ICYMI: Cleveland fought back, but couldn't finish the job in a loss to the Knicks in Game 1.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks in round 1 of NBA playoffs, April 15, 2023CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The rally towels spun around the deafening arena. The fans, dressed mostly in white to match the night’s theme, rose to their feet. Cleveland waited five long years for Saturday night -- the first playoff game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse since 2018 -- and that home-court advantage nearly propelled the Cavs to another gutsy comeback in the final minutes. The crowd did its part.
“Our guys are learning,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said following the loss. “We play a ton of guys a ton of minutes who are learning what playoff basketball is about. We’ve talked about it. You have to experience it to understand it. This was a lesson. We experienced it and we’ve got to bounce back from it and correct the things we can correct, which I think there was a lot of.”
Brunson’s Mavericks eliminated Mitchell’s Jazz in last year’s first round -- a series that led to Utah dismantling its roster and eventually sending Mitchell to Cleveland.Mitchell poured in a game-high 38 points on 14 of 30 from the field and 6 of 16 from 3-point range. He scored 14 of those points during Cleveland’s fourth-quarter rally, repeatedly roaring and trying to put the Cavs on his muscular shoulders -- again.
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