⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen- Made five threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wilson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · DEN 108-113 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:52 · DEN 31-35 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anderson Varejao bad pass
Q4 3:23 · DEN 100-105 CLE
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:03 · DEN 102-109 CLE
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
