On May 14, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Cavaliers played the Celtics at home. Mitchell was absent due to injury in this game, and the Cavaliers were not defeated, they kept biting the score on the court, and once overtook the score in the second half, and finally fought back wildly, but unfortunately it was still a little worse. In the end, the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 109-102 and won the match point 3-1 early.
The Cavaliers suffered a heavy blow before the game, Mitchell was injured and absent, but their momentum was still good, Strus was hot on the outside, but the Celtics responded with a wave of 12-0 offensive and began to take the initiative on the court. However, the Cavaliers' offensive state slowly picked up, Strus hit consecutive three-pointers, closing the difference, Garland also scored three points, and the Celtics Tatum could also respond, and finally complained about a technical foul, but then he hit a three-pointer, and the Cavaliers trailed the Celtics 57-62 after the first half.
In the second half, the Cavaliers came up to launch a counterattack and once overtook the score, but the Celtics then found their form, regained the initiative on the court, and opened the difference again, stretching the difference to 10 points in the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Celtics once stretched the difference to 15 points, but the Cavaliers then launched a counterattack and narrowed the gap to 5 points at one point, but unfortunately they failed to continue to score points in the key round, missing the opportunity to further narrow the difference, and Brown scored three points to establish the victory. In the end, the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 109-102 to take a 3-1 lead.
James, the star of the Cavaliers who came out of this game, came to the scene to watch the game, but he did not watch the end, under his attention, the Cavaliers' performance was still good, and they were not blown up in the absence of Mitchell, and they kept biting the score, and finally almost completed the big reversal. The performance of the Cavaliers has also been recognized by the fans, after all, without Mitchell and Allen, they can still play until the last moment, and the whole court is also applauded and encouraged, although they fell into the unfavorable situation of falling behind 1-3, but the players' hard work is still very good.
Without Mitchell, Garland also took on more, scoring 30 points and 7 assists, but unfortunately his two fists were hard to beat with four hands. The Celtics' twin tandems broke out together this time, scoring 60 points together, without giving the Cavaliers any chance to cause an upset. The Cavaliers hit 15 three-pointers in the game and also saw the situation turned, but unfortunately there was no Mitchell impact on some key shots. Game 5 will head to Boston, and it's up to the Cavaliers to bring the series back to Cleveland.