ATLANTA (AP) — De'Andre Hunter scored 23 points off Atlanta's bench and the Hawks beat Cleveland 117-101 on Friday in the NBA Cup, handing the Cavaliers a loss for the second time in three days.
The Cavaliers (17-3) still boast the NBA's best record but they once again couldn't match the Hawks' scoring depth. Trae Young had 21 points and 11 assists, and Jalen Johnson added 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as Atlanta finished with six scorers in double figures.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher, center, stands for the national anthem before an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder calls a play during a timeout during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (10) passes the ball against the Atlanta Hawks during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome (2) attempts to pass the ball against Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, left, attempts a slam-dunk against the Atlanta Hawks during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter reacts after making a basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Darius Garland led Cleveland with 29 points and Evan Mobley added 24 points, including seven dunks.
Atlanta won 135-124 at Cleveland on Wednesday night as Young set a career high with 22 assists. Young leads the NBA in assists 12.5 per game.
Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell was primarily defended by Dyson Daniels as he missed his first 10 shots from the field before sinking two 3-pointers late in the first half. Mitchell made only 5 of 23 shots and finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. ... After missing four games for left knee injury management, G Caris LeVert had eight points.
Hawks: Led by Hunter, Atlanta's bench outscored Cleveland's reserves 50-28.
After leading 52-50 at halftime, Clint Capela helped the Hawks pull away in the third quarter. Capela had three consecutive baskets as the Hawks stretched the lead to 67-57.
The Hawks matched their scoring high for a quarter this season by outscoring the Cavaliers 39-23 in the third period. They also scored 39 points in the second quarter of a 121-116 win over the New York Knicks on Nov. 6.
The Cavaliers will host Boston on Sunday. Atlanta visits Charlotte on Saturday.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher, center, stands for the national anthem before an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder calls a play during a timeout during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (10) passes the ball against the Atlanta Hawks during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome (2) attempts to pass the ball against Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, left, attempts a slam-dunk against the Atlanta Hawks during the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik Rank)
Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter reacts after making a basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
DUBLIN (AP) — An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government.
A poll released as voting ended at 10 p.m. (2200GMT) said center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, with its center-right coalition partner Fianna Fail at 19.5%. Left-of-center opposition Sinn Fein was at 21.1% in the poll.
Pollster Ipsos B&A asked 5,018 voters across the country how they had cast their ballots. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.
The figures only give an indication and don’t reveal which parties will form the next government. Counting of ballots starts Saturday morning and it will take between several hours and several days for full results to be known.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government — and will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, international instability and a cost-of-living pressures.
Polls opened at 7 a.m.. (0700GMT), and Ireland’s 3.8 million voters are selecting 174 lawmakers to sit in the Dail, the lower house of parliament.
Here’s a look at the parties, the issues and the likely outcome.
The outgoing government was led by the two parties who have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. They have similar center-right policies but are longtime rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland’s 1920s civil war.
After the 2020 election ended in a virtual dead heat they formed a coalition, agreeing to share Cabinet posts and take turns as taoiseach, or prime minister. Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin served as premier for the first half of the term and was replaced by Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar in December 2022. Varadkar unexpectedly stepped down in March, passing the job to current Taoiseach Simon Harris.
Opposition party Sinn Fein achieved a stunning breakthrough in the 2020 election, topping the popular vote, but was shut out of government because Fianna Fail and Fine Gael refused to work with it, citing its leftist policies and historic ties with militant group the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
Under Ireland’s system of proportional representation, each of the 43 constituencies elects multiple lawmakers, with voters ranking their preferences. That makes it relatively easy for smaller parties and independent candidates with a strong local following to gain seats.
This election includes a large crop of independent candidates, ranging from local campaigners to far-right activists and reputed crime boss Gerry “the Monk” Hutch.
As in many other countries, the cost of living — especially housing — has dominated the campaign. Ireland has an acute housing shortage, the legacy of failing to build enough new homes during the country’s “Celtic Tiger” boom years and the economic slump that followed the 2008 global financial crisis.
“There was not building during the crisis, and when the crisis receded, offices and hotels were built first,” said John-Mark McCafferty, chief executive of housing and homelessness charity Threshold.
