⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 23
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker Double Technical Foul. Zydrunas Ilgauskas gains possession.
Q4 6:37 · ATL 72-80 CLE
- Missed FT
Al Harrington missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:01 · ATL 78-86 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 6:52 · ATL 72-86 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:56 · ATL 36-31 CLE
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
