The Atlanta Hawks will try to put the pressure on the Cleveland Cavaliers early when the two teams meet in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers meet in the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night with Game 1 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The series is a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference Finals where the Cavaliers swept the Hawks in four games.
While the same two teams will meet again, both are a bit different than last year's version. By the time Cleveland faced Atlanta they had lost Kevin Love to a shoulder injury for the remainder of the playoffs.