⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-12Q114-30
-3Q221-25
-3Q313-19
+7Q426-20
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three
Key battles
21%Three-point accuracy56%
3Blocks10
3Threes made9
36%Shooting from the field46%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 17
Q4 2:55 · CHA 74-91 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
