⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 29-2 off them
- A 19-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 38 in the second quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 4:39 · CLE 30-16 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q2 8:47 · CLE 56-30 ATL
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 38
Q2 4:35 · CLE 78-40 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 | 42% |
| 25 | Threes made | 11 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
