⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:45 · CLE 32-27 BKN
- Technical
Robert Traylor Technical Foul. Traylor's 5th Personal Foul, Cleveland's 10th Team Foul.
Q3 1:17 · CLE 74-74 BKN
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:35 · CLE 100-95 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 11:37 · CLE 53-53 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · CLE 95-92 BKN
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson Bad Pass. Stolen by LeBron James.
Q4 1:22 · CLE 97-93 BKN
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson Bad Pass. Stolen by Lucious Harris.
Q4 0:00 · CLE 103-97 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
