Hoopinion: April 2nd Open Thread: Atlanta (48-26) @ Cleveland (59-16)

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TIP-OFF: 8pm (EDT)

TELEVISION: ESPN

CHAT: Daily Dime Live

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Cavaliers

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.

CLEVELAND INJURY REPORT: Shaquille O'Neal and Sebastian Telfair are out. Anderson Varejao practiced yesterday and is a game-time decision but has not been cleared to play.

BY THE NUMBERS

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
ATL (off)	89	1.135	50.6	21.6	28	13.2
CLE (def)	89.5	1.054	47.7	28.9	23	14.2

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
ATL (def)	89	1.083	49.9	28	27.3	15.7
CLE (off)	89.5	1.136	53.5	24.6	25.1	15.6

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Cleveland -5.5, 195.5 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Cavs: The Blog

PREVIOUSLY, THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS...beat Milwaukee 101-98 on Wednesday night. It was Cleveland's 10th win in 11 games and 16th in 18. The Cavaliers are currently on a nine-game home winning streak of their own and have won 33 of 37 home games on the season.

Cleveland won both previous meetings with the Hawks in the course of just over 24 hours, winning 95-84 on December 29th in Atlanta and 106-101 in Cleveland on December 30th.

Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.

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