⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:48 · UTAH 51-56 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 1:51 · UTAH 68-82 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
