⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 29
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 46
- Made eight threes to their fourteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:08 · CLE 43-38 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 7:29 · CLE 77-70 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:00 · CLE 34-38 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 1:17 · CLE 61-64 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyrie Irving technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:51 · CLE 73-70 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
