⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their sixteen
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 9:11 · CLE 12-2 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 3:32 · CLE 92-77 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:17 · CLE 44-29 DET
- Technical
Darnell Jackson double technical foul
Q2 0:00 · CLE 46-32 DET
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3 second
Q4 4:26 · CLE 83-75 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11
Q4 9:11 · CLE 82-71 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Amir Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:35 · CLE 34-23 DET
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q2 1:17 · CLE 44-29 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
