Coming off of an impressive win over the Dallas Mavericks in the season opener on Thursday night, the Atlanta Hawks were looking to notch another win in Cleveland on Saturday evening. The expectations for the Cavaliers aren’t very high this year, but they deploy a mostly young team that consistently plays hard and has to be taken seriously in any contest.
The Hawks got off to a fine a start, but early foul trouble on the part of John Collins and Bogdan Bogdanovic threw the Hawks rotation into unplanned territory which seemed to impact their offensive rhythm for most of the game.