On April 23, Beijing time, the Cavaliers defeated the Magic 96-86 at home, leading 2-0. In this game, the Cavaliers led by 12 points in the first quarter under Mitchell's outburst, and then the Cavaliers have been firmly in control of the situation, once stretched to 20 points, Magic 10-0 narrowed to 10 points, Mitchell came on the court and hit two consecutive goals to stabilize the game for the Cavaliers, and then won the victory steadily.
In the first 9 minutes of the opening quarter of the Cavaliers, Mitchell scored 7 points and 3 rebounds, and he applauded himself wildly after completing 2+1.
After playing Mitchell for 10 minutes in the first quarter, 5 of 7, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, shooting 71.4%, the Cavaliers also led the Magic by as many as 12 points, you must know that the Magic team only had 18 minutes in the first quarter.
Mitchell played 9 minutes in the second quarter, and the Magic began to wrap him up, and his efficiency dropped to 2-of-7 + 0-of-4 three-pointers to score 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, 7-of-14 in the half, 2-of-7 three-pointers, 3-of-5 free throws, and 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
In the third quarter, Mitchell didn't score a point on 0-of-3 shooting, but Garland had 7 points and 2 assists, Allen had 7 points and 7 rebounds, and Mobley had 8 points and 4 rebounds, and the three helped the Cavaliers continue to extend their lead.
In the final quarter, when the Cavaliers fell into a scoring drought, they had to look at Mitchell, the Magic wave of 10-0 narrowed to 10 points, Mitchell immediately scored 4 points in a row to stabilize the morale of the army, and then entered the final 1 minute and 38 seconds The Cavaliers still led by 11 points, and the time passed minute by minute, and Banchero's garbage time scoring has become meaningless.
Mitchell played 36 minutes, 9-of-22, 2-of-10 three-pointers, 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, shooting 40.9% from the field and 20% from three-point range, Mitchell combined for 53 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in these two wins.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream