⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 5:20 · CLE 23-9 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:56 · CLE 55-40 ATL
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:33 · CLE 60-45 ATL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
