The second half was a different story as the Atlanta Hawks (a team pegged to win 24 games by Action Network), handed the Cleveland Cavaliers a dreadful loss and a home debut that Kevin Love and the team will look to forget soon.
From the beginning of the third quarter, it was explicit: the defense was dreadful. After thinking of a few sentences to sum it up, I realized Tristan Thompson said it best, per Basketball Insiders’ Spencer Davies:
"This was a bad loss…today we took two steps back."
Tristan Thompson didn't hold back from expressing his disappointment in the #Cavs effort in their home opener.