⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 32-16 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Facundo Campazzo and Ricky Rubio
Q3 2:45 · DEN 65-66 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 11:14 · DEN 72-85 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Ricky Rubio and
Q3 2:45 · DEN 65-66 CLE
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
