⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 22-11 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 4:16 · ATL 22-15 CLE
- Steal
Ronald Murray stole it from Delonte West
Q4 2:20 · ATL 70-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson misses technical free throw
Q2 5:00 · ATL 28-29 CLE
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · ATL 38-40 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:57 · ATL 24-26 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:22 · ATL 38-48 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses technical free throw
Q2 0:00 · ATL 38-40 CLE
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:21 · ATL 66-73 CLE
- Turnover
Delonte West lost ball
Q4 2:20 · ATL 70-76 CLE
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
