⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 41 from three- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 24-6 off them
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:30 · CLE 18-9 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 4:09 · CLE 63-42 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 8:09 · CLE 97-76 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeremy Lamb technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:35 · CLE 92-76 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
