⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 11:03 · CLE 79-74 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:25 · CLE 99-93 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 3:42 · CLE 50-54 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Clifford technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:34 · CLE 49-50 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
