Atlanta played about as well as it could on Friday, but still came up short as the Hawks now have lost all 11 postseason games they have ever played against Cleveland. Al Horford scored 24 points, Jeff Teague added 19 points and 14 assists, and the Hawks shot 48.8 percent, but the Cavaliers were better down the stretch with unlikely hero Channing Frye leading the team in scoring with 27 points off the bench. Cleveland continued its hot shooting, making 53.8 percent from beyond the arc, and the Cavaliers show no signs of cooling off. Cleveland has covered the spread the last seven meetings. Six of the last eight meetings have gone OVER the total, including Game 3, which went OVER by 33 points. Also, the Cavaliers are 5-1 OVER after a win of 10-plus points. Play the Cavaliers and the OVER.
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NBA
Cleveland at Atlanta
May 8, 2016
3:35 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Cleveland -5 (-103) (risk 1.5 to return 2.96)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
1.5 units on Game Total OVER 203.5 -105 (risk 1.5 to return 2.93)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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