It took a perfect storm of Reddish and Hunter being out, Collins going down at halftime, and the best 3-point shooting of the year to eke out a 1-point win at home over a below average team, but I'll take anything at this point.
The Cavs ended up 15-for-28 on 3's; not bad for the worst 3-point shooting team in the league. Kudos to Windler going 5-for-5. Maybe this game gives him the confidence to keep shooting them going forward.
Allen missed two dunks which almost cost us the game but fortunately Young missed that one-footed runner from the foul line and the Hawks were so focused on Sexton that Stevens was able to get the inside position and the winning dunk. Nice job by Collin realizing he was being doubled and giving up the ball at the right time.
Garland almost threw it away with a careless behind the back dribble that Huerter cleanly stole, giving the Hawks the ball and the lead with 30 seconds left. He had a tough night, missing 12 shots and committing 5 turnovers. Can't complain too much about 17 points and 8 assists, though.
The Cavs shot 52.6% and had 28 assists on 41 field goals so the offense was better. They haven't scored 112 points in over two weeks.
Wade was a team worst -14 in 21 minutes. I'm not sold on him as a starter. Hope Prince gets back soon.
Stevens played some good defense in addition to his 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a +12 in 16 minutes.
The Cavs had 10 blocked shots led by Allen with 4 and Okoro with 3. Yep, it's good to be playing the bottom half of the Eastern Conference again.