Cleveland Cavaliers 93, Atlanta Hawks 88 or you can rule out mediocrity as a way to beat the Cavs
Two quick thoughts on the Cleveland Cavaliers win over the Atlanta Hawks. Mainly, the Hawks should want to play Orlando.
| Final - 4.2.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 88 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 93 |
Stories
Cavaliers wrap up East, grab win #60 by beating Hawks
Cleveland beat Atlanta for the 9th straight time, notching win #60 and the East's best record in a 93-88 win.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 88 |
| Cleveland | 23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 93 |
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 38 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Josh Smith | 38 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 7-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Al Horford | 36 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 8-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Joe Johnson | 37 | 6-17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Mike Bibby | 21 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Jamal Crawford | 33 | 6-18 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 17 |
| Maurice Evans | 13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Jason Collins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Randolph Morris | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Mario West | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jeff Teague | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-90 | 5-18 | 9-15 | 36-9 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22-1 | 88 | |
| .411 | .278 | .600 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (7 pts) | |||||||
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 38 | 11-20 | 1-3 | 4-7 | 13-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 27 |
| Antawn Jamison | 35 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| J.J. Hickson | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Anthony Parker | 23 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Mo Williams | 40 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 7-7 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-0 | 24 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Delonte West | 26 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Jawad Williams | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Leon Powe | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Jamario Moon | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Shaquille O`Neal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Anderson Varejao | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Sebastian Telfair | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Daniel Gibson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Danny Green | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-80 | 6-19 | 21-28 | 55-14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 16-0 | 93 | |
| .412 | .316 | .750 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 2 (11 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Greg Willard, Sean Corbin, Kevin Fehr
Duration: 2:28
Officials: - Greg Willard, Sean Corbin, Kevin Fehr
Duration: 2:28
