⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
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
- Ties it
Damon Jones hit a 23-foot three jumper, Larry Hughes with the assist
OT 1:00 · CLE 100-100 CHA
- Winner
LeBron James hit a 30-foot three jumper, Damon Jones with the assist
2OT 4:05 · CLE 103-102 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
2OT 4:05 · CLE 109-102 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Drew Gooden lost ball
Q4 3:00 · CLE 84-86 CHA
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
OT 4:03 · CLE 94-93 CHA
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
OT 1:45 · CLE 97-97 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 10:55 · CLE 60-61 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 5:52 · CLE 66-73 CHA
- Lead
Matt Carroll hit a three jumper, Jason Richardson with the assist
OT 1:24 · CLE 97-100 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Richardson turnover
Q4 0:08 · CLE 100-100 CHA
- Turnover
Jason Richardson lost ball
OT 3:47 · CLE 94-93 CHA
- Turnover
Emeka Okafor turnover
OT 0:38 · CLE 100-100 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 85 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
