⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:31 · BKN 16-11 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 9:30 · BKN 86-72 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Jefferson Double Technical Foul. Eric Williams gains possession.
Q3 1:42 · BKN 67-63 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:13 · BKN 28-35 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
