Cleveland lost 106-93 against Boston on Saturday night.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Donovan Mitchell’s snatch back dribble sent Sam Hauser to the floor and spun Derrick White in the wrong direction. His straight-line speed left Al Horford in the dust, and his jump shot forced Horford to guard him closely, anyway.points in a 106-93 loss that put Cleveland behind 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal and dropped them to 1-3 this postseason when Mitchell scores 30 points.
Cavs’ pitch for Donovan Mitchell to stay needs more substance than we saw in Game 1 loss to Celtics — Jimmy Watkins Close your eyes and pick a Boston Celtic. Did you pick Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown? Jrue Holiday or White?Now play the same game with the Cavs. Go ahead, close your eyes and point. Did you point at Mitchell? No? Well, you should have. Because Mitchell’s second-best offensive teammate didn’t look ready to handle a Mitchell-sized scoring responsibility right now.
Turns out, you can’t expect Boston’s best player to stay cold for long. Tatum played below his standard during Games 1 and 2 in Boston, and Cleveland’s defense deserves credit for making Tatum work during those subpar performances. In other words, he looked a little different than he did scoring 20 fourth-quarter points during Cleveland’s 105-104 win over Boston on March 5, and that’s OK. Wade hasn’t played an NBA game in two months. He hasn’t appeared in a playoff game since last April, and even then, he only played 11 total minutes against the Knicks in 2023.
The Celtics’ responded by shrugging and changing nothing. And during Cleveland’s Game 3 loss on, Boston’s strategy paid off. Okoro scored two points on 1 of 7The more Okoro misses, the easier it is for Boston to ignore him on defense. And the easier it is for Boston to ignore him, the harder it becomes for Bickerstaff to play Okoro major minutes.
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