⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 34 from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q1 6:30 · DAL 16-19 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:27 · DAL 66-75 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:35 · DAL 97-98 CLE
- Missed FT
Kyle Korver misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:44 · DAL 97-102 CLE
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:28 · DAL 102-107 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 3 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 17 |
| 26 | Blocks | 18 |
