Hawks edge Cavaliers 114-111 after two games in one arena
The Atlanta Hawks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-111 in the second game of a day with two games at State Farm Arena. Onyeka Okongwu had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Alexander-Walker added 25 and Atlanta moved to 2-3, after the Dream won WNBA Finals Game 6 80-69 on the same floor.
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O State Farm Arena recebeu dois jogos em um único dia, e o Atlanta Hawks fez valer o segundo deles.
O duelo da noite estava marcado há tempos, mas a atenção chegou cedo: o terceiro jogo em casa do Hawks na temporada empurrou o Jogo 6 das finais da WNBA, uma data em casa do Atlanta Dream, para um horário antecipado, às 12h30 (ET) de quinta-feira. A equipe da WNBA de Atlanta venceu por 80 a 69 e levou a série para um Jogo 7 pela primeira vez.
Quando o piso já havia sido trocado de volta, o time da casa buscava a primeira vitória em casa na temporada. Onyeka Okongwu garantiu isso com 29 pontos e 12 rebotes, acertando 4 de 6 do perímetro, na vitória por 114 a 111 sobre o Cleveland Cavaliers.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker acrescentou 25 e Aaron Wiggins saiu do banco para 20, com 4 de 7 nas bolas de três, enquanto o Hawks subia para 2-3 na temporada.
Cleveland liderou por 28 a 16 no primeiro quarto e perdia por 46 a 44 no intervalo. Uma corrida de 11 a 2 do Hawks no início do terceiro quarto, com duas bolas de três de Okongwu, abriu 57 a 46, mas os visitantes seguiram respondendo. Donovan Mitchell terminou com 22, com 7 de 19 nos arremessos, James Harden liderou Cleveland com 24 e Sam Merrill acrescentou 16, com o Cavs caindo para 3-2.
Os dois lances livres de Alexander-Walker com 15,3 segundos restantes decidiram, depois de Mitchell errar duas vezes de longe nos segundos finais.
As duas equipes só voltam no sábado: o Hawks visita o New Orleans Pelicans, enquanto Cleveland vai a Milwaukee tendo perdido os dois jogos fora de casa até agora.
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