Paul Millsap: ‘Anything is possible and the impossible happened’

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CLEVELAND –- Paul Millsap looked like he had seen a ghost. And he sounded like someone who tried to explain what it’s like to see one.

In other words, the Atlanta Hawks forward couldn’t believe or describe what he had just witnessed.

“What happened? Not a clue,” Millsap answered when asked what happened after the Cleveland Cavaliers shot themselves into the history books and the Hawks into a 2-0 deficit. “A lot of 3s … I don’t know what else to say. I am still speechless.”

“I’m a man who believes anything is possible,” Millsap added. “And the impossible happened tonight.”

The Hawks looked shellshocked after their 123-98 loss to the Cavaliers that was even more lopsided than the final score indicated. This is what a team looks like after it’s buried alive under a historic avalanche of 3-pointers.

LeBron James and his Cavaliers drilled 25 3-pointers, setting an NBA record for most in a regular season or postseason game. The game was over for all intents and purposes after Cleveland came out making 18 of its first 27 3s in the first half, another NBA record.

Eighteen 3-pointers by halftime is a staggering number that is hard to wrap one’s head around. But try doing it from the Hawks’ perspective, as they watched Cleveland make more treys than Atlanta had total made field goals (11) in the first half.

It was 3-point bomb after 3-point bomb. First, several came open on the perimeter, many in the corner, after the Cavaliers broke down the Hawks’ defense with penetration into the paint.

It didn’t matter how closely the Hawks defended Cavaliers such as J.R. Smith, as the Cavs kept hitting from 3-point range. Tony Dejak/AP …

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