⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 3:47 · CHA 86-104 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Gerald Wallace Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 9:40 · CHA 51-59 CLE
- Flagrant
Gerald Wallace Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 8:34 · CHA 51-64 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 1:30 · CHA 49-59 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 1:43 · CHA 64-86 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 9:40 · CHA 51-60 CLE
- Missed FT
Jeff McInnis missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 8:34 · CHA 51-64 CLE
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 8:34 · CHA 51-65 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 75% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
