The final days of 2021 were not kind to the Cavaliers.
In what turned out to be a tale of two halves, the Wine & Gold turned in a stellar first half before seeing the Hawks storm back after intermission – netting 40 points in the third quarter and holding Cleveland off in the fourth to take the 121-118 decision on New Year’s Eve at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The loss was Cleveland’s third straight and fourth in its last five outings as the squad waits for its main playmaker – Darius Garland – to return and sorting out the backup spot with last week’s injury to Ricky Rubio.