⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:07 · CLE 17-12 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 8:30 · CLE 46-41 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyler Zeller technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:37 · CLE 61-70 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · CLE 0-8 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:35 · CLE 30-30 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q3 5:37 · CLE 61-70 DEN
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
