⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lost the glass, 13 rebounds to 23
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 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 4:15 · CLE 50-67 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 4:09 · CLE 74-90 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
