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Without much support from superstar point guard Kyrie Irving or any support from superstar power forward Kevin Love, the injury plagued Cavaliers were able to dismantle the Atlanta Hawks easily in 4 games, here are the top 10 plays of the series.
10. Once A Game: Delly To Thompson
It’s been a common theme in these playoffs, Matthew Dellavedova drives into the lane and Tristan Thompson hungrily waits underneath the basket for the feed. This play is textbook basketball.
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9. Tristan, The Ball Swatter!
Paul Millsap has been a quality player all season and was an all-star, but he should think twice next time about going up so passively with Thompson right in front of him.
Dennis Schroder attempts to lay it up at the horn, but Thompson comes up big and swats the shot off the backboard.
Paul Millsap holds Thompson at the hip and tries to lay it up at the rim, but once again, Thompson pins Millsap’s shot off the backboard!
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8. J.R. Can Play Defense Too
JR Smith surprising all of us on this play; first by getting past Mozgov with great hustle and playing through the play by sending Schroeder’s layup attempt off the glass what an excellent block!
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7. LeBron’s Dunk Parts The Sea Of Hawks
The dunk that left 2 Atlanta defenders standing there in awe. Truth is no one wants to slide into the lane of LeBron when he has a full head of steam, but hey I wouldn’t either.
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6. Mozgov Poster
Paul Millsap had a rough series to say the least, maybe next time he’ll be smarter and get out of the way so he avoids the embarrassment of getting dunked on.
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5. The King’s Ridiculous And One
Only the King can do something like this. Not only does he make a crazy layup, but he does it with DeMarre Carroll and Al Horford draped all over him. For me this is one of the play of the series ladies and gentleman, LeBron being LeBron.
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4. Can’t Guard J.R. Swish
When JR Smith becomes JR Swish, the only palpable solution is to foul him because when he’s hot he makes everything. Jeff Teague doesn’t stand a chance with JR’s sweet step-back 3
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3. Flight 23: Cleared For Takeoff
LeBron James plays the passing lane well, gets the steal, and throws it down all by himself!
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2. Tristan At The Buzzer!
Tristan Thompson showing us that he’s not just someone that parks himself underneath the basket. What a sweet swish at the buzzer from the playoff hero
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1. Welcome To Your Kodak Moment
LeBron James drives by Kent Bazemore and posterizes two Hawks players with this vicious slam dunk that pumped up the crowd!