⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:02 · DAL 36-28 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Thomas misses technical free throw
Q3 11:48 · DAL 52-50 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:03 · DAL 36-37 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
