⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 10:02 · CLE 90-81 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses technical free throw
Q1 6:18 · CLE 9-13 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 1 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 15 |
| 12 | Blocks | 20 |
