⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:41 · ATL 25-20 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q3 1:00 · ATL 85-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jason Terry Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 1:40 · ATL 70-62 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
