Amazing Cavaliers. Deprived of Ricky Rubio and Ty Jerome since the start of the season, JB Bickerstaff's players have recently seen Darius Garland And Evan Mobley join the infirmary for several weeks.
Donovan Mitchell then joined them but Cleveland has still just string together four victories in the last five games. Yesterday, in Dallas, the Ohio team also had to do without Sam Merrill, one of its latest revelations. So it was a seriously weakened group that showed up in Texas…
Luka Doncic and his teammates took up to twenty points in the middle of the second quarter, and the Mavericks could hope to have a quiet evening. Except that this Cleveland team has character.
LeVert too much
“We have a dense group, with players of varied qualities”explains Jarrett Allen. “It could be any player’s night, every night. »
With his 24 points (9/17), 23 rebounds and 6 assists, the pivot was one of the men of the evening for the Cavs, with Isaac Okoro (22 points) or Georges Niang (16 points), whose 3-point shots did Cleveland good.
Even if the team's MVP is named Caris LeVertauthor of 21 of his 29 points after the break, including 15 in the last quarter, to surprise the Mavericks!
“Caris is an outstanding scorer and when he does it seems to be in huge waves”assures Georges Niang to conclude. “It was he who allowed us to win the match at the end of the game, by making decisive saves and taking shots at the best possible moments. »
