After winning their first three games to start the season, the Cavaliers came to Atlanta in a two-game funk. And after two-and-a-half sluggish quarters on Saturday night, it looked like that spiral might continue.
Instead, the Wine & Gold rallied to close the third period and pulled away in the fourth, stymying the league’s leading offense and holding on for the 96-91 win over the Hawks at State Farm Arena – improving to 4-2 overall this season, including 1-1 on the current roadie.
The Hawks jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter and kept Cleveland at arm’s length throughout the first half.