⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hawks 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:07 · CLE 24-18 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 0:00 · CLE 61-50 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeff McInnis Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 7:24 · CLE 101-76 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Childress missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:24 · CLE 101-76 ATL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
