⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · CLE 0-8 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 11:02 · CLE 28-35 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 6:22 · CLE 59-76 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
