⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-6 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Made three threes to their ten
- They shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:09 · BKN 21-18 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 1:44 · BKN 34-20 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 2:05 · BKN 57-41 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lucious Harris missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:11 · BKN 31-20 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyrone Hill Technical Foul
Q2 10:11 · BKN 31-20 CLE
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q2 0:00 · BKN 52-41 CLE
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 13 | Blocks | 4 |
