⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 41- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 10:53 · CLE 27-22 UTAH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 1:27 · CLE 65-56 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:33 · CLE 79-73 UTAH
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:33 · CLE 79-73 UTAH
- Missed FT
Sasha Pavlovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · CLE 79-73 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · CLE 79-73 UTAH
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:27 · CLE 79-73 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CLE | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
