Hit the table, and very heavy, Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden. The second game of the Celtics-Cavaliers series and a surprising outburst by some Cavs that ate the Celtic in the second half to win 94-118 and make the series 1-1. From losing by 25 in the first game to winning by 24 in the second. Two worlds.
Donovan Mitchell was the difference maker. His first half was ridiculous, with only 6 points to his name, but his team survived that situation, reaching 54-54 at halftime. The second half was a different matter. Immense Mitchell – excellent in the third quarter -, excellent defense of his team, a very bad response from Boston and a victory with 24 points after reaching a maximum difference of 29 in the last quarter.
The image of the game was only the large number of local fans who abandoned the stands with 5 minutes left in the game. Then the score was 87-111 and alarming whistles could already be heard. Boston has been knocked down and on the ground, he can no longer rise.
Mitchell, after those poor 6 points in the first half, drew a second half more in line with his amazing playoffs, to finish the game with 29 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and famous shooting percentages , including 5 of 7 from the triple.
His three-pointer at the buzzer in the third quarter made it 78-90, after Cleveland had been up 14 shortly before. But the fourth quarter left us at the beginning with a terrible drive by Mitchell against the backboard that distanced his team with 15 points and a couple of beautiful shots to the basket by Mitchell himself to follow on opening the gap on the scoreboard.
A triple by Max Strus and a basket by Caris LeVert put the lead at 20 (87-107) with 6:06 left. And a time out for the Celtics who already looked like a zombie team. From then on, nothing went better for the local team, who reached rock bottom with the aforementioned 29-point deficit, which forced both coaches to drop their best men.
From 54-54 at half time it went to a very good 40-64 after the interval. The Cavaliers were strong in rebounding, excellent on defense, shooting well from three point range and finishing with 54.7% shooting from the field.
Evan Mobley had a very complete game with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 60 percent shooting while Caris LeVert scored 21 from the second unit. In addition, 14 points and 7 rebounds from Darius Garland, shooting a little and well, and 12 points from Isaac Okoro and Max Strus, who left after 40 minutes of play, as the goal player who spent the most minutes on the court.
Boston mismanaged from the three-point field, barely shooting 41.3 percent from the field and seeing how many of its players, almost all of them, faded as the minutes ahead.
Jayson Tatum added 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists (just 2 points in the final quarter), Jaylen Brown scored 19 points on 0 of 6 from three-point range (Derrick White joined him with 1 of 8 ) and Payton Pritchard finished with 13 points.
(With information from NBA Hispanics)
2024-05-10 02:25:36
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