” It was madness. Madness. “Cedi Osman can not find a better way to describe the turnaround in the Cavs – Pacers this night. The Ohio players had a terrible start to the game: 17 missed shots on their first 20 attempts, only 12 points scored after one quarter, and 36 after two…
“ We knew we were better than that.”, note JB Bickerstaffwhose team, led by 20 points in the second quarter, finally won by 13 units, its biggest comeback of the season. “We were missing layups and open 3-point shots. We knew that by not giving up, our qualities would eventually take over.“
Their collective clumsiness has indeed dissipated little by little, until this insane start of the fourth quarter where Kevin Love and especially Cedi Osman took control of operations.
Carried by an exceptional 3-point address, the two men passed, between them, a 19-0 to the Pacers! Helped by Rajon Rondo (15 points and 12 assists), they even scored their team’s first 25 points in this last period largely dominated by the Cavs (37-17)!
“ At one point we knew we were going to come back because we were getting the shots, but we couldn’t get them in.”describes Cedi Osman (22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists). ” Especially me. I think I was 0/7 in the first half. And it is here that the team has grown in power. They trusted me, gave me the ball and I put it in.“
“We take so much pleasure in playing in front of this audience”
And not just a little! The substitute winger started the period with three consecutive award-winning baskets. He caught fire so much that he finished the quarter with 18 points. The Turk thus became the first Cavaliers player to score 18 points in the same quarter since LeBron James in April 2018.
His hot shot did not fail to inspire Kevin Love, himself the author of three baskets behind the arc in the 19-0 Cavs.
” To be honest, we live for times like these.”recalls the veteran (19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists). “When one of us goes on the road like Cedi did, it’s contagious and we feed off of it. This team is fearless because we trust each other. We have so much fun playing in front of this audience.“
The Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse crowd, which hadn’t had many opportunities to get excited for three quarters, exploded during this crazy streak put on by their team. This one, led by seven points at the start of the period (61-68), had killed the meeting in just two minutes (80-68!). The three time-outs taken by Rick Carlisle in that time did nothing.
” Such a streak is contagious for the fans.remarks Kevin Love. “We feed on it so much, these moments are so pleasant. It can come from anyone. Cedi had a number of similar moments throughout the season. Me too, when the team makes important series. But the way we came back tonight after not playing a great first half was very nice.“
” The thing I’m most proud of is the way they do it together, the fun they have together and the intensity with which they play together and support each other.”repeats JB Bickerstaff. “Different guys on different nights do different things to help us win. I like going to work with them every day. We don’t have a single guy who comes in with a bad attitude and puts the group down. And that’s all one can ask for.“
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Darius Garland | 44 | 34.7 | 46.7 | 36.9 | 90.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 19.8 |
| Jarrett Allen | 46 | 32.6 | 66.7 | 10.0 | 68.5 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 16.2 |
| Collin Sexton | 11 | 28.8 | 45.0 | 24.4 | 74.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| Evan Mobley | 46 | 34.2 | 50.1 | 28.6 | 65.9 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 14.9 |
| Kevin Love | 46 | 22.2 | 43.3 | 39.9 | 87.2 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 14.6 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 38 | 30.2 | 43.6 | 34.2 | 86.3 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| Ricky Rubio | 35 | 28.3 | 36.0 | 33.5 | 85.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.9 |
| Cedi Osman | 42 | 23.3 | 41.9 | 35.4 | 64.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 10.9 |
| isaac okoro | 39 | 28.7 | 46.0 | 29.9 | 75.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
| Malik Newman | 1 | 7.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| Rajon Rondo | 10 | 20.5 | 36.4 | 34.3 | 84.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Brandon Goodwin | 14 | 17.8 | 39.3 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
| lamar stevens | 38 | 15.1 | 48.0 | 30.2 | 62.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Dean Wade | 39 | 19.2 | 45.5 | 37.3 | 60.9 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 |
| justin anderson | 3 | 15.5 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Tre Scott | 2 | 5.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Denzel Valentine | 22 | 9.3 | 37.1 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Dylan Windler | 36 | 9.5 | 42.9 | 38.9 | 77.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Luke Kornet | 2 | 7.4 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Kevin Pangos | 23 | 7.2 | 32.6 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Rj Nembhard | 7 | 6.2 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Ed Davis | 17 | 8.1 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Tacko Fall | 11 | 5.3 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
