⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-15 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 10:23 · CLE 11-5 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 6:50 · CLE 22-7 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Collin Sexton flagrant foul type 1
Q2 2:17 · CLE 58-56 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 6:19 · CLE 52-50 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 10:17 · CLE 91-108 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 22 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
