⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 2:55 · DAL 95-93 CLE
- Lead
Dirk Nowitzki hit a 25-foot three jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
OT 4:26 · DAL 98-95 CLE
- Lead
Dirk Nowitzki hit a 24-foot three jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
OT 2:16 · DAL 103-100 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki lost ball turnover
Q4 0:03 · DAL 95-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:18 · DAL 23-22 CLE
- Ties it
Kevin Love hit a 25-foot three jumper, Kyrie Irving with the assist
OT 4:01 · DAL 98-98 CLE
- Go-ahead
Kyrie Irving hit a two point shot, LeBron James with the assist
OT 1:31 · DAL 103-104 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:19 · DAL 85-89 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:04 · DAL 105-109 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
