⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:20 · BKN 58-59 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Mikki Moore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:24 · BKN 28-43 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 4:03 · BKN 13-24 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:54 · BKN 15-32 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 4:43 · BKN 67-83 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
