Recap: Cleveland vs. Atlanta
Sports Network | November 22, 2008
Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - LeBron James finished with 24 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 110-96 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Mo Williams added 23 points, five boards and four assists for the Cavaliers, who rebounded from a loss Wednesday to Detroit that snapped an eight-game win streak.
Delonte West ended with 19 points, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 17 in the win.
Maurice Evans had 21 points off the bench to pace Atlanta, whose two-game win streak was snapped. Acie Law, also off the bench, finished with 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Hawks.
The Cavaliers started the contest with 11 straight points, with West beginning the run with a three-pointer and ending it with a jumper almost four minutes into the first quarter.
After the teams traded baskets, James connected on a triple and Ben Wallace followed with a short shot to boost Cleveland's lead to 22-9 with 3:34 remaining, and the Cavs led 28-12 going into the second.
Cleveland's lead continued to grow, as Ilgauskas and Mo Williams had consecutive buckets for a 40-15 advantage with 5:33 left before the half. Atlanta rebounded a bit, and trailed 50-31 at the break after a Marvin Williams basket in the waning seconds.
Cleveland emerged from the back-and-forth third quarter with an 80-57 lead, and didn't let the Hawks get within single digits the rest of the way.
Marvin Williams had 11 points for Atlanta, while Al Horford finished with 12 points and nine boards...Cleveland shot 50.6 percent from the field, including a 21-of-23 effort from the free throw line...Atlanta shot just 44.4 percent from the floor overall, but the figure included a 7-for-13 mark (53.8 percent) from three-point range.
