⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 7:56 · CLE 55-70 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shannon Brown misses technical free throw
Q4 6:41 · CLE 73-100 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 6:05 · CLE 16-29 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 1:13 · CLE 64-93 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 6:18 · CLE 75-109 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 6:41 · CLE 73-100 DEN
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 75 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
