⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET 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 Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of 23 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:47 · DET 97-114 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
