⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 28 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
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 cut a 35-point deficit to 27
Q3 9:49 · CLE 51-78 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 21
Q3 0:01 · CLE 77-98 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:08 · CLE 7-15 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 6:50 · CLE 30-47 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q2 4:20 · CLE 32-60 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Deron Williams flagrant foul type 1 (Tyler Zeller draws the foul)
Q3 10:30 · CLE 41-71 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
