On May 8, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the first game of the Celtics vs. Cavaliers series, both teams were absent in this game, the Cavaliers center player Allen was absent due to injury, they let Mobley play center, the starters were Mitchell, Garland, Strus, Okoro and Mobley, Celtics Porzingis was also absent due to injury, and the starters were Tatum, Brown, Holiday , White and Horford.
In the offensive battle, the Celtics had a slight advantage, with Mitchell scoring 14 points and Brown scoring 15 points
In the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers fell into a scoring drought at the beginning, and they tried to get Garland to find his touch at the beginning, but unfortunately continued the performance of the last series, and the Celtics relied on Brown to score seven points in a row. In the end, the Cavaliers still had to rely on Mitchell to score on a driving layup, and then Garland missed a three-pointer, White switched offense and made a three-pointer, and the Celtics played a 10-2 opening to stop the Cavaliers.
After the timeout, Mitchell missed a three-point shot, Brown scored on a single shot, fortunately Okoro made a three-point shot, and then White missed a three-point shot, Okoro converted the offensive air cut layup and scored, Tatum also hit a three-point iron, Mitchell converted a three-point shot, and the Cavaliers chased a wave of 8-2 points directly to 2 points. White singled Garland for a layup, Mitchell assisted Mobley for a dunk, and both sides found their rhythm on the offensive end. Then the two sides began to compete for three points, Okoro made a three-point shot, White returned it, Garland immediately returned another three-pointer, Brown and Tatum also scored under the basket in a row, but after Mitchell scored 5 points in a row, he helped the Cavaliers overtake the score by 2 points! Stopped the Celtics.
After the timeout, Brown broke through to the layup and scored 4 points in a row, Okoro's layup was blocked by Kornet, Mitchell caused Brown to shoot foul and score free throws, Tatum broke through and scored two plus one, Kornet caused a foul free throw to score 2 points, Tatum broke through and caused a backbone to continue to score free throws, the Cavaliers began to play iron, Mitchell and Morris did not have three points, LeVert and Mitchell also hit iron in the middle distance, and finally relied on Mitchell to convert the offense to score. When the Celtics were about to pull away, Morris hit a three-pointer, and the Celtics led the Cavaliers 40-34 at the end of the first quarter.
In the iron game, the knight is the more iron side
In the second quarter of the game, Garland continued to play iron with three points, Pritchard did not have three points, Morris had no one to defend under the basket, and there was no empty basket, Dillman used his height advantage to score under the basket, Merrill also hit iron with three points, the Cavaliers began to score, and even Garland made a layup. Then Pritchard made a three-pointer, Holiday converted the offense to complete a layup, and the Celtics played a wave of 7-0 in four minutes, and the difference came to more than 10 points, and the Cavaliers did not score a point in four minutes in the quarter.
After the timeout, Mobley singled Cornet to continue to play iron, but Strus switched to make a three-pointer! Broke the Cavaliers' scoring drought in this section. The Cavaliers' defensive intensity came up, making it impossible for the Celtics to score back-to-back points, and Okoro hit a three-pointer to help the Cavaliers chase the score to less than 10 points again. Then Brown and White made three-pointers, Tatum singled Strus to hit a mid-range shot, the Cavaliers relied on Mobley to complete a dunk, Mitchell singled Tatum to break through and scored two plus one, The Celtics led the Cavaliers 59-49 at halftime, and the game played a low score of 19-15 Cavaliers in the first quarter.
Mitchell carried the team's offense, scoring 16 points in a single quarter, but it was a pity that he couldn't support it alone
In the second half of the game, Holiday and White scored three points, Cavaliers Mobley scored 1 point for a foul free throw, Mitchell scored three points, Garland broke through to make a layup, Holiday continued to hit a three-point shot, Mitchell broke through a layup to make a foul free throw to score, and White also hit a three-point shot! The two sides returned to the offensive form of the first quarter.
After the Cavaliers took a timeout, Garland scored three points, Brown broke through to complete the dunk, Strus scored an unguarded layup, Brown singled to complete the layup, Garland failed to continue the three-point attempt, Mitchell assisted Mobley to complete the dunk, Brown made a pass error, Garland singled Horford, covered his face and fell to the ground in pain, it seems that Brown hit the face with an elbow, breaking the corner of his eyebrows, fortunately, there is no big problem! White continued to hit a three-pointer against the defense, Mitchell's layup was blocked by Brown, and Brown assisted Holiday for an easy layup, and the Celtics directly stretched the score to 16 points.
Then the Cavaliers relied on Mitchell to score 6 points in a row, TT also hit a single throw, Tatum and White broke through the throw to score, and White missed a three-point shot! Scored 4 three-pointers in a single quarter! There was also a throw, and he scored 14 points in a single quarter! Fortunately, Mitchell also converted a three-pointer to continue to help the Cavaliers narrow the score, and the Celtics led the Cavaliers 92-77 at the end of the third quarter.
Brown exerted his strength, blowing withered and decayed
In the final quarter of the game, Brown began to exert his strength, not only to break through the score, but also to hit the outside three-pointer, Horford also scored 5 points in a row, and the Celtics went 10-2, and the difference came directly to 23 points! The Cavaliers lost power on the outside, Merrill and LeVert missed three points, and only relied on Garland to score two points from mid-range. After the Cavaliers took a timeout, they switched back to Mitchell, and Mobley scored 8 points in a row on a single Cornet hook, and the difference was directly chased to within 20 points! The Celtics relied on Brown to score 3 points, Tatum came on the court and made a mid-range shot, Pritchard hit a three-pointer, Garland missed a 3-pointer, and then the Cavaliers replaced Mitchell with 4 minutes left, and the game was out of suspense, and finally the Celtics beat the Cavaliers 120-95, and the Celtics led the Cavaliers 1-0 in the series.
Full-time player stats
Celtics: Brown shot 12-of-18 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range to finish with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Tatum shot 7-of-19 from the field and 0-of-5 from three-point range with 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Horford had 7 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Cornet had 4 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, White shot 9-of-16 from the field and 7-of-12 from three-point range to finish with 25 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, and Holiday had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Cavaliers: Mitchell had 33 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 12-of-25 shooting and 4-of-11 three-pointers, Okoro had 11 points, Mobley had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Garland had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 6-of-15 shooting and 2-of-8 three-pointers, and Strus had 5 points and 2 rebounds.
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