⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 6:03 · CLE 58-72 DET
- Ties it
Brandon Knight hit a 25-foot three jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
Q4 1:01 · CLE 95-95 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Greg Monroe technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 3:18 · CLE 58-72 DET
- Turnover
Rodney Stuckey lost ball
Q4 3:13 · CLE 91-87 DET
- Turnover
Greg Monroe out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:55 · CLE 93-87 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
