⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-10 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:01 · CHA 65-70 CLE
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
Q2 6:18 · CHA 40-47 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q3 11:25 · CHA 54-68 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 9:15 · CHA 71-88 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 0 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
