⏱️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 first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:54 · CLE 24-14 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:36 · CLE 34-21 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James offensive foul (Bostjan Nachbar draws the foul)
Q4 2:36 · CLE 87-83 BKN
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 2:36 · CLE 87-83 BKN
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CLE 93-91 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:02 · CLE 46-43 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 8:41 · CLE 75-79 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses technical free throw
Q2 5:56 · CLE 40-24 BKN
- Turnover
Vince Carter turnover
Q4 3:57 · CLE 83-83 BKN
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 3:27 · CLE 85-83 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
