⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:28 · CLE 55-51 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:11 · CLE 77-73 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
