⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:21 · ATL 78-81 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 4:47 · ATL 101-116 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kent Bazemore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:40 · ATL 51-48 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 1:35 · ATL 56-63 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:21 · ATL 80-94 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 9:20 · ATL 90-112 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 18 | Blocks | 17 |
