⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 25-8 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 37 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their 22
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 8:48 · CLE 25-32 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 1:34 · CLE 23-28 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 6:39 · CLE 31-48 BKN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 37
Q4 5:24 · CLE 74-111 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
