On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G3 officially started, and the Magic returned to their home court against the Cavaliers. After the first two games, the Magic was in a very sluggish state, falling behind 0-2. This return to the home court is also a key battle for them, and the Magic quickly entered the state, scoring consecutive points inside and outside, and quickly took the initiative on the court, and kept opening up the difference, leading by 16 points at halftime. In the second half, the Magic further widened the difference, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Magic beat the Cavaliers 121-83, and the big score came to 1-2.
The pressure on the Magic in this game is still quite high, and once they lose, they will become 0-3 behind, and what awaits them may be to be swept away. Fortunately, this time, with the cheers of the home fans, they quickly entered the state, and the inside and outside blossomed to occupy the initiative on the court, and they took a 10-point lead in the first quarter. The Cavaliers' offense was sluggish, and the outside line was even more continuous, and they were not in a state at all, so they could only watch the point difference being pulled apart, and the Magic led 61-45 at halftime.
In the second half, the state of the Magic was still hot, and the difference was soon stretched to more than 20 points, the offensive feeling on the Cavaliers' side was still very sluggish, and the outside line was even more continuous iron, Banchero and Suggs hit three points one after another, and the difference was directly stretched to 30 points. After that, the Cavaliers fell completely into passivity, and the point difference was further widened, the game entered garbage time early, the Cavaliers also surrendered directly, and the Magic also replaced the bench players. In the end, the Cavaliers lost to the Magic 83-121.
In this game, the Cavaliers' form was very sluggish, they were not in shape at all, and they couldn't play away from home. This time, the Cavaliers' three-point hand was very sluggish, hitting only 2 goals in the half, and they also hit iron continuously in the second half, allowing the opponent to directly open the difference. This time, Mitchell only scored 13 points on 6-of-16 shooting, and Garland only scored 5 points on 2-of-10 shooting, and all the inside and outside lines were blown up, which was still a very bad performance.
As the dark horse of the East, the Magic performed very badly in the first two games, but they didn't expect to return to the home court to usher in a big outburst directly, and the Cavaliers were completely destroyed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, making the home fans fall into a carnival. This time, Banchero exploded and finally came out with his best performance in the playoffs so far, with 31 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists on 13-of-26 shooting, and no turnovers. In addition, Suggs also had 24 points, Wagner Jr. had 16 points and 8 assists, and each player was able to contribute, and finally helped the team win the first win of this playoffs, and the series score came to 1-2, and they still have a chance.