AFP, CLEVELAND, OhioThe Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday handed Cleveland their first loss with a 110-106 win, breaking a series stranglehold that saw the Cavaliers sweep Atlanta out of the playoffs the past two years. The Hawks’ victory snapped an 11-game losing skid to Cleveland, who dropped to 6-1 on the season as they were the NBA’s last unbeaten team. “We were tired of getting pushed around by Cleveland and we wanted to beat these guys,” Hawks center Dwight Howard said. This is a much different Hawks team than the one that had been dominated by the Cavaliers and Howard is one of the reasons why. Cleveland swept the Hawks in the conference semi-finals last spring when they set three-point shooting records and won each game by an average of 12.5 points.

Source: Taipei Times November 09, 2016 16:05 UTC