⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH 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 Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 8:21 · UTAH 15-6 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 2:27 · UTAH 30-20 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:15 · UTAH 32-32 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 5:33 · UTAH 56-61 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 10:06 · UTAH 71-86 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
