⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 2:36 · CLE 30-22 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 11:15 · CLE 82-73 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 7:41 · CLE 95-77 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 11:25 · CLE 51-56 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:40 · CLE 98-88 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
