With 64 wins and three all-stars, the Cavaliers still cannot escape their fate. These three points are too fatal!

Although he achieved a luxurious record of 64 wins and 18 losses in the regular season, Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley were selected for the All-Star lineup, among which Mobley was even elected as DPOY this season, but after the playoffs, the team's condition took a sharp turn and was eventually eliminated by the Pacers with a big score of 4:1. Although the Cavaliers have shown signs of rising in recent years, they still cannot break through their limits. In the post-LeBron James era, it is not only difficult for them to return to the finals stage, but even the Eastern Conference Finals have become a luxury. Looking back at this year's Cavaliers, although they achieved good results in the regular season, they will find that it is not an accident that they were eliminated. These points are really fatal. Let’s take a look at the reasons why the Knight was eliminated!

1. The injury wave is coming, and the lineup strength is greatly affected.

First of all, as a favorite to win the championship, what is most worried about is the coming of injury. Unfortunately, after entering the playoffs, this Cavaliers soon encountered injuries. As the team's core point guard, Garland played only 5 games in a total of 9 games due to foot injury this year, and his average number was only 18 points, 2.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists, which has declined a lot compared to the regular season. Donovan Mitchell accidentally suffered an ankle sprain in his fourth game against the Pacers and left the game directly on the spot. However, compared with other players, Mitchell can be said to have tried everything this year. When the team doctor advised not to play, he still fought with injuries in the fifth game, and eventually scored 35 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals, leaving the playoffs in an extremely tragic way. In addition, during the entire playoffs, he averaged 29.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. It can be said that he has tried everything. If Mitchell had not saved the team again and again, the Cavaliers would have lost even more ugly. After

, it is the core of the team's inside line. Mobley also accidentally suffered an ankle sprain in the first game of the series with the Pacers. Not only did he miss the second game, but his overall condition declined significantly after returning to the third game. Although he contributed 17.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1 block during the playoffs, he was afraid of the reasons for his foot injury and it was difficult for him to show his defensive efficiency as a DPOY winner this season. The three core members have suffered from different injuries. While their condition and efficiency have been affected, they have also caused their core fours during the regular season, namely Mitchell, Garland, Mobley and Jarrett Allen to play in a total of 2 games in the playoffs, and it is difficult to play the state that this Cavaliers should have. Moreover, DeAndre Hunter on the bench also fell sharply due to his dislocated thumb injury, so the most core scorers and defensive players cannot play a role. It is difficult for you to expect other players of the team to become surprises every game. Moreover, the performance of these players is also fluctuating.

2. The collapse of the tactical system, problems followed one after another.

Due to injuries, various chain reactions were caused, and the most fatal one was the collapse of the team's tactical system. As the core of the backcourt, Garland should have shared the pressure of Mitchell and attracted defense while organizing and connecting the team. However, it was obvious that he failed to do this. Injury, psychological pressure and other factors have made the 25-year-old perform extremely sluggish. In the entire second round of the series, he averaged only 14 points and 4 assists per game, with a total of 3 of 18 three-pointers, with almost no threat. Especially in the critical fifth game, he made 4 of 16 shots, scored only 11 points in the game, and made 5 turnovers. It has to be said that Garland is responsible for this failure. Garland's misperforming performance led to Mitchell having to bear more offensive pressure. As a result, Mitchell averaged 34.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game. Mitchell scored high points is not a good thing. On the contrary, this largely shows that the team's tactical system is completely useless and can only rely on his singles to prosper. As a result, Mitchell was overwhelmed and injured in the fourth game, making the situation more passive.

In addition, Mobley, who is in the inside, has no advantage on both offense and defense due to injury, which gives the Pacers' Miles Turner and Pascal Siakam the opportunity to perform. Turner's three-point shooting percentage in this round of the series is as high as an astonishing 56.2%. In other words, neither Allen nor Mobley can give him enough restrictions, which will undoubtedly give the Pacers more offensive space. Pascal was even more unmanned. In the fourth game, he scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists with a shooting percentage of 90%, completely defeating the Cavaliers' proud double tower inside. Moreover, Garland is not good at confrontation, and due to injury, almost every time he faces against Thales Halliburton, Halliburton plays in a misplaced single, which repeatedly gives the Cavaliers a considerable defense pressure. Although Mitchell's defense is relatively stable, he is only a 1.85-meter short defender. Whether he or Garland or Haliburton, he is almost in a passive situation. Therefore, the offensive and defensive system of the inside and outside lines collapsed, causing the team to continue to lose.

3. The role players are useless and are completely destroyed by the Pacers.

Finally, let’s talk about the team’s role players. In addition to the four King Kongs who started, the Cavaliers’ substitutes and role players have also made a lot of contributions. But in this round of the series, they were all invisible. Marx Struz only played two good goals, and only scored 11 points in the fourth and fifth games. Before the fifth game, he even shouted "Don't play if you don't want to win." As a result, he only made 0 of 9 shots, and in the end he didn't get a single point became a joke.. Except for the first game, Ty Jerome scored 19 points in the other four games, and the outside feels quite eye-catching. He only made 4 of 16 three-pointers in the whole round of the series. Moreover, as long as these two people play, they will be at the black hole level on the defensive end and become the Pacers' "ATM". Sam Merrill, Ocorro, Wade and others who performed well in the regular season had almost no contribution to this round, and they could only watch the team defeat. The Pacers are blooming at multiple points, with as many as 8 players in the team averaging more than 8.5 points in the playoffs. They play in the team's basketball system and have almost no loopholes, so their strength is definitely seriously underestimated. It is definitely not a coincidence that they are worthy of the victory in these two rounds of the series.