⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 11-3 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:33 · CLE 8-0 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 11:23 · CLE 70-62 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas lost ball
Q4 1:12 · CLE 85-81 BKN
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · CLE 89-83 BKN
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · CLE 89-83 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 8:27 · CLE 8-9 BKN
- Steal
Jason Kidd stole it from Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Q4 1:12 · CLE 85-81 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses technical free throw
Q3 7:33 · CLE 44-46 BKN
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson lost ball
Q4 4:26 · CLE 76-75 BKN
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:59 · CLE 79-76 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
