⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:31 · DAL 57-33 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
