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From 4-0 to 0-2, the favorite to win the championship fell! The boss is also overrated and it is difficult to reverse the championship and win the championship.

9:52am, 13 May 2025Basketball

The NBA playoffs are full of suspense. Only the Lakers and the Rockets are defeated by the following in the first round. The Lakers have no choice. Their hard strength in the playoffs is just like this. The team's defense is too bad, the offensive scores are not many, and there are still lacking qualified big centers. The Lakers are exposed as soon as the game is intensified. They can only improve their chances of winning the championship through offseason. The Rockets suffered too young and it was useless to rely solely on being vigorous. The offensive skills were rough and the whole team had no shooting. The key ball was not handled. If you want to reach the championship level, you have to introduce a super scorer star with shooting ability. It depends on whether Durant should consider joining the Rockets this summer. The first round of the series is actually not very suspense, but it will be interesting in the second round. In the 4 groups, each group will have to beat the score below, and all the favorites to win the championship will fail.

The Warriors were able to crush the Timberwolves when Curry retreated from injury. The Thunder were defeated by the Nuggets at home. The depth of the Celtics' lineup was obviously better than the Knicks, and they were absolutely dominant in history, but they were reversed by their opponents by 20 points. The worst thing is the Cavaliers, who lost both home courts in a row, G1 was beaten by the opponent, and G2 was beaten by the opponent but collapsed at the last moment. For Cavaliers fans, this gap is too big. As the team with the highest offensive firepower in the regular season, they scored 16 consecutive victories in the middle of the regular season and were also very imposing in the playoffs. They swept the big dark horse Heat 4-0 in the first round. In the series with the Heat, the Cavaliers broke the record, averaged 30.5 points per game, and 122 points in 4 games, with the highest single-round series in NBA history.

However, in the second round, facing the Pacers, who were also a dark horse team, the Cavaliers collapsed, and the score was behind 0-2 at the beginning. In the history of the league, the tiebreak system showed 355 2-0 leads, and only 28 teams completed the reversal, with the probability of a comeback less than 10%, especially when they were behind 0-2 at home, which was even more uncomfortable. So where does the Cavaliers’ problem appear? The most important thing is the impact of injury. Core guard Garland has missed four consecutive playoff games due to a toe injury. Mobley and Hunter are also injured in Game 1 with the Pacers. These three are very critical to the Cavaliers. Among them, Garland's overall condition has recovered significantly this season, with averaging 20 points per game in the regular season, and its shooting percentage in three events has increased by at least 3 percentage points compared to last year. Last year, the Cavaliers were completely defeated by the Celtics in the playoffs, which has a lot to do with Garland's sluggishness.

Now Garland is recovering and joins forces with Mitchell to open fire, but he cannot play in the playoffs, which is indeed a huge loss. Mobley is the absolute core of the Cavaliers' inside line. This season, he has made rapid progress, showing extraordinary dominance on both ends of offense and defense, and has also won the DPOY (Best Defensive Player) award this season. As a super offensive team, the Cavaliers still maintain the top 5 in the league in defensive efficiency. Mobley has taken a lot of credit. With the Pacers' G2, if the Cavaliers had Mobley in the last moment, they would not be reversed by the opponent by 7 points within one minute. Finally, Hunter is the most important scoring point on the Cavaliers' bench. His appearance can reduce the scoring pressure of main players such as Mitchell. Mitchell scored 48 points and 9 assists, but the Cavaliers still had no choice but to lose, and the core players missed too many.

To be honest, Cavaliers boss Mitchell is also a controversial star. Some people say he is underestimated. After all, Mitchell has never missed the playoffs since entering the league and has a strong ability to maintain the lower limit. After joining the Cavaliers in recent years, he has also significantly improved the Cavaliers' record and brought the Cavaliers, who were once close to being bad, into the playoffs, and this year's regular season first in the Eastern Conference. During the playoffs, Mitchell also had many highlights. He maintained the highest score in a single game for the current player in the playoffs, 57 points created by the park season, including the highest score in a single game this year, which was exactly the 48 points he just scored. Some people also say that Mitchell is overrated. On the one hand, as the team leader, his regular season data are mediocre and cannot reflect his absolute influence. During the regular season, Mitchell averaged only 24 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which is far from the big bosses such as Tatum, Alexander, Antetokounmpo and Jokic. On the other hand, Mitchell has a strong ability to keep the lower limit, but it is really not easy for him to break through the upper limit. He can enter the playoffs every year, but has never reached the division finals. His best result is only the second round. Even though Mitchell can beat all sides in the game and scored super high scoring data, he ended up being an empty score. Compared with other super defenders, Mitchell's ability to lead the team is still not interesting. He cannot connect his teammates to efficiently cooperate with teammates, and he often works alone. Secondly, Mitchell's leadership style is also slightly inferior. With a leader of higher standards in the team, they will never be reversed at the last moment, and lack a good mentality and experience in the final round. From 4-0 to 0-2! The favorite to win the championship has fallen, and the boss is also overrated. Say goodbye to the champion. Do you think there is still a possibility of a comeback in this round of the Cavaliers?

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