In the first playoff game in the NBA East this season, the Cavaliers of two interior players Allen and Wade were missing, and finally lost to the Nets led by Durant and Irving, and had no chance to directly enter the playoffs with the seventh place in the East, in another Eastern Conference playoff, the Hawks won a life-and-death battle with the Cavaliers with the excellent play of Capela, the three-goal Ball-led Hornets, and got the opportunity to stage a life-and-death battle with the Cavaliers! These two teams can be said to be a pinpoint to Mai Mang in terms of lineup, Garland and Trae Young, who is called the mayor of New York by fans, are the most promising top guard candidates in the league, and they also have a strong and large interior line on both sides, which also makes this match a very big point, personally believe that in the highly targeted play-offs, both sides will exert very much defensive pressure on the absolute core of the other side. Therefore, it is unlikely that Trae Young and Garlander will want to play a personal performance of the explosion to lead the team to victory, and the inside lineman is likely to become the key word in this round of the series, which is also the reason why it is optimistic that the Eagles with Capela can qualify and thus challenge the Heat in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs!
A play-off game that determines the outcome, the content and nature of the game are essentially different from the regular season, both players will take out the bottom of the pressure box at the defensive end to limit the play of the opponent's core players, although Trae Young and Garland are potential new stars in the league, but they do not have durant and Irving's ability to face any high-intensity defense, can rely on personal ability to score the ball into the strength and level, so in such a high-intensity game, both of them are difficult to play an inexplicable personal performance, to lead the team to victory.
As the two people at the most important end of the team, once under the opponent's defensive restrictions, after the personal offensive efficiency declines, there will definitely be more rebounds on the field, so which team can better protect the defensive rebounds and impact the offensive rebounds, no doubt will get more opportunities for secondary attacks, so as to grasp the initiative of promotion.
Although the Cavaliers have been able to make rapid progress this season, mainly due to their internal strength, but now Wade is reimbursed for the season, and Allen has been absent for a long time, the last game against the Nets still has not returned, even if in this game with the Hawks to choose the line of fire comeback, it will take time to adapt to the intensity of the game and find feelings.
In contrast, Capela is now in a brave state, in the game with the Hornets, he blew up Plumlee at both ends of the attack and defense, helping the team to take a long lead in rebounding and interior scoring, and the next life-and-death battle against Mobley and Markkanen, Capela has a greater probability of playing a dominant performance, which is also an important reason for the eagles to win.
In the regular season, the Eagles and cavaliers have had four direct encounters, the Eagles although ranked lower, but their direct hand-to-hand record with 3 wins and 1 loss in the advantage, which will also give players a greater advantage in mentality, coupled with the Hawks last season in the Eastern Playoffs all the way to the division finals, so that their players are more aware of how to play, in order to be able to laugh in the hard battle to the end, on the whole, Trae Young led the team to the eighth place in the East to reach the playoffs The probability is greater!