Cleveland Cavaliers want to take revenge for the lost final last year in the NBA and goes all looking for that opportunity. Wednesday, LeBron James team thrashed home to Atlanta Hawks, by 123-98, and did so with an impressive record: He got 25 triples in the game and exceeded the highest mark of a team in league history. The Eastern semifinal series is 2-0.
J. R. Smith, a specialist from long range, was the one who led the tremendous wave of triple drowned the Hawks. He puts forward seven finished the game with 23 points, below the list of scorers of LeBron, who scored 27 points with four hits from behind the arc. The team, in total, had those 25 hits on 45 pitches.
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The brand is not only the best team in the playoffs. He also surpassed that of any team in regular season. Until Wednesday, the best record they had tied for the Orlando Magic 23, in the 2008-2009 season against Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets in 2012-2013, against Golden State. The Warriors, exactly, were the owners postseason record with 21, recorded a few days ago against Houston.
"Tonight was special for all of us. This league has seen many great teams, great players and great shooters, and for us is very special to enter the record books," said LeBron James.
Coincidentally, two weeks ago it was surpassed the same record in the NL. On April 19, The Union of Formosa sprayed a mark of nearly eight and a half years of operation, the anotarle 24 triples to Olympic, and exceeded 21 Gimnasia de Comodoro Rivadavia Boca, from November 9, 2007.
Last night, the Cavaliers went into the break with a 74-38 advantage after 18 three pointers in the first half, another absolute record of the NBA, in 27 attempts. "What can you do against a team that has a night like this?" Asked Paul Millsap, Atlanta player.
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The Eastern semifinal series is now 2-0 in favor of the Cavaliers, after two games in Cleveland. The next meeting will be Friday and fourth Sunday, both will be played in Atlanta.
Thursday's second game of the clash will be played between Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat. The team of Luis Scola, relegated in recent games, is 1-0 down in the series, following the defeat Tuesday's 102-96 home.
