On May 10, Beijing time, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics away and drew 1-1. The Cavaliers led in the first quarter, the two teams tied at halftime, the Cavaliers led by 12 points at 36-24 in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers once opened to more than 20 points at the beginning of the final quarter and entered garbage time 4 minutes and 58 seconds ahead of schedule.
In the opening game, Tatum was still 1 of 4 in iron, but scored 8 points on 5 of 6 free throws; Jaylen Brown scored 6 points in 3 of 6, White scored 3 points and 2 assists in 1 of 2 three-pointers, it is obvious that Brown and White's offense is much worse than G1, and the Cavaliers' Mitchell is strictly guarded, but Mobley has 11 points, 4 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter, LeVert has 8 points and 1 assist, and the Cavaliers' second team has played well to lead Green Kai.
In the second quarter, Green Kai Horford made two consecutive three-pointers, Pritchard also scored 6 points in a row and quickly overtook him, Garland responded with a three-pointer, Mitchell made a mid-range score and made a foul, and the Cavaliers' offense was somewhat stagnant in the second quarter, but at the end of the second quarter, Green Kai's defensive concentration declined, coupled with frequent mistakes, the Cavaliers still equalized the score. Mitchell had only 6 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in the first half, while Tatum had 16 points and 8 rebounds in the half.
In the third quarter, Mitchell hit two three-pointers to score double-doubles, Garland also scored double-doubles on two three-point shots, and the Cavaliers started five people, only Strus did not score a double-double, and more points blossomed to 9 points to stop Mazzulla. In this quarter, Mitchell exploded, 5-of-9 in the single quarter, 4-of-5 from three-point range with 16 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Garland scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-3 three-pointers in the single quarter, and the Cavaliers led by 12 points into the final quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Mitchell scored 7 points in a row, Strus hit a three-point shot to 19 points to stop Mazzulla, Tatum missed a key single Brown pulled out to stop the bleeding, and with 4 minutes and 58 seconds left in the final quarter, the fans of Green Kai had left the court early, and the home team fans began to boo, and the game was actually garbage time.
At 4 minutes and 58 seconds, Green Kai had replaced Mazzulla off the bench, Tatum had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Brown had 19 points, White had 10 points and 5 assists, Horford had 11 points, and Pritchard had 13 points and 4 assists. Mitchell scored 23 points in the second half and finished with 29 points in the game.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream