Bucks, ending the losing streak strongly, and also gave the opponent Bucks a 18-point defeat!
Playing at home in this game, the Cavaliers swept away the decline during the losing streak, played a 5-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and won a 18-point victory.
In the case of garland + Mobli + Markkanen and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the play of the two veterans on the bench, Lefour + Rondo, is particularly critical!
In this game, Luck was in full swing, playing on the bench for 14 minutes, shooting more than 60% of the shots in 16 shots, and shooting 8 three-pointers on the outside line, bombing a game-high 32 points, plus 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Among them, his heroic performance of cutting 18 points in the first quarter not only helped the Cavaliers to open up the situation smoothly, but also laid a solid foundation for the team to win a big victory!
More importantly, throughout the game, Love has not made a mistake personally, and it can be said that with a highly efficient personal performance, it has successfully disrupted the defensive rhythm and deployment of the Bucks.
In addition, The 14-minute Game of Luck scored 30 points and 10 rebounds, and also set a scoring record for the league since the introduction of the 24-second offensive rule, becoming the first player in league history to achieve this achievement!
Of course, the Cavaliers were able to beat the Bucks in this game, and the performance of the demon guard Rondo on the bench also played a crucial role.
Rondo was well defensively and defensively, playing 24 minutes off the bench and delivering 6 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists and 1 steal on 2-of-5 shooting.
And 13 assists in a single game also set a new high for Rondo's single assists this season, which can be said to have successfully affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense, and even in the organization and tandem teams!
Obviously, for the Eastern Dark Horse Cavaliers, in the next playoff against the Nets, the two veterans of Love + Rondo will undoubtedly play a role that cannot be underestimated!
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, the team was completely suppressed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed the 18-point defeat of the game performance, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of Jordan Vola + Sandro + Sanasis playing well and cutting 20+ at the same time, this game lacks the letter brother + Middleton, and Holliday was replaced by the Bucks at the beginning, and the performance at the key moment is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
In the face of the crazy Lefour, and the Cavaliers who blossomed more, the Bucks who worked hard all the time but did not return seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of losing.
As for the next playoff against the sixth-ranked Bulls in the East, the defending champion Bucks, what kind of series performance they can play after the return of the main players, we seem to have to wait and see!