⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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, 43 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 23-12 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 54
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:18 · BKN 80-86 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:35 · BKN 36-46 CLE
- Turnover
Caris LeVert bad pass
Q4 0:36 · BKN 106-113 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 4:28 · BKN 36-50 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 9:12 · BKN 82-98 CLE
- Steal
LeBron James stole it from Caris LeVert
Q4 0:36 · BKN 106-113 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Liggins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:03 · BKN 38-50 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · BKN 106-113 CLE
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
