On May 16th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Celtics and Cavaliers ushered in the fifth game of the series, this game Mitchell is still absent, and LeVert is also absent from the game, in this case, the Cavaliers are not favored to win, if they lose again, then the Green Army will advance to the division finals. Next, let's talk briefly about the game process, and then talk about the players' performance.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Strus hit all three free throws, White and Brown hit three-pointers in succession, and Strus hit another three-pointer, and the two sides played very close in the first quarter, and the two sides tied at 28 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers were led by Mobley and they once overtook by 6 points, but in the second half of the quarter, the Cavaliers' offense suddenly lost power, and Tatum also seized the opportunity to overtake the opponent and helped the team lead by 6 points to end the first half.
Yibian re-battled Strus and Mobley combined for five points to help the team close the gap, Tatum and Holiday led the team to an offensive climax to establish a 12-point lead at one point, but then the Green Army veteran Morris Jr. stepped up, and he scored consecutive points to help the team chase down to only 7 points to end the third quarter. Although the Cavaliers once chased down to only 5 points in the final quarter, Tatum, White and Horford hit three-pointers one after another to help the team reextend the lead, and the game was completely lost, and the Cavaliers lost to the Green Army 98-113.
Tatum completes the evolution and leads the team to advance
In the past two years, the Celtics have been cultivating Tatum's style of play with the ball, to be honest, the effect is not ideal, until the series with the Cavaliers G3 began, Tatum gradually showed an offensive and defensive performance, he was unable to switch between offense and passing before, and now it looks much better in this regard, he has completed the evolution, this game shot 9 of 16, 3 of 7 three-pointers got 25 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals, if you want to become a supergiant, you must have no shortcomings.
Brown won this game easily, because White and Horford both played very well in this game, and Brown also chose to sacrifice data to integrate into the system, and he scored 11 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 4-of-9 shooting in this game. Horford saw the hope of hitting the division finals and played a good must, he shot 8-of-15 from the field, 6-of-13 from three-point range, and scored 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.
White also played very well in this game, he swept away the slump in the past two games, and scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks on 7-of-15 shooting and 4-of-8 three-pointers. Judging from this game, Mazzulla is also a lot more cautious, before the Green Army lost two home games that should not be lost, he also did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, as soon as the opponent played the climax, he immediately stopped the adjustment, and he was more mature than before.
After qualifying, the Celtics will most likely face the Knicks, in fact, whether it is against the Knicks or the Pacers, the advantage of the Celtics is very obvious, as long as Porzingis can return healthy, they will be one of the biggest favorites to win the championship.
The two biggest stars of the Cavaliers may leave the team?
After this game, the Cavaliers' season is over, they will have a lot of things to do in the offseason, such as the question of whether Mitchell will renew his contract, and the problem of congestion on the team's interior, after Allen's injury, the Cavaliers' offense is obviously more fluid than before, so he and Mobley are likely to only keep one, in this case, I think Mobley is more likely to stay.
First of all, Mobley's talent is higher, he is the first round of the flower show, in this round of the series Allen was absent, Mobley also got enough ball, 5 series have cut more than 17+ points, this game is 15 of 24 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers got 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, give him the ball, he can play a role on the offensive end, a player who was selected as the best defense in the second year of his career, the ceiling must not be low.
In the case that Mitchell will not renew his contract, the Cavaliers can consider continuing to keep Garland, although Garland's overall performance in the playoffs this season is not good, but more reason is that there are not so many balls, he was locked by the opponent in this game, 4 of 17 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers got 11 points and 9 assists, but in the last game, he had 30 points and 7 assists, and he was only in the fifth year of his career, and his future potential is also worth looking forward to.
In addition to Mobley and Garland, Strus got 12 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, the Heat veteran can always play bloody in the face of the Celtics, and the Clippers veteran Morris got 25 points and 3 rebounds on 10-of-13 shooting in this game, and was able to compete with Tatum in the final quarter and the third quarter. With Mitchell injured and not as good as his opponent overall, it is understandable that the Cavaliers failed.
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