At 8:30 a.m. on May 12, Beijing time, the Cavaliers hosted the Celtics in the second round of the NBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference semifinals G3 game, Allen continued to be injured, and his starting five Tigers were Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Okoro, and Mobley; Celtics' Porzingis also continues to be sidelined, and the starting lineup is Holiday and White, Jalen. Brown, Tatum, Horford.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Mitchell came up and hit a 3-point shot from the outside, Holiday broke through the layup and hit back 2 points, Mitchell felt hot and continued to score 3 points with an arrow through the heart, Tatum also pulled out a bow and shot a long-range 3-point shot into the net and also colored, and the Cavaliers led 6:5 at the beginning. Holiday counterattacked and scored 2 more points on a layup, Mobley Taishan pressed the top and added 2 points, Tatum continued to shoot a 3-pointer from a distance, and the two sides fell into offensive mode.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Garland scored 2 points on a basket throw, Horhorford responded with a 2-point rebound, and Mobley scored 2 points on an inside hook layup, and the Cavaliers tied the score at 32:32. Holiday scored two more points on a step-back shot, Hauser hit a 3-pointer from the outside, and Holiday scored two points on a layup, and the Celtics scored seven straight points to continue their 39-32 lead. After two quarters of chase, the Cavaliers trailed the Celtics by nine points at 48:57. At the end of the first half, Tatum had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and Holiday had 15 points and 5 rebounds; Mobley had 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Mitchell had 23 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals.
In the third quarter, Tatum scored 2+1 against the confrontation, the bald White scored 3 points with a sword on the outside, Brown hit 2 points on the inside hook, and the Celtics scored 8 points in a row to expand the lead to 65:48. It was the bald White who shot a 3-point shot with a bow and arrow from the outside, and Holiday also hit a 3-point shot with a flying knife, which is really murderous! The Celtics led by 23 points at 71-48. Mitchell fired back with a 2-point shot to stop the bleeding, and the two teams fell into a scuffle again, and the Celtics led the Cavaliers by 15 points 84-69 in the third quarter!
The fourth quarter came to the tiebreaker! Garland scored 2 points in the confrontation, Mobley jumped high to catch the ball and dunk 2 points, and then scored 2 more points with his domineering basket, and the Cavaliers came up and scored 6 points in a row to chase 75:84 with a difference of 9 points. Tatum hit a mid-range shot to stop the bleeding, LeVert scored 2 points for making a killing free throw, Brown scored 2 points for a backhand layup, and LeVert scored another 2 points with a small pull-up, and the two sides fought again in the final quarter, and the game ended with the Celtics sniping the Cavaliers 106:93 away, and the series was 2:1 ahead!