⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 29
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 5:20 · ATL 29-25 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:27 · ATL 43-44 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Marco Belinelli technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:24 · ATL 82-93 CLE
- Turnover
DeAndre' Bembry bad pass
Q4 1:38 · ATL 112-116 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:39 · ATL 4-9 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:27 · ATL 67-71 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 6:46 · ATL 79-90 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade offensive foul
Q4 2:21 · ATL 112-113 CLE
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 2:21 · ATL 112-113 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · ATL 114-119 CLE
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 17 | Steals | 19 |
| 20 | Blocks | 20 |
