⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 2:23 · CLE 25-19 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Snow technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:09 · CLE 57-69 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q2 0:54 · CLE 43-56 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 8:37 · CLE 67-87 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses technical free throw
Q3 3:09 · CLE 57-69 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
