⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their ten- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 12
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their two
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 dragged them back level
Q4 11:11 · CLE 83-83 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:22 · CLE 28-31 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 2:06 · CLE 75-83 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 3:01 · CLE 93-105 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
