⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+4Q124-19
+12Q226-15
-1Q321-21
+2Q430-26
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-10 off them
Key battles
24Points off turnovers10
11Offensive rebounds4
13Steals7
11Turnovers18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David Wesley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:22 · CLE 101-79 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
