On November 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season battle again, Cleveland Cavaliers away to challenge the Toronto Raptors, Garland at the key moment of two free throws to complete the counterattack, the Raptors twice missed the opportunity to kill, and finally the Cavaliers narrowly won 102-101, ending the Raptors' five-game winning streak while winning three consecutive victories.
In this campaign, Garland had 21 points and 8 assists, Mobley had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Allen had 16 points and 15 rebounds, and Osman had 17 points.
For the Raptors, Anunoby had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Van Vleet 18 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Trent 17 points and 6 steals, and Barnes 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Game review
The starting lineups of the two sides have not changed much, with only the Raptors' no. 4 rookie Scotty Barnes returning from injury after a two-game suspension duel with a thumb injury to face off against The Opposite Probing Show Evan Mobley. Trent pulled out the three-pointer to open the record, and then Mobley cut in and fell into the basket after being fouled and the ball fell into the basket, and the two sides slowly entered the game. After that, the Raptors used a quick counterattack to play a 7-0 wave to take the lead in pulling the score.
After the timeout, Mobley played aggressively, leading the Cavaliers to gradually recover the score. In the second half of the first quarter, both sides moved into a bench rotation, with Ken Birch's defense and Ricky Rubio's attack impressive. 5.2 seconds before the end of the first quarter, Raptors rookie Bandon broke through the layup to extend the point difference to four points, but turned back, Cavaliers forward Osman received Rubio assists and hit a three-point whistle, and the Cavaliers trailed by one point 28-29 to end the first round.
In the second quarter, Barnes began to get into shape, defensive rebounding, mid-range dry pull, and also gave Rubio a big hat in defense, while the Cavaliers side sexton had a low-level error of five seconds of illegal bottom line serve, and after VanVleet hit an empty three-pointer, the Raptors stopped the Cavaliers again 40-30.
After the timeout returned, the two sides fell into a chaotic battle, the Cavaliers at one point narrowed the point difference to only 3 points, but before the end of the half, the re-appearance of Barnes ignited the whole team with vitality, Andarazi Flynn cold shot three-point shots to complete a 9-0 offensive wave, re-open the score. In the first 13.7 seconds of halftime, Osman once again showed the big heart side, hitting a three-point shot in the bottom corner to make the score 48-57.
Van Vleet hit a three-pointer in the second half and threw salt on the Cavaliers' wounds. After that, Dalius Garland assisted on Mobley's dunks in a row, and he broke through a three-pointer at a time to ease the situation slightly. The two sides played nearly half the quarter with a 10-point difference, after which Osman hit two consecutive three-pointers, and Mobley also forced a dry hit to chase the score to 69-74.
After the timeout, the referee whistled when Trent made a three-point shot and blew a penalty shot foul, but the Raptors then launched a challenge, and the referee reviewed the video and determined that Trent stretched his legs in the air, canceled the foul blow penalty, and became a small tidbit of the game. 1.5 seconds before the end of the third quarter, Rubio pointed out Birch's defense to try to cheat a foul, but the referee blew his offensive foul according to the new rules. With VanVleet missing a three-pointer in the final second, the Raptors led by six points 80-74 into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the two sides came and went, and they were in a state of glue, and the turning point came at 4 minutes and 42 seconds before the final game, when when at the end of the 24 seconds, Cavaliers center Allen was forced to choose a long-range three-point shot, and the result was a hit, which chased the score to 94.
In the final battle, the Raptors used an aggressive rebounding scramble to regain control of the situation, and Onunoby extended the point difference to five points with a three-point shot, and then Aaron scored twice under the basket to narrow the point difference to one point. In the last 4.8 seconds, Garland broke through to cause an opponent to foul, the Raptors chose to challenge but failed, Garland hit two free throws, 102-101 to complete the counter-attack.
After the suspension, the Raptors made the last attack, Anunoby missed the shot, Barnes did not hit the basket, and the Raptors lost by one point.
Both sides started
Cavaliers: Darius Garland, Colin Sexton, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen
Raptors: Fred VanVleet, Gary Trent, og Anunoby, Scotty Barnes, Presches Achuva
Source: NBA official website