⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 18-4 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 9:14 · CLE 29-35 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 0:10 · CLE 55-49 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 7:31 · CLE 68-54 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Sasha Pavlovic double technical foul
Q4 0:14 · CLE 102-74 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:47 · CLE 5-13 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 6:37 · CLE 8-21 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
