⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 4:26 · CLE 54-44 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 6:01 · CLE 79-61 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 31
Q4 6:35 · CLE 112-81 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q2 10:25 · CLE 41-42 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 38 | Assists | 19 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
