Keep on keepin' on; Cavaliers pick up where they left off, crush Hawks
It was business as usual as the Cavaliers beat down on the Atlanta Hawks 99-72 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi's
| Final - 5.5.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | 21 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 72 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 25 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 99 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 21 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 72 |
| Cleveland | 25 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 99 |
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Evans | 21 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Josh Smith | 40 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 6-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 22 |
| Al Horford | 25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Joe Johnson | 39 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Mike Bibby | 35 | 7-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Marvin Williams | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 1 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Ronald Murray | 31 | 2-9 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Acie Law | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Solomon Jones | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mario West | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Speedy Claxton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Randolph Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Thomas Gardner | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Othello Hunter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-64 | 7-18 | 9-18 | 33-6 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 21-0 | 72 | |
| .438 | .389 | .500 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (6 pts) | |||||||
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 34 | 12-20 | 2-6 | 8-9 | 10-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 34 |
| Anderson Varejao | 26 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 26 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Delonte West | 39 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Mo Williams | 37 | 7-12 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Joe Smith | 20 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Daniel Gibson | 9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Ben Wallace | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Wally Szczerbiak | 11 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Darnell Jackson | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Tarence Kinsey | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Lorenzen Wright | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jawad Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| J.J. Hickson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-79 | 8-20 | 17-24 | 41-15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 16-0 | 99 | |
| .468 | .400 | .708 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (23 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Steve Javie, Dick Bavetta, Bill Kennedy
Duration:2:25
Officials: - Steve Javie, Dick Bavetta, Bill Kennedy
Duration:2:25
