On April 26, Beijing time, the third game of the first round of the NBA playoffs continued. The Orlando Magic host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Back at home, Orlando was attacking with momentum. In the first half, Magic Banchero, Wagner Jr. and Suggs were on fire to lead the Cavaliers 61-45.
Coming back in the second half, the Cavaliers' offense didn't improve and the Magic took the opportunity to play another 35-16 offensive surge, bringing the game into garbage time.
There is one ball in the third quarter that has to be mentioned, the magic soldier Suggs, who is second only to Banchero in this game, completed a big windmill dunk in the fast break to blow up the arena, which is simply picturesque!
In the end, the Magic defeated the Cavaliers 121:83, earning back the points lost in the first two games with one ball, and the big score was also chased to 1:2. It is worth mentioning that this game has broken a number of records.
The first record is a 38-point difference. So far, this is the largest point margin in this year's playoffs, surpassing yesterday's 32-point win by the Thunder.
The second record was 83 points for the Cavaliers. It was their lowest scoring in the entire season of the 23-24 regular season. It's incredible to be a team with six players averaging double-doubles in points per game.
The third record is the highest number of appearances of more than five minutes in the first round of the playoffs. The Magic had all 15 players on the roster, and the lowest playing time was 5 minutes and 35 seconds, close to half a quarter.
The fourth record is the number of players with a positive plus/minus and the cumulative total plus/minus. They had 10 players with positive plus/minus in this game, with a cumulative plus/minus of +198, both of which were the highest in the first round.
The fifth record is for Banchero to become the fourth player aged 21 and under to score 30+10+5 in the playoffs. Ahead of him are James, Doncic, Magic. Today, after playing less than 30 minutes, Banchero scored 31 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, proving the value of the champion.
Finally, the technical statistics of other players in the Magic game are attached: Suggs 24 points and 4 boards, Wagner Jr. 16 points, 5 boards and 8 assists, Fultz 11 points, Anthony 10 points.