⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 5:54 · DAL 82-57 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 10:11 · DAL 101-70 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Terry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 0:20 · DAL 63-48 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 26
Q4 4:16 · DAL 112-86 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 0:20 · DAL 63-48 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 3 |
| 78% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 12 | Blocks | 9 |
