⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, twelve of 39 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
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
- Missed FT
Reggie Bullock misses technical free throw
Q2 5:43 · DAL 30-42 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:58 · DAL 23-30 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 9:31 · DAL 28-39 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 6:31 · DAL 55-74 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
