For the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wednesday night was simply magical. They were in the zone, especially in the first half when they hit a playoff record 18 three pointers.
Of those threes made in the first 24 minutes, the late ones were already bordering on joke-like. They were pretty much heat checks, and the Cavs definitely stayed hot. Converting that many shots in a game is already laudable, but doing that only in the first half is unheard of.
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While the experience was surreal for everyone who cheered for the good guys, it was the exact opposite for the Atlanta Hawks.
In fact, Cleveland.com`s Chris Haynes tweeted one Hawks personnel`s description of how it was like on the receiving end.
One Hawks personnel member told me, "It felt like we were getting hit by machine guns."
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 5, 2016
No matter how good their defense was supposed to be, there’s just no solution to a team that was in the zone like the Cavs were last night.
I’m pretty sure no one has been hit by a machine gun 25 times live to tell the story. It is such an improbable scenario, much like helplessly seeing your opponent drain 25 three pointers over you.
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To put it in perspective, the not-so-old playoff record which was erected by the Golden State Warriors about a week ago was 21 made threes in a game. Even for a team like the Warriors, it is already quite a feat. But the Cavaliers did not just break the mark. They destroyed it.
Much like destroying a bridge when you’re being chased. Well, the Cavs did it using an automatic.
