⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second 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
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three
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
- Steal
Jonas Jerebko stole it from Mo Williams
Q4 1:50 · DET 87-93 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jonas Jerebko turnover
Q4 1:49 · DET 87-93 CLE
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:13 · DET 87-93 CLE
- Turnover
Charlie Villanueva turnover
Q4 0:30 · DET 88-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:21 · DET 4-8 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 2:55 · DET 40-58 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 1:50 · DET 87-93 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James offensive foul (Jonas Jerebko draws the foul)
Q4 0:36 · DET 88-95 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 0:36 · DET 88-95 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 20 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
