⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 18-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:02 · DEN 63-79 CLE
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 3:02 · DEN 63-80 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 10:07 · DEN 57-74 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Anderson Varejao flagrant foul type 1 (Kenyon Martin draws the foul)
Q3 3:02 · DEN 63-79 CLE
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
