Beijing time on April 13, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Brooklyn Nets Nets in the playoffs to meet the Cleveland Cavaliers. The importance of this game is self-evident for both sides. In the first quarter, Irving felt hot, shooting all 5 of them in a single quarter, scoring 11 points and 4 assists, and under the leadership of the double stars, the Nets established a 20-point advantage in the first quarter. Entering the second quarter, Irving continued his excellent hand, 9 of 9 in the half, slashing 20 points and 4 assists; Durant cut 12 points, 5 boards, 7 assists, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers, plus or minus +21.
In the first half, Love contributed 11 points and 6 boards on 4-of-6 6, scoring and rebounding for the highest in the team, helping the team narrow the point gap to 14 points. Easy side to fight again, Garland also began to play, three quarters down, the Cavaliers to narrow the point difference to 12 points. Seven minutes before the final quarter, the Cavaliers narrowed the gap to single digits, but Durant was bold, he first stopped to hit the mid-range, and then faced Moblegan to pull out, the point difference once again came to 2 figures, and the Cavaliers were stopped. In the final battle, Garland missed a layup, but the offensive ball was still on the Cavaliers' side.
Immediately after, Love and Bruce Brown did not have three points, Rondo converted the offense to score 2 points, however, Irving felt hot, strong shot under the basket again, Rondo calmed his head, and the magic pass Mobley scored 2 points. In the last 74 seconds, the Cavaliers chose to foul Clarkston, Le Weir forced the basket to stop the bleeding, but Brown immediately assisted Clarkston dunk to win, Le Vere hit the basket again, Garland also had three points, the two sides came and went, in the end, the Nets narrowly won 115-108, advanced to the playoffs, their opponents in the first round will be the Celtics. In this game, Irving and Durant played superstar performances.
Irving played 42 minutes, 12 of 15, 3 of 6 three-pointers, slashed 34 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists, the fly in the ointment was that he made 4 turnovers; Durant played 42 minutes, 9 of 16, cut 25 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, only one turnover, plus or minus +16; Bruce Brown 8 of 19, contributing 18 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, in addition to 3 steals; Chuang Shen played 19 minutes, dreaming back to the peak, 11 of 7, He scored 16 points and eight rebounds; Clarkston made a surprise of 6, scoring 13 points and 9 rebounds.
For the Cavaliers, Garland had 34 points and five assists on 13-of-24 shooting; Le Vere had 12 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals; Mobley had 9-of-13 with 19 points and seven rebounds; Markkanen had 13 points and four rebounds; Love had 14 points and 13 rebounds; and Rondo had 7 points and nine assists. In this game, after Allen's absence, the Cavaliers lacked a core offensive end on the inside line, plus Durant and Irving performed too amazingly, Zhuang Shen and Clarkston and others played a good performance, so the Cavaliers lacked major generals, it was difficult to resist, Irving scored at least 30 points and 10 assists in a single game with 80% shooting, the first person after James.