⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of 23 from three- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 30-5 off them
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
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving possession lost ball turnoverDarren Collison
Q4 4:33 · CLE 89-91 DAL
- Missed FT
Alonzo Gee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · CLE 91-98 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 2:30 · CLE 24-24 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 4:54 · CLE 89-98 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses technical free throw
Q3 11:47 · CLE 52-51 DAL
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:09 · CLE 82-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Chris Kaman misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · CLE 95-98 DAL
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 14 |
