On May 25, the Cavaliers faced off against the Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals at home.
In the first quarter, Love turned around and hooked into the net, taking the lead in helping the Cavaliers. But soon Scola returned the favor with a three-pointer. Next, the Cavaliers continued to attack with Love as the main attack point. This move really worked.
.In the middle of this quarter, Love hit a three-pointer, a jump shot, and a free throw, and the Cavaliers widened the point difference to 10 points. The Raptors replaced Valanciunas, who had been away from the team for a long time, and started a tug-of-war with the Cavaliers. In defense,
They still did not restrict Love enough. Love hit another three-pointer and scored 12 points. Irving continued the firepower, made a throw, and scored three consecutive points. JR Smith made a steal and dunk, and the Cavaliers narrowed the gap.
It reached 16 points, forcing the Raptors to call an emergency timeout. After the timeout, the Cavaliers' offense did not stop. James succeeded in a layup. At the end of the single quarter, the Cavaliers temporarily led 37-19.
In the second quarter, the game completely entered the Cavaliers' rhythm. Two veterans, Jefferson and Frye, scored consecutively from the outside. The home team successfully widened the point difference to more than 20 points. After that, the Raptors returned to their main force, hoping to reverse the decline.
But in the latter part of this section, the Cavaliers, led by James, once again set off an offensive frenzy. Love made a long pass from the backcourt and assisted James to complete a dunk. Love received a pass from Dellavedova and also hit a three-pointer. The Cavaliers had already
Leading by a full 34 points. Lowry and Biyombo made free throws into the net, finally stopping the bleeding for the Raptors.
After halftime, the Raptors trailed the Cavaliers by a score of 34-65.
The game changed again, but the situation did not change at all. The Big Three on the Cavaliers' side took turns to score, continuing to help the home team maintain a lead of more than 30 points. On the Raptors' side, Lowry's condition improved. He made jump shots, three-pointers, and layups.
In the middle, he scored 7 points in a row. However, the Raptors' defense problems continued. Frye hit the net with a three-pointer, and the Cavaliers led by as much as 40 points. Joseph succeeded in a jump shot, and Jefferson made a foul and made two free throws. In the third quarter,
After the game, the Cavaliers continued to lead the Raptors 100-60.
In the final quarter, the Cavaliers' Big Three did not appear again, and the Raptors' double guns Lowry and DeRozan also returned to the bench early, and the game entered garbage time. In the end, after the whole game was played, the Cavaliers won 116-78.
The Raptors took the match point in the series.
For the Cavaliers, the Big Three all scored 20+ points, including James with 23 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, Love with 25 points, Irving with 23 points, Tristan Thompson with 9 points and 10 rebounds, and Richard Jay on the bench.
Ferson had 11 points.
In this game, the Cavaliers defeated their opponents by 31 points at halftime, which also set a new record for the NBA conference finals' halftime point margin.
For the Raptors, the two guns fell into a slump again. DeRozan contributed 14 points, Lowry only had 13 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. No one else in the Raptors scored 10 points.
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On May 27, the Raptors faced the Cavaliers at home. They were backed by a cliff and had no retreat.
As soon as the first quarter started, Lowry faced Irving's defense and scored 2+1. Love hit a three-pointer, DeRozan scored consecutive jumpers, and James responded with 5 points in a row. The two sides were inseparable. However, the next 2 points
For several minutes, the Raptors continued to hit the ground running. Lowry and Scola missed three-pointers. The Cavaliers went on a 12-0 spurt. James received an assist from Irving and performed an alley-oop dunk.
Finally, after a 4-minute scoring drought, Lowry sneaked into the basket and scored. The next three attacks were all successful, and the Raptors narrowed the point difference to 4 points.
With 3 minutes and 18 seconds left in the first quarter, Biyombo made a layup. Love was hit in the chin with an elbow by Biyombo while defending. Biyombo was whistled for a first-level flagrant foul.
The Dragons' rhythm was affected. Carroll fouled Love, and then Lowry also committed an offensive foul. Fortunately, they quickly made adjustments and responded with a 9-4 wave.
At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Raptors 31-25.
In the second quarter, Frye took the lead in hitting the net with a three-pointer. Joseph missed a three-pointer. Valanciunas struggled to grab the rebound, but his right elbow accidentally hit Jefferson behind him. Valanciunas turned around and faced Jefferson.
Apologizing, but Jefferson pointed at Varan and said something. Seeing this, Patterson rushed over and pushed Jefferson. In the end, the referee gave Patterson and Jefferson a technical foul. Varan
Lanciunas was also called a technical foul.
Frye hit a three-pointer into the net, and the referee's whistle sounded frequently in the next minute. James put the ball into the basket against the two defenses, and the Cavaliers maintained an 8-point lead.
DeRozan scored in the mid-range shot, and James hit a three-pointer from the outside, followed by another one-handed dunk, stabilizing the situation for the team. In the last minute of this quarter, JR Smith hit a three-pointer from the corner, and Lowry made a layup.
, James blocked the big block from behind, Irving made a layup to score 2+1, Lowry finally hit a three-pointer, and Love responded with a three-pointer.
At the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers led the Raptors 55-41.
Changing sides to fight again, Thompson and Irving scored one after another, Lowry hit a three-pointer, and Irving immediately responded with a three-pointer. In the following rounds, whenever the Raptors scored, the Cavaliers always had players to stand up and respond. The Raptors were unable to
The score difference was narrowed and kept at double digits.
In the middle of the quarter, Smith hit another three-pointer against the defense, and Irving added another mid-range ball. The Cavaliers went on a 7-0 run, and the point difference instantly reached 20 points.
Valanciunas stepped back and scored a jumper, Love hit another three-pointer, and after Patterson made a cut, James dunked again, and Lowry hit the net with a three-pointer, but there was still an 18-point difference.
After Love hit another three-pointer, Lowry responded with a three-pointer, and then the score was 2+1. After Irving made a three-pointer, Lowry, who was feeling hot, hit another three-pointer, and in the third
After Thompson fouled outside the line, the third quarter ended with the Cavaliers 86-74 Raptors.
In the final quarter, DeRozan continued Lowry's firepower and scored two goals in a row, but James passed the ball to Dellavedova and scored on an empty cut. In addition, he also scored at the basket. In the next more than 3 minutes, the Cavaliers blossomed more, with Smith and Irving.
Three-pointers hit the net one after another, and James also scored inside. During this period, Lowry was the only one in the Raptors to hit a three-pointer, and the others all made shots. The Cavaliers set off a 14-3 climax, and the point difference reached 21 points.
Seeing that there was no hope of chasing points and there was not much time left, the Raptors surrendered early and all the main players were replaced. Powell scored a layup and Jefferson hit a three-pointer. In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Raptors 113-87 with a big score of 4:
2 eliminated the Raptors and advanced to the finals.
In this game, the Cavaliers James had 33 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Irving had 30 points and 9 assists, Love had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and JR Smith had 15 points.
For the Raptors, Lowry had 35 points and 3 assists, DeRozan had 20 points, Patterson had 9 points, and Valanciunas had 6 points and 8 rebounds.
