⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 11:45 · CLE 32-20 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 7:01 · CLE 47-28 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:24 · CLE 40-28 DET
- Technical
Antonio McDyess technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:36 · CLE 72-56 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
