⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 5:01 · BKN 15-23 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 4:03 · BKN 55-75 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
