101-107, the Cavaliers lost the playoffs again, and after losing two consecutive playoffs, they have officially missed the playoffs, and their season has come to an end. Judging from the performance, although the Cavaliers ultimately missed the playoffs, their results this season have exceeded expectations. At the beginning of the season, no one was optimistic that they would be able to reach the play-offs, and many even thought they would be moving towards the top picks. However, what people did not expect was that this young team played an extremely good overall performance in the game, and at the beginning of the season, the team ranked in the top four in the East for a long time, although the team subsequently suffered injuries and the ranking plummeted, and the team eventually lost to the Nets and The Hawks in the playoffs, and ultimately missed the playoffs. But the team's ability to make it to the play-offs is still commendable, and they deserve more applause for their performances this season.
This season's Cavaliers, although they did not enter the playoffs, they gained a lot, especially the team's backcourt Garland, after the Season Reimbursement of Sexton, Garland got more performance opportunities, and he finally seized it and played a very shining play in the game. This season, he averaged 21.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 38.3 percent from three-point range, and was named an Eastern Conference All-Star. Although Garland played a very bad performance in the play-off game against the Eagles, it is undeniable that Garland has performed well enough this season that he has become the core of the team's backcourt at this stage.
In this offseason, Garland has the hope of completing a contract extension with the Cavaliers, and according to his performance and ceiling this season, Garland is likely to be able to complete the maximum salary extension with the Cavaliers, and the team is happy to see him as the cornerstone of the future team, and the biggest gain of the team this season is Garland's growth.
In addition, the team's 2021 draft selection with a tanhua sign also became a surprise, the young interior lineman who just entered the league, in his rookie season, he played a very bright performance, in all aspects of the team to help, in both ends of the attack and defense showed the ability of his peers do not have, became a strong contender for the best rookie of the season. Throughout the season, Mobly averaged 15 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 50.8% from the field and performing strongly. He was a surprise for the team this season.
Here we also want to mention Rondo, after Rondo was traded to the Cavaliers, he also performed very well, on the court he played his role as a veteran, with his own pass to give the team a lot of help. In the 21 games he played for the Cavaliers, he averaged 6.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, which was better than when he played for the Lakers. Although in the play-offs, Rondo's performance was very sluggish and did not give the team more help. But it is undeniable that with Rondo, Garland will improve quickly in passing, and the team has a point guard who can be organized in the second lineup, which can enhance the strength of the Cavaliers to a certain extent. Rondo, who will be a free agent this offseason, I personally feel that if the Cavaliers want to maintain their current impact, they should keep Rondo so that the team will be better.
At this stage, the Cavaliers, with Garland on the outside and Mobley and Allen on the inside, are talented enough, and if the team performs in terms of reinforcements in this offseason and improves their shortcomings, then they will still be a playoff-level team next season.