The Atlanta Hawks were unable to chain a second consecutive victory on Tuesday night, falling short on the road to the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-111.
Trae Young scored 28 points and dished out 12 assists while Kevin Huerter scored 22 points, hitting four three-pointers.
For the Cavaliers, Collin Sexton scored 29 points despite his foul trouble in the second half. Darius Garland added 17 points.
Whoo boy, where to begin because this was a wild game.
The Hawks were decent favorites heading into last night’s game and should have quickly established a double-digit lead in the first quarter but missed a bunch of easy shots at the rim/in the paint, failing to push home their advantage with Clint Capela and John Collins over Dean Wade and Jarrett Allen:
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The Hawks were honestly quite poor in the first quarter and it was the Cavaliers who established a double-digit lead themselves in the early exchanges in the second quarter but the turning point in that first quarter was John Collins — who was running riot in the first six minutes — running into early foul trouble.