⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 4:16 · CLE 43-37 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Offensive Foul
Q4 0:33 · CLE 77-74 NO
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Foul
Q4 0:33 · CLE 77-74 NO
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · CLE 78-76 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
P.J. Brown Technical Foul
Q3 3:40 · CLE 53-47 NO
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:47 · CLE 77-74 NO
- Turnover
Jamal Mashburn Lost Ball
Q4 0:11 · CLE 77-74 NO
📊The numbers
| CLE | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 13 | Blocks | 3 |
