⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:22 · DEN 8-0 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 1:07 · DEN 37-22 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 7:11 · DEN 56-35 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 11:11 · DEN 37-31 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 25
Q4 10:49 · DEN 108-83 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
