ATLANTA — There’s a blueprint to beat the Cavs, and the entire league is aware of it. It starts with running right past them.

For all the talk of being a defense-first group, Cleveland keeps stubbing its toe on the most basic part of defense. Getting back.

Friday’s contest against the Hawks didn’t uncover anything complicated in Atlanta’s 130-123 win at State Farm Arena. They ran. They kept running. And the Cavs never found a way to stay in front of them.

They torched the Cavs 36-17 in fastbreak points, slicing through possessions where some of those moments felt almost surreal. A 94-foot sprint ending with Atlanta gliding uncontested to the rim, the Cavalier closest to the play trailing by a full stride or two.

“We showed them a couple of clips at halftime where they just run, liter

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