⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 36
- A 21-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 15-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:11 · UTAH 22-22 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:34 · UTAH 49-53 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 8:32 · UTAH 2-8 CLE
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:24 · UTAH 36-47 CLE
- Technical
Bojan Bogdanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:34 · UTAH 49-55 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 25
Q3 8:50 · UTAH 58-83 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 11 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
