⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:26 · BKN 18-16 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 3:24 · BKN 27-19 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 3:54 · BKN 74-58 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q1 10:11 · BKN 0-5 CLE
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · BKN 93-89 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 11:11 · BKN 58-49 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q4 6:45 · BKN 89-83 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:58 · BKN 91-83 CLE
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
