⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 22-4 off them- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 25
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:00 · CLE 25-16 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 9:41 · CLE 47-29 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 3:57 · CLE 90-60 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Henderson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:52 · CLE 77-49 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
