⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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 6 down to 2 up
Q1 10:11 · CLE 8-6 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 9:32 · CLE 69-43 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 0:25 · CLE 88-57 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 2:18 · CLE 79-56 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:32 · CLE 32-19 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
