⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 16 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 1:43 · ATL 91-71 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:31 · ATL 52-50 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Ty Jerome technical foul
Q2 6:14 · ATL 37-34 CLE
📊The numbers
| ATL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
