⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 21-2 off them- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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.
Q3 5:20 · CLE 56-51 DET
- Missed FT
Lucious Harris missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 8:53 · CLE 68-61 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 5:20 · CLE 56-51 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 8:53 · CLE 68-61 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
