⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q2 3:47 · CHA 54-66 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 4:23 · CHA 96-113 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 2 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 16 | Blocks | 19 |
