⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 27-18 off them
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:48 · CLE 17-17 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 1:23 · CLE 27-19 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q3 7:30 · CLE 59-50 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 0:38 · CLE 38-39 DEN
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses technical free throw
Q3 2:47 · CLE 59-55 DEN
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:41 · CLE 84-80 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q2 10:48 · CLE 27-33 DEN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up
Q3 4:13 · CLE 59-65 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q1 4:31 · CLE 10-17 DEN
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:39 · CLE 76-76 DEN
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
