⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven
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 stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 0:04 · ATL 73-53 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 8:37 · ATL 116-83 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Danilo Gallinari flagrant foul type 1
Q3 0:52 · ATL 95-70 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
