At 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 4, the first round of the NBA playoffs is still in full swing, with the Orlando Magic sitting at home to face the Cleveland Cavaliers. Before this game, the Cavaliers led the Magic 3-2 and held the match point, and neither team had been able to win at the opponent's home court before that. For the Cavaliers, they have the advantage on paper, and they have more playoff experience, and the star Mitchell holds the single-game scoring record in the playoffs among active players (he scored 57 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game in the first round G1 against the Nuggets in the park season), although Mitchell has not been able to lead the team to a bigger breakthrough in the Jazz before, but his personal ability is still not in doubt.
In addition, the Cavaliers also have Allen and Garland, two All-Star level players, one inside and one outside, and the depth of the roster is relatively solid. After winning the last G5 battle of Tianwang Mountain, Mitchell also said in an interview: "This is only the first round, we haven't got anything yet, so it's nothing, we defended the home game in the last game, and we have to win this away game." "It's worth mentioning that if the Cavaliers advance to the G6 victory, it will be the team's first series win without James this century. On the other side, the Magic team, as a super dark horse in the Eastern Conference, has a younger lineup than the Cavaliers, and their star Banchero is a 21-year-old champion, and now he is only 21 years old, and he entered the playoffs for the first time this year, and Banchero has a brilliant performance, scoring 30+ points many times.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Cavaliers sent Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Mobley and Morris Jr., and the Magic sent Suggs, Wagner Jr., Isaac, Banchero and Carter. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Mobley jumped the ball to win, the Cavaliers took the lead in getting the ball, Garland slid and threw a fierce shot in the paint area, scored the first goal of the game, Wagner Jr. strode the meteor and flew to the basket to make a layup, and also opened for the Magic team, Mitchell picked up the basket gently with the help of covering fingertips, Wagner Jr. faced the defense, the overlord rushed into the inside line with a hard bow to score two more points, Mobley hit the inside line with the help of the cover, Wagner ambushed in the bottom corner, and shot a bow and arrow outside the three-point line to penetrate Yang, Strus was not to be outdone, and returned a three-pointer in the front。
In the first half of the first quarter of the game, the two teams started a tug-of-war, you chase me and catch up alternately ahead, Mitchell hit a high-arc throw in Europe, Suggs fired from the outside at a 45-degree angle and was entering the center of the net, and the Magic relied on a hotter three-point touch to slightly occupy the initiative at the end of the quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Cavaliers by four points at 29-25. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Anthony's wing three-point shot pierced the heart of the basket to help the Magic team take the next city, Garland Dianguang made a layup and hit it steadily, Big Wagner stepped on the snow without a trace to pick up the offensive rebound, and made a strong rebound, Garland went to the meeting basket to hit the basket and scored two more points, Wagner Jr. used his feet in the restricted area, turned around and shook off the opponent, a small throw hit steadily, Mitchell buried his head in acceleration, the paint area threw into the center of the net, and Suggs's ultra-long three-point shot blossomed directly.
The situation on the court did not change much, and the Magic still maintained a slight lead, and at halftime, the Magic led the Cavaliers by four points at 53-49. In the first half, Wagner Jr. had 18 points, Mitchell 19 points, Garland 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Banchero 10 points and 5 rebounds. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Carter hit a mid-range shot to the basket, opening the third quarter of the game, Mitchell lowered his center of gravity and flew to break through the layup and colored, Mobley raised high in the penalty area to make fouls, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Strus chased after the three-point hole through the basket, Fultz's difficult pull-up folding layup also wiped the board, although the Cavaliers' three-point shots frequently hit iron, and the shooting rate was once less than 15%, but they still had the deterrent power to rush into the basket, and repeatedly scored in the restricted area.
The scores of the two sides have also been tight and very intense. In the second half of the third quarter, Mitchell began to exert his strength, scoring 13 points on 6-of-8 in a single quarter, leading the Cavaliers from behind to leading, and after the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers surpassed the Magic by 5 points 78-73. In the last two or three minutes, Mitchell broke through unstoppable again and again, and the Magic Suggs and Banchero scored two key three-point shots, and finally the Magic team at home had the last laugh, defeating the Cavaliers 103-96, with a big score of 3-3, and the first tie-break of the playoffs came!
In terms of statistics, on the Cavaliers' side, Mitchell scored 50 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, tied with Embiid for the highest single-game score in the playoffs this season, Garland had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Mobley had 3 points and 7 rebounds, and Strus had 10 points and 8 rebounds. On the Magic side, Banchero had 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Wagner Jr. had 26 points and 5 rebounds, Suggs had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Carter had 11 points and 9 rebounds.