126: 104 Rejected 0: 3! The boss scored 91 points in 2 games, and the 5 tigers scored 110 points together

On May 10, 2025, the NBA playoffs are in full swing. To be honest, the second round of this year's playoffs was really shocking. Before today, the Cavaliers, the number one in the Eastern Conference and the second-ranked Celtics were both behind with a big score of 0:2 at home. The Timberwolves and Thunder in the West tied the score at 1:1, and the performance of these two teams in the East is really unsatisfactory. However, as the number one Cavaliers in the East, their situation is understandable. After all, Garland, Mobri, and Hunter are all injured and cannot participate. In terms of strength, there are not many advantages compared to Pacers.

NBA has arranged two games today, one of which is the focus battle in the East, that is, the Cavaliers' away challenge to the Pacers. Their three generals, Mobley, Garland and Hunter, all returned to the team after being injured. Finally, after four quarters of fierce competition, the Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 126:104 away, tied the score to 1:2, avoiding the embarrassing situation of being eliminated with a score of 0:3. The team's star Mitchell performed extremely bravely, and of course, the inside player Mobley also performed extremely violently in personal offensive and defensive performances.

In terms of basic data, the Cavaliers rebounded 56:37, firmly suppressing the Pacers, which is closely related to the inside performance of Mobley and Allen, the two generals. Assistances are 24:26, steals are 5:6, blocks are 7:8, turnovers are 14:13, and free throws are 28:25. Three-pointers were 14:9, fouls were 26:29, shooting percentage was 42% to 44%, free throw percentage was 76% to 74%, and three-pointers were 30% to 39%.

The Cavaliers started the five tigers in this game and scored 110 points. The reason why they were able to win was that in addition to the return of three generals from injury, the team's morale was greatly boosted, and the performance of the head Mitchell was also crucial. He played for 37 minutes in the game, made 14 of 29 shots, 5 of 13 three-pointers, and 10 of 14 free throws, scoring 43 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, with both offense and defense, plus-minus value +35, which is also the second highest in the game after Allen.

plus 48 points in the previous game, Mitchell scored a total of 91 points in two games. At the same time, Mitchell scored 40+ points in a single game in the playoffs for the seventh time after this game, and became the second player in team history to score 30+ points in three consecutive games in a round of series. Cavaliers star Mitchell has carried the team's offensive banner. In the three games in this round of the series, Mitchell averaged 41.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Mitchell's violent personal offensive performance is the key to the Cavaliers being able to turn the tables against the wind. To be honest, if the Cavaliers did not have multiple main players who were injured and unable to participate in the first two games, the Pacers would not have won two away games in a row. Today Mitchell finally led the team to play with his own characteristics.

Struce contributed 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, while Allen contributed 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists. Garland's performance after returning from injury today was not very good. He only contributed 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 3 of 11 shots. When he slowly regained his form, I believe the Cavaliers still have the strength to compete for the championship.

Inside player Mobley returned from injury today. He played for 35 minutes, made 6 of 13 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 18 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. The inside defense guarded by him is airtight, and his three-point shooting can also open up space for the Cavaliers' offense. As the best defensive player, his strength is obvious to everyone, and his progress is also impressive to him. Thinking of the draft four years ago, the Rockets held the second pick and gave up Mobri and chose Jaylen Green. As a result, Jaylen Green performed quite poorly in the playoffs against the Warriors this year, and the Rockets stopped in the first round of the playoffs.

Jeren Green's offensive stability is poor and he does not have a strong stadium influence, which is very disappointing. In the first round of the NBA playoffs in the 2024-2025 NBA playoffs, Jaylen Green averaged 31.3 minutes per game in seven games against the Warriors, scoring only 13.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks. His shooting percentage was 37.2%, his three-point shooting percentage was 29.5%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 66.7%. Comparing Mobley, who was abandoned by the Rockets, was both offensive and defensive on the court. The Rockets must have regretted it now.

Today, Halliburton, the Pacers' leading core, performed quite poorly, playing for 30 minutes, making 2 of 8 shots, contributing only 4 points and 5 assists. At the same time, this is also his first loss in the playoffs he encountered at home. It seems that the Pacers, which lack superstars, will be quite difficult to complete the task of a dark horse's counterattack. After all, this league still has to rely on strength to speak.