On February 13, Beijing time, the Cavaliers lost 121-123 to the 76ers at home to end a nine-game winning streak. Philadelphia once led by 9 points in the first half, and the Cavaliers overtook after the third quarter, but they didn't expect Philadelphia to play a 22-15 climax at the beginning of the final quarter, and in the last 53 seconds, Mitchell scored 6 points in a row to help the Cavaliers narrow to 1 point to stop Philadelphia, and then fouled tactics, Mitchell's most critical layup was killed by Oubre's hat.
Joel Embiid, the core of the Philadelphia 76ers, will be injured for a long time, and the team traded for Hield and Payne at the trade deadline, these two contributed as soon as they came to Philadelphia, Hield scored 10 points and 2 assists in the first quarter of 4 of 5 + 3 three-pointers, Hield's three-point ability is indeed outstanding; Oubre also scored 7 points in the first quarter, Reed scored 7 points in the first quarter, and Maxey scored 5 assists although he did not score.
The Cavaliers have been in excellent form recently and have won a wave of nine consecutive wins, Mitchell has also entered the top ten of the MVP list, Mitchell scored 9 points on 4 shots in the first quarter, Mitchell has scored 16 points in the half, and Garland has also scored 9 points in the half, these two backcourt cores have played, in addition to Mobley, Allen, and Strus also scored points, and the difference between the two teams was narrowed to 4 points in the first half.
In the third quarter, the Cavaliers completed the comeback under the leadership of Mitchell, Mitchell had 8 points and 1 assist in a single quarter, Garland had 5 points and 3 assists, Allen had 5 points and 3 rebounds, and Strus had 5 points. With only five points for Maxey, six for Oubre, two for Hield and two for Martin, it feels like the Cavaliers are starting to take control.
Unexpectedly, the game made waves in the final quarter, Hield scored 9 points in a row and his two three-pointers stopped the Cavaliers, and then Bamba and Payne also scored consecutive points, Philadelphia played a wave of 22-15 climax to complete the overtake, entering the final 4 minutes Philadelphia has a 9-point lead, Mitchell exploded in the last 53 seconds to complete 2+1 After hitting a three-pointer, there were 4 seconds left to help the Cavaliers narrow to 1 point, after Allen fouled, Concile made two free throws to pull away to 3 points, Mitchell wanted to tie the three-point tie and was fouled by Concile in advance, Midou made two free throws to continue to play 8 points, and then Mitchell's key layup was ended by Oubre's big hat.
In the whole game, Maxey had 21 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds, Oubre 24 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block, Hield 24 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds, Reed 13 points and 8 rebounds, Martin 10 points and 7 rebounds, and Payne 15 points and 4 assists. The Philadelphia six-man defeated the Cavaliers, who were second in the East, and Mitchell had 36 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in the game, and scored 12 points in the final quarter.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream