⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Made seven threes to their thirteen
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 28-8 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 0:55 · CLE 61-41 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · CLE 100-95 CHA
- Turnover
Collin Sexton out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:16 · CLE 100-98 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
