⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-6 off them- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:50 · CLE 31-21 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 0:07 · CLE 82-61 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
