⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 27
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:15 · CLE 30-21 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 10:45 · CLE 79-67 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Sasha Pavlovic double technical foul
Q1 3:29 · CLE 18-19 DET
- Missed FT
Daniel Gibson misses technical free throw
Q4 7:43 · CLE 82-69 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Webber technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 3:29 · CLE 18-19 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q2 10:52 · CLE 30-21 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:43 · CLE 81-69 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
