{"id":432088,"date":"2023-03-29T00:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=432088"},"modified":"2023-03-29T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:26:09","slug":"hawks-edge-out-cavaliers-120-118-to-help-bucks-clinch-first-place","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/hawks-edge-out-cavaliers-120-118-to-help-bucks-clinch-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks edge out Cavaliers 120-118 to help Bucks clinch first place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Hawks came out victorious by the tightest of margins in a highly-contested match against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We Move \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rCLsbrd3uv\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rCLsbrd3uv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks\/status\/1640898368514711553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dejounte Murray scored 29 points for Atlanta as he sank three free-throws with 2:14 remaining to give his team the lead and then added a fall-away jumper with less than a minute to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Onueka Okongwu also shone as he was able to nestle season-high 21 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers were severely hampered by injury crises &#8211; Isaak Okoro and Jarrett Allen were both unfit to start, as the Cleveland team had to place their hopes solely on Donovan Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year old scored an impressive 44 points, with which he tied LeBron James&#8217; record of 10 games with 40 or more points in a season. 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