The result is soaring house prices, rising rents and growing homelessness.
After a decade of economic growth, McCafferty said “Ireland has resources” — not least 13 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in back taxes the European Union has ordered Apple to pay it — “but it is trying to address big historic infrastructural deficits.”
Tangled up with the housing issue is immigration, a fairly recent challenge to a country long defined by emigration. Recent arrivals include more than 100,000 Ukrainians displaced by war and thousands of people fleeing poverty and conflict in the Middle East and Africa.
This country of 5.4 million has struggled to house all the asylum-seekers, leading to tent camps and makeshift accommodation centers that have attracted tension and protests. A stabbing attack on children outside a Dublin school a year ago, in which an Algerian man has been charged, sparked the worst rioting Ireland had seen in decades.
Unlike many European countries, Ireland does not have a significant far-right party, but far-right voices on social media seek to drum up hostility to migrants, and anti-immigrant independent candidates are hoping for election in several districts. The issue appears to be hitting support for Sinn Fein, as working-class supporters bristled at its pro-immigration policies.
Opinion polls suggest voters’ support is split into five roughly even chunks — for Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein, several smaller parties and an assortment of independents.
Fine Gael has run a gaffe-prone campaign, Fianna Fail has remained steady in the polls and Sinn Fein says it has momentum, but is unlikely to win power unless the other parties drop their opposition to working with it.
Analysts say the most likely outcome is another Fine Gael-Fianna Fail coalition, possibly with a smaller party or a clutch of independents as kingmakers.
“It’s just a question of which minor group is going to be the group that supports the government this time,” said Eoin O’Malley, a political scientist at Dublin City University. “Coalition-forming is about putting a hue on what is essentially the same middle-of-the-road government every time.”
Polls close Friday at 10 p.m. (2200GMT), when an exit poll will give the first hints about the result. Counting ballots begins on Saturday morning. Full results could take several days, and forming a government days or weeks after that.
Harris, who cast his vote in Delgany, south of Dublin, said Irish voters and politicians have “got a long few days ahead of us.”
“Isn’t it the beauty and the complexity of our system that when the clock strikes 10 o’clock tonight, there’ll be an exit poll but that won’t even tell us the outcome of the election," he said.
Lawless reported from London
Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina cast their votes for the 2024 General Election at St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.(Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, second left, accompanied by his wife Mary O'Shea, third from right, and his sons Micheal Aodh Martin, left, Ruairi Martin, second from right, and daughter Leana Martin, arrives to casts his vote at St Anthony's Boys' School, Beechwood Park, Ballinlough, Cork, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald walks to cast her vote at Deaf Village Ireland (DVI) on the Navan Road, in Dublin, as voters go to the polls in the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, accompanied by his wife Caoimhe and children Cillian and Saoirse, casts his vote at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
A man casts his vote in a ballot box on the Island of Gola as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
People cast their votes at Greenmount National School in Cork, as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Island residents walk to a polling station on the Island of Gola as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Island residents walk to a polling station on the Island of Gola as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Presiding officer Caroline Sharkey and Garda Ronan Steede look after a ballot box that is taken by boat to the Island of Gola as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Voters cast their ballots at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, accompanied by his wife Caoimhe and children Cillian and Saoirse, casts his vote at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Irish election posters hang from lamp posts in Dublin City centre, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, ahead of Ireland's election on Friday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Irish election posters hang from lampposts in Dublin City centre, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, ahead of Ireland's election on Friday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, speaks on the phone during a walkabout on the last day of campaigning, on the eve of the General Election, in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, speaks to the media outside Government Buildings, on the last day of campaigning on the eve of the General Election, in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Green leader Roderic O'Gorman, center, speaks to the media during a press conference at the Irish Architectural Archive, on the last day of campaigning on the eve of the General Election, in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris leaves Marconi House after speaking on Newstalk's Pat Kenny show, on the last day of campaigning on the eve of the General Election, in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, walks with candidates Eoin O Broin, left, Matt Carthy, right, and supporters arrive at Government Buildings, on the last day of campaigning on the eve of the General Election, in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Tanaiste and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, right, meets Barney Hynes and his grandson Wyatt McLoughlin in Arklow, Ireland, on the last day of campaigning on the eve of the General Election, Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
