⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 2:19 · CLE 29-18 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 9:47 · CLE 64-43 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
