⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q4 8:52 · DAL 104-78 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 1:55 · DAL 81-69 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 2:47 · DAL 42-41 CLE
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q2 2:47 · DAL 42-40 CLE
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q3 1:55 · DAL 81-69 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
