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By the Numbers: From Way Downtown

After their record-setting win over the Hawks on Wednesday and as the Wine and Gold travel to Atlanta, check out some interesting integers in our next Playoff installment of "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel.

25 … three-pointers that the Cavaliers drained in Wednesday’s Game 2 win – the most ever in a regular or postseason NBA game

.556 … three-point percentage – 25-for-45 – for the Wine and Gold in that record-setting victory

6 … straight games that Kevin Love has tallied a double-double to start the Playoffs – the only player in the NBA to do so

36 … points that the Cavaliers led Atlanta by at halftime in Game 2 – tied for the second-highest halftime advantage in postseason history

13:1 … Matthew Dellavedova’s assist-to-turnover ratio through the postseason’s first six games – with 26 assists and just two miscues

8.7 … turnovers that the Cavaliers are averaging in the 2016 Playoffs – 4.9 fewer than their regular season mark and best in the NBA this postseason

25.0 … points per game that Kyrie Irving is averaging through the 2016 Playoffs, tops on the Cavaliers and 4th in the NBA

14-0 … Cavaliers’ current combined postseason record against the Hawks and Pistons going back to the 2009 Playoffs

5,163 … points that LeBron James has scored over this postseason career, passing Tim Duncan for 5th on the NBA’s all-time list

10.0, .583 … Channing Frye’s scoring average and shooting percentage in two games against Atlanta

17.2, 12.0 … Kevin Love’s scoring and rebounding averages in the 2016 Playoffs

6 … games this season – including Wednesday’s win over Atlanta – in which Kevin Love posted a double-double by halftime

.528 … J.R. Smith’s shooting percentage from long-range (28-for-53) in the 2016 Playoffs

97, 16.2, .453 … three-pointers made, three-pointers per game and shooting percentage from long-distance by the Cavaliers in the postseason – all tops in the NBA

4.5 … offensive rebounds that Tristan Thompson is averaging during the 2016 Playoffs, tops among players still active

77 … postseason double-doubles that LeBron James has tallied over the course of his career

9-0 … Cavaliers all-time franchise series record after taking a 2-0 lead

30.8 … LeBron James’ career postseason scoring average against the Hawks – trailing only Jerry West (34.4 ppg against Boston) and Michael Jordan (against six different teams)

27.0 … assists per game that the Cavs are averaging through the first two games of the Second Round

1.000, 1.000 … Richard Jefferson’s shooting percentage from the floor (6-of-6) and beyond the arc (4-of-4) through the first two games of the Second Round

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