⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 42 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 25-4 off them
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 15
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q3 7:43 · CLE 63-69 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - J.R. Smith and Dennis Schroder
Q2 6:11 · CLE 36-32 ATL
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q2 4:46 · CLE 38-39 ATL
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:54 · CLE 94-98 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 5:22 · CLE 38-45 ATL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 2:15 · CLE 44-60 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 10:29 · CLE 81-96 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:13 · CLE 94-98 ATL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:13 · CLE 94-98 ATL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 1 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
