Donovan Mitchell blamed one of the dunks this year between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Setrics, in a collision of Tuesday Eastern Conference.
But he did not win. Celtics opened the 35-15’s second quarter lead and reduced the Cavaliers rally with 112-105 victory. With the victory, Celtics (36-15), second place, moved to 4.5 games behind Cavaliers (40-10) in the first seed race in the eastern part.
Mitchell, standing in 6 feet 3, tried to set the tone early in a dunk, which focuses on the Boston 7-2 center, Crystapsports. In the first quarter, the game was tied 4-4, and Mitchell led Cavaliers attacks in half coat following Jason Type Miss. He divided Tatum and JRUE holidays at the top of the three -point line and made a built -in basket.
Polzie tried to obstruct Mitchell from the help side, but it was useless. When Porji jumped into the basket to block Mitchell’s shot, Mitchell pulled the ball back with his right hand and hit the Polzy and the net.
But Boston was not F. Celtics responded by dominating the second quarter in the second quarter. Cleveland had a hard time shooting Celtics in the first half of the 44-point, leading 54-44.
The Cavaliers improved after half-time, reducing Celtics’s lead to 109-104 in the last few minutes of the game. However, Boston has restricted the Cleveland to one free throw from there for seven points to win.
Mitchell led 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists in the Cleveland Rally, and Darius Garland overcome the first 5 points and finished 25.
The powerful defense from Celtics and the excellent three -point shooting have proved too much for Cleveland to overcome it. Celtics restricted the Cavaliers to 39.6 % of the fire from the field, and was limited to 28.2 % clips (11 out of 39) from long distances. Boston argued with 17 48 (35.4 %) efforts beyond ARC, because four starters scored in two digits.
Jason Tatum has led Boston’s efforts with 22 points, seven assists, four rebounds, and two steel. Derrick White recorded 20 points and 5 assists, and Porsey recorded 19 points and seven rebounds. Jeren Brown finished 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists.
