Cavs even series behind Mitchell, Harden
Robbie Hummel, Noah Eagle, and Grant Hill break down Cleveland's dominant Game 4 win over Detroit, including Donovan Mitchell's huge second half and how the Cavaliers wore down Cade Cunningham to even the series.
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Cleveland ties the series at two games apiece with two massive wins at home.
After falling down 0-2, we've got a legit series.
It's best of three now.
No Eagle Grant Hill and Roby Hummel.
And Grant, there was so much chatter, so much talk about James Harden and Donovan Mitchell, and is this pairing good enough to overcome this elite Detroit defense?
In these two games, they certainly silenced a lot of that.
Yeah, the difference three, three days makes.
Yeah.
I mean- Yeah you know, just Saturday morning, everyone was concerned, as you said, but man, these guys, first it was Harden down the stretch in game three, and then it was the second half of Donovan Mitchell just putting on a show, putting the team on his back and, taking this back tied up to Detroit.
Yeah, a r- a record-tying performance for Donovan Mitchell, and certainly you have to look at the defensive side of the ball, too.
The job they did on Cade Cunningham of being up on every ball screen, showing him bodies, making things tough on him, trying to wear him down.
I, I thought Cleveland's defensive effort to hold him under 20 points, really, really impressive for a guy that that's never happened to in his career.
Exactly.
First time in his playoff career that Cade Cunningham has failed to reach 20.
Expect a big bounce back from him and the Pistons in game five on Wednesday.
All even, two apiece.
