⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 7
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 9:41 · CLE 51-49 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q4 10:22 · CLE 79-75 UTAH
- Lead
Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit a 15-foot jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 0:39 · CLE 92-90 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses technical free throw
Q1 1:35 · CLE 19-17 UTAH
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · CLE 95-92 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 1:08 · CLE 19-28 UTAH
- Ties it
Carlos Boozer hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:54 · CLE 90-90 UTAH
- Ties it
Carlos Boozer hit a 15-foot jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
Q4 0:31 · CLE 92-92 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko traveling
Q4 4:54 · CLE 82-81 UTAH
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer bad pass
Q4 4:05 · CLE 82-81 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CLE | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
