⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:20 · ATL 32-39 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:33 · ATL 64-80 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
