⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 0
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:48 · CLE 71-54 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:04 · CLE 71-60 DET
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:43 · CLE 79-65 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 2 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 18 | Blocks | 22 |
