⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their 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 cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:58 · CLE 70-79 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Sasha Pavlovic flagrant foul type 1 (Mikki Moore draws the foul)
Q3 10:11 · CLE 41-51 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 3:56 · CLE 15-24 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 10:56 · CLE 41-59 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
