⏱️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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:32 · BKN 80-71 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caris LeVert bad pass
Q4 4:49 · BKN 100-105 CLE
- Missed FT
DeMarre Carroll misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:24 · BKN 106-114 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 9:09 · BKN 8-9 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 6:32 · BKN 13-19 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q4 7:26 · BKN 102-109 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 3 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 23 | Blocks | 21 |
