On January 8, Beijing time, the Blazers played at home against the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers successfully defeated the Blazers 114-101 in the whole game. Although the Cavaliers have not been in good shape recently, the current Blazers are in worse shape, and in this game, the Blazers are even more short of major generals, and the Cavaliers have instead ushered in Rondo's debut, so the Cavaliers still have a lot of chances to win in this game. After the game began, the Blazers were able to keep up with the Cavaliers, but as the game progressed, the Cavaliers pulled away the score, and although the Blazers tried to fight back in the later games, the Cavaliers were able to respond to maintain the lead, and in the end the Cavaliers rejected the Blazers' reversal and won the game.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams each played a very sticky score, and then in the game, the Cavaliers played a wave of offensive climax to open the score, powell scored to stop the bleeding at the critical moment, and the cavaliers led by 3 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Rondo hit a three-pointer, and in the next game, the two teams played fiercely, although the Blazers once completed the counterattack, but in the following game, the Cavaliers opened the score again under garland's leadership, and the Cavaliers broke out to lead to double digits, Powell scored to stop the bleeding, Allen scored inside the line, and the Cavaliers led by 10 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter of the game, Powell and Covington once helped the team chase to single digits, but in the following game, the Cavaliers immediately responded to maintain a double-digit lead, while Covington and Powell continued to chase the score, and the Blazers trailed by 3 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Love and Osman helped the team open the score, and then the Blazers tried to chase the score, but the Cavaliers responded to maintain the lead, and the Blazers lost the game.
Although the Blazers chased the score closer in the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Cavaliers always played a multi-player to respond, and the Blazers had no way to do such a thing, and in the end the Blazers still lost the game. In this game, the rocket's veteran Covington is playing an explosive performance, relying on his play Blazers did chase the score, but unfortunately Covington's outbreak is still useless, and finally the Blazers still have no chance to reverse, and at the end of the game, Covington got 17 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist in 9.
Among the other Trail Blazers players, Powell had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Nurkic had 14 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, and Simmons had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. The Cavaliers in this game is ushered in Rondo's debut, and Rondo's debut is amazing, although Rondo's performance is not good on the offensive end, but he is still very good at the organizational end to help the Cavaliers, in the defensive end has also made a contribution, it can be said that such a veteran to do such a thing in the game is enough to surprise, and the Cavaliers do not ask for Rondo much, is to hope that he helps the team on the organizational end, and in this game Rondo did such a thing, At the end of the game, Rondo had 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Speaking about Rondo's debut after the game, Bixtaf said: "I think he's the one we expected, he's the ultimate organizer, the ultimate on-court decision-maker, he knows how to get players involved, tandem offense, that's what I'd expect. Obviously, for Rondo's performance is recognized by the Cavaliers manager, and Garland also has a good performance in this game, at the end of the game Garland got 26 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, but Lefour, who played explosive performance in the past, was beaten back to its original form, and In this game, Lefu was in a slump, and at the end of the game, Lefu got 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists on 3 of 9. Among the other Cavaliers players, Mobley had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Allen had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist, and Markkanen had 15 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.