GAME 2: HAWKS VS. CAVALIERS
(Cavaliers lead series, 1-0)
May 4, 2016, 8 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena
Probable Starters
Hawks
Jeff Teague
Kyle Korver
Kent Bazemore
Paul Millsap
Al Horford
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hip surgery)
Inactives: Splitter, Edy Tavares
Cavaliers
Kyrie Irving
J.R. Smith
LeBron James
Kevin Love
Tristan Thompson
Injury report: None
Inactives: TBA
Officials: Mike Callahan, Rodney Mott and Sean Wright
From the Hawks
Schroder scored a career-high 27 points in Game 1. Before the contest, he had never scored more than 25 points in a regular-season or playoff game, making him the third Hawks player whose first game with more than 25 points came in the postseason, joining Si Green (1961) and Chris Crawford (1999). …Teague needs five steals to tie Josh Smith (64) four fourth and Millsap needs three steals to tie Joe Johnson (47) for seventh on the Hawks’ all-time playoff list.
From the Cavaliers
The Cavaliers have a 13-1 all-time series record when leading a round 1-0 and have never lost when going up 2-0 in a series (9-0). … The Cavaliers had just eight turnovers in Game 1 win over Hawks and have an NBA-low 8.4 turnovers per game this postseason. … Love is the first Cavalier to open a postseason with five straight double-doubles. The previous mark was three games by Mark Price (1992) and Brad Daugherty (1993).
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