⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 2:51 · CLE 66-51 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:50 · CLE 82-64 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 3:48 · CLE 90-70 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:49 · CLE 57-50 CHA
- Technical
Delonte West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:47 · CLE 74-58 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:39 · CLE 45-46 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:37 · CLE 74-64 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 2:23 · CLE 90-79 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
