⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:16 · CLE 68-74 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:04 · CLE 4-9 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q1 1:30 · CLE 19-36 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 0:01 · CLE 68-82 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
