On February 1, Beijing time, the Cavaliers played at home against the Pelicans, and the Cavaliers successfully defeated the Pelicans 93-90 at the end of the game. Today's game Cavaliers fought back-to-back, yesterday's game cavaliers just lost to the Pistons, this game cavaliers can not be careless, after all, this game cavaliers are still missing Garland, more importantly, the cavaliers recently against the pelicans have not been good. In this game, the Pelicans also took the lead early, although the Cavaliers chased the score in the subsequent game, but the Pelicans were always able to respond at every critical moment, but in the end the Cavaliers completed the reversal and won the game.
The Pelicans played an 8-0 wave in the first quarter, after which Osman and Ocro scored to stop the bleeding, Hart shot in response, and then the two teams attacked each other, and the Pelicans still led by five points. After the timeout, Rondo hit a three-pointer to chase the score, the two teams behind the attack hit the iron, the key moment Luck shot scored to tie the score, Walker dunked and scored, the first quarter ended the game Pelicans led by 27 points. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers played a wave of 4-0, after which Hart scored a free throw to stop the bleeding, and the next game the two teams attacked each to play a very sticky score, and then Allen scored inside to help the team equalize the score, then Graham hit a three-pointer, Allen threw a shot, and the Cavaliers trailed by one point at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the two teams were glued at the beginning, but after the game, the Cavaliers were in a sluggish offensive state, and the Pelicans took the opportunity to pull away some scores, but the Cavaliers played a role to chase the score to only 2 points. After the timeout, the Cavaliers completed the rebound, but then the Pelicans played a role and took the lead again, and in the final stage, Temple played a multiplayer to score, and the Pelicans led by 6 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, Love, Mobley helped the team chase points, but the Pelicans side also had Valanciunas and others to respond, and then Love hit a three-point Goodwin layup to score, the Cavaliers once chased 4 points, the key moment Graham hit a three-pointer, and then Goodwin also hit a three-pointer, the next two teams had their own play, relying on Goodwin, Okoro and Love Cavaliers to tie the score, and then the two teams you came and went the score has been glued, the key moment Okoro free throw scored 2 points, and finally the Pelicans offense did not lose the game.
The Pelicans had a win in this game, but unfortunately the Pelicans did not perform well in the fourth quarter, valanciunas failed to help the team score in the final moments, and the Pelicans lost the game. Valanciunas finished the game with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Graham had 20 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Hart had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Cavaliers here Love's dream of the last quarter of the game back to the peak, in fact, Love's recent state is not too good, but in the fourth quarter of the game Lefour played an explosive performance, his play on the court also helped the team to catch up with the score, the end of the game Lefour got 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists data, of which in the fourth quarter of the game, 4 of 6 Lefour got 10 points and 2 rebounds.
As for Garland's absence from the game, Rondo should have been given more playing time, the last game Rondo played at a critical moment, but in this game Rondo was abandoned at a critical moment, it is clear that the current Rondo is obviously not the previous Rondo, so it is obviously still difficult to expect Rondo to help the team win, this time the Cavaliers chose to use Goodwin, and this time Goodwin also did not live up to expectations, on the offensive end was to give the team help, and finally the substitute Goodwin got 21 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist Rondo had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The other players, Allen had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, and Mobley had 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.