Beijing time on May 12th, Cavaliers faced Celtics at home. Because they won a victory in the g2 game, the home court advantage now goes to the Cavaliers. After the playoffs started, although the Cavaliers I have been struggling with magic for a long time, but the Cavaliers can remain undefeated at home. This shows that the Cavaliers can perform adequately at home. Seeing the Cavaliers' excellent performance in the G2 game, now the Cavaliers are back. After arriving at their home court, they will definitely have more momentum, so at this time, the Celtics need to withstand the pressure. Otherwise, if the Cavaliers really find momentum, then the Celtics will become even more difficult to win. difficult.
After the start of the first quarter, Mitchell hit a three-pointer. After Horford made a three-pointer, Holiday grabbed the rebound and scored a second offense, but turned around and Mitchell continued to hit a three-pointer. Fortunately, Tatum responded with a three-pointer. After Mitchell made a three-pointer, Holiday counterattacked and scored a layup. After Mobley scored inside, Tatum hit a three-pointer. Mobley turned around and scored 2+1. Tatum easily broke through and scored a layup. In the next game, the two teams clashed with each other, and the Celtics led by 1 point. After the timeout, Brown took the lead to help the Celtics score. Later, Okoro also helped the Cavaliers catch up with the score through counterattack. Brown hit a three-pointer and Wade also hit a three-pointer. But looking back, Hauser also hit a three-pointer and Tatum broke through. After the dunk, the Celtics led to 4 points. After the timeout, Struss hit a three-pointer, and after Holiday hit a three-pointer, Mitchell also hit a three-pointer. The two teams played fiercely and the score was very close. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led by 2 points.
In the second quarter, Garland broke through and scored a layup. Horford responded immediately. The Cavaliers originally clenched the score due to the performance of Mobley and others, but the Cavaliers' offense was sluggish. Holiday continued to score, and Hauser also hit a three-pointer. points, the Celtics also led to 7 points. At the critical moment, Mitchell hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. After Brown scored, Mitchell continued to hit a three-pointer, and the Cavaliers fell behind by 3 points. After the timeout, Holiday hit a three-pointer. After Okoro hit the ball, Brown broke through and scored a layup. Later, Garland scored a layup. The two teams played in chaos in the next game. The Cavaliers' offense frequently hit the ball, and at this time, Brown continued inside After scoring, the Celtics also led to 9 points. At the critical moment, Mitchell made a killing free throw and scored 1 point, but Tatum also responded in the next game. At the end of the half, the Celtics led 57-48. To the knight.
White had a crotch pull in the last game, so this incident still made the Celtics play a little passively. I thought White would pick up the offense in this game, but it is a pity that although White helped on the defensive end For the Celtics, White's performance on the offensive end was still poor. At the end of the half, White scored 1 point, 1 rebound and 2 assists on 0-for-5 shooting. However, White was in a sluggish state, but Holiday played an explosive performance, and Tatum also played well, so the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers in the first half of the game. At the end of the half, Tatum got With 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Holiday scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-8 shooting.
On the other hand, the Cavaliers shot too many three-pointers in this game, but except for Mitchell, the outside three-pointers of Garland, Strus, Okoro and others are in a sluggish state. At that time, the Celtics attacked the inside and scored, so the Cavaliers were pulled away. When the Cavaliers were in trouble, it was Mitchell who stepped forward to help the Cavaliers score and stop the bleeding. It can be said that without Mitchell's hard support, Then the Cavaliers may fall behind by more points. At the end of the half, Mitchell scored 23 points and 1 rebound, Garland scored 6 points and 3 assists on 2-of-6 shooting, and Mobley scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist.