Two decisive areas in the game were rebounding and three point shooting. The Cavs dominated the glass, especially early in the game, with offensive rebounds by keeping them close as the Hawks were hot early. They wound up with a 49-37 board advantage, including +5 on the offensive glass. The Hawks also had a terrible night shooting threes, usually a strength for them, as they went 4-23 from behind the arc while the Cavs, behind Smith, went 10-26. During the regular season, the Hawks were the 2nd best 3 point shooting team in the league, at 38%, but have found things tougher going in the playoffs.
They will need to find their stroke if they want to even up the series tomorrow night. Meanwhile, game two in the West is tonight at 8:00 pm CDT. The competed well against the in game one, but came up short. They get another chance in Oakland tonight.
Meanwhile...
Flip Saunders made the media rounds yesterday in the wake of the Wolves' win in the Draft Lottery on Tuesday. He didn't really tip his hand, but made it reasonably clear that the two big men--Jahlil Okafor and Karl-Anthony Towns, are the players in real consideration for the pick.
I plan to do a much deeper dive into this debate next week, but my current position is that I prefer Towns for his defensive acumen and his diversity of skills, but I also think Okafor is an excellent prospect in his own right.
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