That’s why the Cavaliers coach has made defending Hawks guard Kyle Korver a priority.
“When we take him out of the game, they have a tough time scoring,” Lue said Monday. “We know in the last series (against the Celtics), they were a plus-78 when he was on the floor and a minus-24 when he was off the floor. He’s a big part of what they do and we have to lock into him and try to take him out of the series.”
Which is, in part, why Round 1 went to the Cavaliers.
Korver had just one shot, a missed 3-pointer, in the Hawks’ 104-93 loss to the Cavaliers in Monday’s opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.