⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
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 1 down to 10 up
Q1 9:10 · CLE 15-5 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 6:20 · CLE 58-47 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:05 · CLE 77-76 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 10:12 · CLE 72-72 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:31 · CLE 35-26 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
