The Cleveland Cavaliers vs. The Atlanta Hawks

Just an incredibly close match to watch in game 4, ending on 100-99 in favour of the Cavaliers and with only one point that made all the difference. As a result this gives the Cavaliers much time to rest up before the bigger games in the Eastern Conference finals. The Cavaliers gave an excellent performance these playoff, which have allowed them to succeed for straight wins.

Lebron James' performance was also incredible and should be pointed out. Scoring 21 points he gave the team significant leverage in making it into the winning side of the game. One interesting point in the game for me, was when James had a video review overturn a call that Cleveland had knocked the ball out of bounds. Soon after, James was on the wind against Millsap. Amazingly, James was able to score which allowed the Cavaliers to surpass the Hawks once again, pushing them to 100-97.

This was a turning point that gave the Cavaliers the motivation to gain stronger defense - which allowed them to take the series and wipe out the Hawks.

Kevin Love's playoff performance

Just wanted to give mention to Kevin Love for his exceptional performance. Apart from scoring 27 points in this game. During the playoffs, Love can only be described as an undefeated man. Not only has he been giving a consistent performance throughout the playoffs but he remains to be undefeated in the fact that he has never lost a game within the playoffs. Here's a simple breakdown of his career performance thus far:

• 4-0 against the Celtics in 2015
• 4-0 against the Pistons in 2016
• 4-0 against the Hawks most recently in 2016

Check out some highlights below:

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Cleveland Cavaliers defeat Atlanta Hawks

Lebron's crash

One memorable moment to take away from this game is simply Lebron's amazing ability to manage his team but to also check on his fans. We can witness him crashing into fans at one point, however he quickly got up and made sure his fans were okay before going straight back into the game again.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Atlanta Hawks - Game 3

Again, it was just great to witness a good game of basketball in the NBA after a long week. Such a relaxing way to just spend the weekend by witnessing some amazing shots by such talented players. Especially to see such a well-known player such as Lebron James giving it his best. Honestly, I was expecting a good game from the beginning, as this was the third game and we'd expect teams to get a rough idea of how things should be playing out by the opposing team.

Straight from the beginning we see a good start by both teams with the Hawks making the first 2 point score. With amazing plays by both teams it was expected that the game would be quite close or at least very neck-and-neck. This was exactly what we were witnessing, along with tremendous plays by the talented bunch.

I's like to point out that Kevin Love definitely put in a great effort this game by having such a strong defensive game. With his defensive skills almost lacking for the majority of the playoff, we got to see a significant improvement this game, and this was clear within the second half of the game. It was great to see!

In the end the final score was 121-108 with The Cavaliers taking home the win. After all, it was a well deserve win based on the teams cohesiveness and sheer talent-pool.

Check out the game below!

A record broken!

Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers - Game 2

As Gab pointed out in the previous post, the Cavaliers are definitely a strong powerhouse as shown in their most recent performance. I thought I’d just highlight a very interesting point from that specific game between the Hawks and Cavaliers. It’s the fact that a record was actually broken! As said by the TNT crew whilst I was watching this game, the highest recorded number of successful 3-pointers in a game is 23, and 21 in a playoff game. Notably, within this recent game, a total of 25 3-pointers were witnessed by many viewers, and was of course achieved by the Cavaliers. Absolutely smashing the previous 2 records mentioned out of the court. Such an amazing feat shown from this match and definitely one that I did not expect to see myself as well.

However, with the way the NBA is looking this year around, I am sure that this record will be broken again within only a couple of years. Overall, it was definitely an insane match to watch!

Atlanta no match for the almighty Cavs

Game 2 of the second round: Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers is a blow out!
You'd expect a much more interesting match for a second round bout, but in no way, shape or form is the Atlanta Hawks a solid matchup for Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers line up. Although the Hawks lost Game 1 by 11 points (104 - 93), you would want them to do better as the round progressed. Currently live in the 4th quarter, the Hawks are down 27 points with 9 minutes left on the clock. Lebron James leads the charge with 27 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds whilst J.R. Smith is showcasing tremendous shooting, sinking 7 of 13 attempted shots from the 3-point line.

Atlanta Hawks need to step up their game with better performance if they want to compete for the Western Conference Finals.