On April 16, Beijing time, the Eagles defeated the Cavaliers 107-101 to enter the playoffs, and they will be the first round of the playoffs vs the Heat of the East. After the first quarter, the Cavaliers led by 11 points, the Cavaliers led by 10 points after halftime, Trae Young led the 16 points and 5 assists in the third quarter to erase the point difference, and the Hawks rebounded by 9 points in the final quarter, and Markkanen sent a fatal mistake into the final game, and the Hawks completed a 14-point reversal.
It is not easy for this young Cavaliers to enter the playoffs, Sexton is reimbursed early for the season, Wendler knee surgery is reimbursed for the season, Dean Wade knee surgery is reimbursed for the season, Jarrett Allen insists on coming back with a finger injury, and the team's Rondo, Markkanen, Le Vere, O'Corro, Stevens, Mobley and others have also suffered injuries and missed many games, it can be said that they came here in the case of personnel rotation, if not injury they are still in the fourth place in the East.
And although this Eagles team has also suffered some minor injuries, the overall lineup is still neat, In the last summer, the bosses spent $408 million to retain the East Conference Finals, Trae Young: $172.5 million in 5 years; John Collins: $125 million in 5 years; Kevin Hult: $64 million in 4 years; Clint Capela: $46 million in 2 years but the team's performance was disappointing, Hult and Collins fell steeply, the team's defensive system built last season was gone, and many people took big contracts and didn't want to work.
Key Battle Cavaliers leader Allen returned, they once played a 36-25 climax in the first quarter, Allen scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block on 2-of-2, he returned to the fourth position after the fifth position, Markkanen returned to the third position, the size advantage of Maca bombed 11 points in the first quarter, and Mobley also scored 5 points in the first quarter.
The second quarter entered the rotation stage, the Cavaliers' second lineup only had Lefour, Okoro and Rondo three people due to injuries, the Hawks were 4 people, so the Hawks were obviously dominant, and in the second quarter, the Hawks' Bogdan 10 points led the Hawks to narrow the gap to 5 points at one point but was pulled away to 10 points, Garland and Markkanen stepped forward at key moments.
Both teams' offenses slipped in the third quarter, with neither team breaking 20+ in eight minutes, but Capela's injury in the second quarter allowed the Hawks' rebounds to slip, but Trae Young, who was 3 of 11 in the first half, woke up in the third quarter with 4 of 6 + 5 of free throws and scored 16 points and 5 assists, Trae Young scored 27 points with a point + assist, while the Cavaliers only scored 23 points in the third quarter, and the two teams entered the final battle with an 84-84 draw in the last quarter.
The Cavaliers played two minutes in the final quarter 2-0, the Hawks replaced Trae Young, Garner singles to tie, and Trae Young threw a throw to beat Biktav on a timeout. Trae Young scored 6 straight Points for the Cavaliers, Bogdan's three-point shot stretched to 9 points (5:30 11-0), Garland hit the ice, Mobley quickly fouled, Macca scored three points, Trae Young threw and then hit another three-pointer, Garland's consecutive shots narrowed to 1 point, Trae Young threw again, Markkanen's fatal mistake was snatched by Hurther, and Trae Young blasted 31 points and 5 assists in the second half.
Trae Young scored 13-of-25, 4-of-11 three-pointers and 7-of-7 from the free throw line for 37 points, nine assists, two rebounds and one steal.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream