“Game of Thrones is on tonight”, Love said.
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“Cleveland is playing at a really, really high level”.
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Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer was an assistant on the San Antonio team.
The Cavaliers were 16 of 37 from behind the 3-point line, led by eight treys from Kevin Love, who finished with a game-high 27 points. On Sunday, they face being swept again.
I think it’s quite clear the Hawks have given up on this series, as there’s little defense being played and they fall apart in the fourth quarter. Atlanta’s stars put on a strong showing, as Horford led the team with 24, Teague added 19, and Korver responded with 18, but they were unable to gain momentum over the Cavaliers, who seem to have taken all steam out of the struggling Hawks.
But when Channing Frye turned in the best playoff game of his career, the Atlanta Hawks didn’t have a chance.
Love carried Cleveland much of the game, hitting one 3-pointer after another as the Hawks continually left him open in the corner.
Trailing 2-0 in the Eastern Conference semi-final, the Hawks needed a response and they got, leading 63-55 at half-time and 91-85 heading into the final quarter.
In what looked a great deal like the rest of the series, the Cavs wasted no time bringing a barrage of threes to the table in Game 4.
No one on the Hawks had more than eight. Cleveland connected on their first three triples on the way to a 13-8 lead in the early going, and a “here we go” feeling wasn’t exactly out of place. “It is too big of a hurdle to look at in terms of four”. It’s also hard to believe Frye didn’t even play in the first playoff game this season because Lue was still trying to get something out of Timofey Mozgov. However, the Cavs would slowly climb back into the game in the second quarter, chipping away until Cleveland trailed by only two points (58-56) at the halftime break. The other members of the “Big Three”, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, scored 24 points apiece and was a combined 17-for-35 from the field.
“All it means is that we won a home court game”, Portland coach Terry Stotts said.
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Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith (5) and Kyrie Irving (2) celebrate after Game 3 of the second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, Friday, May 6, 2016, in Atlanta. Unless the Cavs suddenly go cold from beyond the arc it will be lights out for the Hawks and the Eastern Conference Finals for LeBron James and company. But in the end, it was the same result for a team that has lost 10 straight to the Cavaliers going back to last year’s conference final. The Cleveland Cavaliers are averaging 108.9 points on 46.5 percent shooting and allowing 97 points on 45.7 percent shooting.
