⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 30 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 32
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 27-16 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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:08 · CLE 9-2 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 5:02 · CLE 57-40 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Larry Nance Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 0:23 · CLE 119-111 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 5:44 · CLE 79-71 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 3:24 · CLE 117-108 CHA
- Steal
Terry Rozier stole it from Larry Nance Jr.
Q4 0:23 · CLE 119-111 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Bismack Biyombo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:41 · CLE 90-80 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
