Cavaliers Narrowly Miss Record for 3-Pointers in a Playoff Series

The Cleveland Cavaliers were unstoppable from beyond the arc during a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, falling just two three-pointers shy of the all-time record for an NBA playoffs series, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Cleveland remarkably made 77 of its 152 three-point attempts (50.7 percent) over four games against Atlanta, nearly matching the NBA single-series record of 79 that was, coincidentally, set by the 2013-14 Hawks in a seven-game first-round clash with the Indiana Pacers.

The Cavaliers easily set a new mark for most three-pointers made in a four-game series, besting their own output of 57 from a first-round sweep of the Detroit Pistons, per NBA History on Twitter.

Furthermore, Cleveland sunk 15 or more treys in every game of the series, thereby becoming the first NBA team to record 15-plus three-pointers made in four consecutive games—be it in the playoffs or regular season, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Though it can't be called a rivalry, the Hawks have surely grown tired of facing a Cavaliers squad that also swept them in four games during last season's Eastern Conference Finals.

Going back to LeBron James' first stint in Cleveland, he led the Cavs to a four-game sweep of the Hawks in 2009, which gives him a 12-0 career record against Atlanta in the playoffs.

Despite qualifying for the postseason in each of James' four seasons in Miami, the Hawks never faced the Miami Heat in the playoff while James was on the team.