Dion Waiters had taken a deep shot that was going to be off, but luckily Alonzo Gee was under the basket to grab the ball and lay it in for the win. The Hawks could not get a shot off with only a second remaining. The Cavaliers had five players score in double figures, led by Jeremy Pargo who had 22 and then Waiters with 21 points. Gee added thirteen points and rookie Tyler Zeller scored ten off the bench. Anderson Varejao had a huge night for Cleveland, scoring 20 points and pulling down eighteen rebounds for a double-double, he leads all players in the NBA in rebounds per game. Tristan Thompson also grabbed fifteen rebounds.
Josh Smith stood and watched the final play happen, he took the blame after the game saying he could have tried to prevent the play from happening. The Hawks were leading the game 67-56 at halftime after Ivan Johnson hit a three pointer before the buzzer. The Hawks let this one slip away though to a team they should have easily beat.
Smith led the Hawks with 25 points as six players scored in double figures. Al Horford had another double-double scoring fifteen points and grabbing eleven rebounds. Lou Williams had eighteen points, Jeff Teague had fifteen, Devin Harris had thirteen and DeShawn Stevenson had twelve, all his points came on four 3-pointers. Kyle Korver missed the game with a sore back.
The Hawks fall to 9-5 on the year. They will have a long break, not playing again until Wednesday when they host the Denver Nuggets at Philips Arena. The Nuggets play on Monday at home before flying to Atlanta for Wednesday's 8 p.m. game that will be aired on ESPN.
Josh Smith drives through the lane against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he led the Hawks with 25 points in the loss.
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