⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 7:24 · CLE 19-16 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 9:41 · CLE 41-33 CHA
- Steal
Larry Hughes stole it from Sean May
Q4 0:27 · CLE 98-96 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 3:35 · CLE 96-91 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:02 · CLE 88-86 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses technical free throw
Q1 9:56 · CLE 4-5 CHA
- Turnover
Sean May bad pass
Q4 0:27 · CLE 98-96 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
