⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 0:00 · ATL 24-22 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 7:41 · ATL 36-27 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marvin Williams misses technical free throw
Q1 6:54 · ATL 9-12 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
