⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-10 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 2:00 · CLE 76-74 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 10:18 · CLE 87-77 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 2:11 · CLE 104-83 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 0:29 · CLE 49-60 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeSagana Diop flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q4 4:00 · CLE 90-79 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
