⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+6Q128-26
0Q224-23
-15Q313-28
-9Q417-29
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 30
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
Key battles
14%Three-point accuracy59%
2Threes made10
3Blocks8
12Assists20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 10:48 · BKN 52-61 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 0:35 · BKN 63-77 CLE
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
