After losing to the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers, the only surviving line of life in the playoffs, sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the Hawks, who were also competing for playoff spots.
For the Cavaliers, Jarrett Allen returned from the line of fire to try to bring more help to Garland + Mobley, leading the team to defend the home field and win the last playoff ticket.
On the other hand, on the side of the Eagles, although Trae Young is in good shape, but this campaign is running to the away game, and the Eagles, who are not stable, will obviously be caught in a bitter battle!
However, after four quarters of fighting, with a strong start of 18-8, the Cavaliers, who played at home, in the first half, although they once overpowered the Hawks, achieved a huge advantage of 14 points.
But after returning from the second half, Trae Young + Hunter + Hult felt hot in the third quarter, leading the Eagles to play several waves of counterattack frenzy, successfully erasing the score gap and retaining the suspense of the game.
Coupled with the final final game, Trae Young's firepower did not decrease, the Eagles took the opportunity to establish a 6-point lead in one fell swoop, and the Cavaliers could not chase the points, so they had to lose.
The Eagles, who finally won the rally, also won the Cavaliers 107-101 on the road, which was worth the trip to eliminate the opponent and win the last playoff ticket in the East!
In this game away from home, although the Eagles once fell into the disadvantage of 14 points behind in the score, fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a team performance of 5 people scoring in double figures, completing a big reversal.
In the case of hunter + Hult + Gallinari and other main players, each performing their duties, the team ace Trae Young, and the play of the main player Pogdanovic on the bench, is particularly critical!
In this game, Trae Young opened low and went high, and in the case of only 6 points in the first half, Trae Young ushered in an outbreak and scored 32 points, bombing a game-high 38 points, plus 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 block all-round performance.
Among them, in the final quarter, he suddenly shot a single quarter to score 16 points, not only led by example, led the Eagles to fight back, but also almost single-handedly ended the Cavaliers' attempt to fight back!
Rationally speaking, in this battle against Cavaliers guard Garland, whether in terms of personal data or team performance, Trae Young can be described as a complete victory over Garland at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
Of course, the Hawks were able to reverse the victory over the Cavaliers in this game, and the performance of Bogdanovic on the bench also played a crucial role.
Pogdanovic was very efficient, playing 28 minutes off the bench, shooting 2 three-pointers on 6-of-8 shooting, and contributing 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.
In addition, throughout the game, Bogdanovic has not made a mistake personally, and it can be said that with his highly efficient personal performance, he successfully affected the trend of the game!
More importantly, after defeating the Cavaliers in this game, the Eagles also officially locked in the eighth position in the East this season, successfully catching the last train of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
With this, this season's Eastern Conference playoffs have all been released, namely: East One Heat VS East Eight Eagles, East Two Green Army VS East Seven Nets, East Three Bucks VS East Six Bulls, East Four 76ers VS East Five Raptors!
Only for the Eagles, although the team successfully reached the playoffs, the unexpected injury of the team's inner pillar Capela will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the Eagles' next playoff first-round series against the Heat!
On the other hand, on the Cavaliers side, the team collapsed in the second half of this game, and was eventually reversed, missing the playoff performance, which obviously made it difficult for home fans to accept.
After all, in the case of Garland + Markkanen playing well and cutting 20+ at the same time, the performance of the team in the overall defensive end and the number of control errors is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
For the young Cavaliers, it has to be said that although the team has not been able to complete the goal of playoffs this season, under the leadership of young players such as Garland + Mobli + Allen + Markkanen, the future of this Cavaliers team may still be worth looking forward to!