⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twelve- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
- Went cold from three, four of 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · DET 8-0 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 8:33 · DET 49-46 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:55 · DET 31-37 CLE
- Technical
Kwame Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:10 · DET 49-48 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 5:46 · DET 31-40 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q4 8:38 · DET 60-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses technical free throw
Q3 3:10 · DET 49-48 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
