⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
A 18-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 10 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 1:00 · BKN 39-30 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:43 · BKN 85-75 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
