⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their no
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:47 · DAL 10-17 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Ira Newble Technical Foul
Q4 4:05 · DAL 116-101 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 0 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
