⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
-4Q126-32
-2Q226-30
+8Q327-17
-12Q416-27
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
Key battles
7Offensive rebounds13
27Free throws made17
4Threes made7
31%Three-point accuracy44%
🏀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 cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 0:31 · ATL 56-62 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 7:33 · ATL 86-99 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
