Atlanta Hawks – Cleveland Cavaliers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 February 2021

ATL111–112CLE

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 88% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ CLE winsATL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when CLE leads and falls when ATL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Collin Sexton decided it, the Cleveland Cavaliers player with the most points (29, with 1 rebounds and 5 assists; -9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Lamar Stevens's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Cleveland Cavaliers 112-111 Atlanta Hawks (February 23, 2021) was hit by Lamar Stevens: a dunk with 4.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Cleveland Cavaliers up 112-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Cleveland Cavaliers 112-111 Atlanta Hawks (February 23, 2021) was a 13-0 run by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second quarter (from 11:18 to 9:36), from 28-29 to 41-29. The Atlanta Hawks' best was a 7-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:24 to 2:19), from 45-55 to 52-55.

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Play: Lamar Stevens makes 2-foot driving dunk (Collin Sexton assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Lamar Stevens decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 4.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Stevens decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

23 February 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267640:646; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ATL

Young · Huerter · Snell · Gallinari · Hill

Closing lineup · CLE

Garland · Okoro · Allen · Sexton · Stevens

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ATL

Trae Young

38′ · +7

Kevin Huerter

37′ · +21

Clint Capela

37′ · +17

Tony Snell

33′ · +12

John Collins

13′ · +4

Danilo Gallinari

23′ · -10

Solomon Hill

22′ · -23

Onyeka Okongwu

10′ · -10

Rajon Rondo

14′ · -18

Skylar Mays

12′ · -5

CLE

Darius Garland

43′ · +1

Isaac Okoro

37′ · -6

Jarrett Allen

34′ · -5

Collin Sexton

34′ · -9

Dean Wade

21′ · -14

Cedi Osman

20′ · +10

Lamar Stevens

16′ · +12

JaVale McGee

14′ · +6

Dylan Windler

22′ · +10

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. ATL and CLE.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Atlanta Hawks

Collins, Huerter, Young, Snell, and Capela played 11.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Huerter, Young, Gallinari, Snell, and Capela played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 15 points.
Huerter, Young, Snell, Hill, and Capela played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Allen, Sexton, Garland, Wade, and Okoro played 19.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 17 points.
Osman, Garland, Windler, Stevens, and McGee played 10.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Allen, Sexton, Garland, Windler, and Okoro played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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Atlanta Hawks

Huerter, Mays, Rondo, Hill, and Capela played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Huerter, Young, Okongwu, Gallinari, and Hill played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Young, Okongwu, Rondo, Gallinari, and Hill played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Okongwu, Mays, Rondo, Gallinari, and Hill played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Mays, Rondo, Snell, Hill, and Capela played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Huerter, Young, Gallinari, Hill, and Capela played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Collins, Young, Mays, Snell, and Capela played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Osman, Allen, Garland, Windler, and Okoro played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Osman, Sexton, Okoro, Stevens, and McGee played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Osman, Sexton, Windler, Okoro, and McGee played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Osman, Allen, Sexton, Okoro, and Stevens played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Allen, Sexton, Garland, Okoro, and Stevens played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Osman, Allen, Garland, Wade, and Okoro played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Darius Garland covered 5.31 km, more than anyone in the game.

Darius Garland touched the ball 106 times, a game high.
Darius Garland made 76 passes, a game high.
Jarrett Allen defended 14 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Jarrett Allen had 30 rebound chances, a game high.

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Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Trae Young	4.57	6.7	94	56
Kevin Huerter	4.47	6.8	51	35
Clint Capela	4.20	6.4	53	37
Tony Snell	3.62	6.2	31	22
Danilo Gallinari	2.64	6.3	34	24
Solomon Hill	2.64	6.6	30	25
John Collins	1.72	7.2	18	11
Rajon Rondo	1.61	6.3	31	23
Skylar Mays	1.50	7.0	19	10
Onyeka Okongwu	1.24	6.7	10	8

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Darius Garland	5.31	7.0	106	76
Isaac Okoro	4.59	6.9	45	35
Collin Sexton	3.91	6.5	72	42
Jarrett Allen	3.80	6.4	58	44
Dylan Windler	2.91	7.4	32

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

Atlanta Hawks

Clint Capela contested 10.8 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 11 of 364 in the league.
Trae Young recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 12 of 364 in the league.
John Collins contested 10.3 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 364 in the league.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Collin Sexton recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 6 of 364 in the league.
Jarrett Allen contested 11.8 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 7 of 364 in the league.
Cedi Osman drew 0.10 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 59 of 364 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have won 130 of their 262 games against the Atlanta Hawks.

130-132record of the Cleveland Cavaliers · NBA 1970-71 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1970-71 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

2720

14% of capacity

Rocket Arena · Cleveland

Scoring

223

combined points

1.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

20 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors