⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 39 from three- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:31 · DEN 88-90 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:55 · DEN 99-103 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Collin Sexton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DEN 103-110 CLE
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
