In the NBA regular season on March 6, the Cavaliers narrowly defeated the Celtics 105-104.
No one expected that the Celtics, who had won 11 consecutive games, led by 16 points in the third quarter, but were reversed in the fourth quarter by the Cavaliers, who lacked Mitchell and Mobley, the core of the inside and outside. You know, with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter of the Celtics, ESPN showed a real-time win rate of 99%.
The Celtics still led by 22 points with 8:52 left in the game, and the tenacious Cavaliers completed a 32-6 comeback in the final quarter to beat the Green Army.
The biggest contributor to the Cavaliers' reversal is role player Dean Wade, who came off the bench for 21 minutes in the whole game, shooting 8 of 11, 6 of 9 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws to get 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
It is worth mentioning that in the fourth quarter of the game, Dean Wade scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-7 shooting, including 5-of-5 three-pointers, while the Celtics only scored 17 points in the final quarter.
So far this season, there have been only two players who have shot 5+ three-pointers at 100% three-point shooting in the fourth quarter in a single game, both from the Cavaliers, namely Dean Wade and Max Strus.
As for the rest of the Cavaliers, Jarrett Allen played 35 minutes and finished with 21 points and 12 assists on 9-of-16 shooting.
Darius Garland had a mediocre touch, finishing with 16 points and 11 assists on 6-of-20 shooting.
Evan Mobley left the game in the third quarter with an injury and played 23 minutes, shooting 2-of-8 from the field and handing over 4 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
On the Celtics' side, their star Jayson Tatum played 37 minutes, shooting 8-of-20, including 5-of-9 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws, for 26 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists. But in the second half, Tatum scored just four points on 1-of-11 shooting and just two points on 1-of-8 shooting in the final quarter.
Jaylen Brown played 36 minutes, 8-of-20 from the field, 3-of-7 from three-point range to finish with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists; Porzingis finished with 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks on 9-of-18 shooting.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Tatum's step-back jumper was fouled by Garland's thug, and the Cavaliers challenged successfully, replays showed that Garland did not touch Tatum's body, and finally the Celtics lost regrettably, and the 11-game winning streak was ended, it is worth mentioning that the last time the Celtics lost was back on February 1, when they lost 105-114 at home to the Lakers.