⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 45 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 10:46 · CLE 20-33 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q3 4:11 · CLE 53-82 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 24 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
