⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 23-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 3:06 · CLE 27-12 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 4:07 · CLE 43-26 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Bad Pass. Stolen by Jason Kidd.
Q4 1:23 · CLE 88-81 BKN
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:08 · CLE 89-83 BKN
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Bad Pass
Q4 0:00 · CLE 93-87 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd Bad Pass. Stolen by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Q4 0:13 · CLE 89-83 BKN
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · CLE 91-84 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
