⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third 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
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 13
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 4:33 · ATL 25-16 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:18 · ATL 51-36 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 10:21 · ATL 75-46 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Ivan Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:41 · ATL 98-68 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
