⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Snow offensive foul (Nenad Krstic draws the foul)
Q4 2:18 · CLE 95-98 BKN
- Turnover
Eric Snow turnover
Q4 2:18 · CLE 95-98 BKN
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas lost ball
Q4 2:03 · CLE 95-100 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:43 · CLE 9-18 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 11:15 · CLE 48-65 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 5:07 · CLE 90-98 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q1 0:45 · CLE 16-24 BKN
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q3 6:20 · CLE 54-67 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
