⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 29-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:38 · CHA 68-69 CLE
- Steal
Gerald Wallace stole it from Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Q4 1:57 · CHA 89-94 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 3:04 · CHA 92-94 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jumaine Jones misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 1:13 · CHA 93-96 CLE
- Turnover
Raymond Felton offensive foul (2nd personal foul)
Q4 0:34 · CHA 93-96 CLE
- Turnover
Raymond Felton turnover
Q4 0:34 · CHA 93-96 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 10:10 · CHA 28-38 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive foul (Gerald Wallace draws the foul)
Q4 2:47 · CHA 87-94 CLE
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas lost ball
Q4 1:57 · CHA 89-94 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:33 · CHA 94-96 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
