Not everything was as easy as expected for the Nets. Not that we thought Cleveland didn’t stand a chance, but let’s just say few observers envisioned the Cavs delivering the feat, outside and facing a duo of rather elusive performers. Still, the kids of JB Bickerstaff tonight were much more than just a punching bag, and if the Nets now have a first-round meeting with Boston in the Playoffs, the Cavs will have another chance to challenge the Heat against the Heat on Friday. winner of Hawks – Hornets.
The house stats for this first match of the 2022 play-in tournament are here!
It couldn’t have started better. The 2022 play-in tournament kicked off with a bang with the logical but not-so-easy win for the Nets against a Cleveland team that lacked a bit of offensive depth but will never have let go of the steak. † The protagonist of the night for the Cavs? Not at all Caris LeVert, author of a long catastrophic contest and who eventually comes out with a 7/7/3 record, but which by no means sums up an evening of sending big bananas and making the bad decisions. No, we’re talking more about Darius Garland, very quickly in the shoes of the house savior and author of the first points of his team, while on the side of Nets a small leader started his festival† Darius Garland vs Kyrie Irving on a Kevin Durant background, this is what this match will have looked like, Brooklyn making the difference at the end of the first quarter thanks to Uncle Drew’s view and in the second half through the playmaking and the clutch from KD, also due to the tremendous activity of Bruce Brown and the great contribution of a Nic Claxton who took advantage of the Cavs’ internal weakness when Evan Mobley was on the bench.
A big temperature rise to lead 40-20 after only twelve minutes of play so, and if behind Cleveland tries some close matches, the match was finally over after 45 minutes, because when you are 20 behind against such a duo everything gets complicated, all the more so when the whole opposing team manages to get a real collective. develop. Not necessarily a big regret for Bickerstaff, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Love brought their share and Evan Mobley dominated what he was supposed to dominate, but the gap was clearly felt and Darius Garland’s 34 points will do nothing because facing one man, among others, was on a play mission and gave us a lot of fun. this guy is Kyrie Irving, author of 34 points and 12 assists on 12/15, Kyrie who had his… first twelve shots of the gamesorry, twelve shots one more difficult than the other to make it more exciting.
Kyrie Irving as a brilliant magician, Kevin Durant a bit clumsy but who manages the collective and who defends the iron before killing the match, Bruce Brown as a luxury Swiss Army knife and here are the Nets in the Play-offs, where they start from Sunday. will face the Celtics on a best-of-seven series. The Cavs get a second chance to join the Heat in the first round by challenging the winner of the game between the Hawks and the Hornets on Friday (tomorrow night), and considering the effort put in tonight and the season, more than respectable The Ohio boys’ offer would be well deserved.
