⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 30- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · CLE 97-89 BKN
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · CLE 97-89 BKN
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:23 · CLE 97-89 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Devin Harris flagrant foul type 2 (Jamario Moon draws the foul)
Q4 3:47 · CLE 90-79 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
