Must win game for the Hawks
The Hawks came out on fire with a 13 to 2 lead to start the game with Middleton having 9 of those. Unlike game 2 the hot start would last and Hawks had a 50-44 lead at half time. The Cavs would go on fire in the 3rd quarter and take the lead. The combo of Horford and Milsap bounced back to take a 2 point lead after being down as many as 7 in the 3rd quarter.
Milsap would hit a 3 to tie the game with 4:40 to go. Milsap would hit another 3 pointer to cut the lead to 1 with 3:07 to go. Kyrie Irving for the cavs jumper would put them up 3. Irving would end up with 20 points and 11 assist. Horford would answer on the other end and Cavs back up by 1 with 1:24 to go in the 4th. Schroder would run a pick and roll and find Milsap for a dunk and his 18th assist of the game. Milsap and Horford would go on to combine for 50 points and 20 rebounds on the night.
Now it was crunch time Hawks up 1 with 51 seconds to go and Lebron James misses a shot. He was held to only 16 points on the night At this point Schroder was having a odd game he had a career high 18 assist with 0 turnovers and only 2 points. He would make his 1st turnover on a bad pass and the cavs would take advantage of it for a layup and they took a 1 point lead with 16 seconds to go. On the end Schroder would make up for it getting fouled and hitting 2 clutch free throws.
So after a timeout you have Cavs down 1 with 5 seconds to go and the following happened