Overview
- Hunter finished the sequence with a dunk after dropping Giddey, who limped to the locker room, returned minutes later, and struggled the rest of the night.
- Cleveland outscored Chicago 72-50 after halftime, with Hunter posting 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting as the Cavs completed the comeback.
- Giddey acknowledged his ankle rolled on the play and said it was not a highlight he wanted to be on, and there was no immediate report of a longer-term injury designation.
- Donovan Mitchell called it an all-time play and head coach Kenny Atkinson credited Hunter’s improved self-creation off the dribble from summer workouts.
- Videos of the crossover spread widely as Cavaliers players erupted on the bench, with Thomas Bryant even reenacting Giddey’s stumble during a timeout.