⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 30
Q4 7:28 · DET 79-109 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 28
Q4 1:41 · DET 88-116 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:00 · DET 41-63 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:33 · DET 18-25 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 2:26 · DET 23-38 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 2 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 19 | Blocks | 14 |
