⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:13 · CLE 39-42 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 10:35 · CLE 89-102 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:36 · CLE 55-72 CHA
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:36 · CLE 55-74 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:56 · CLE 43-52 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q4 7:38 · CLE 94-119 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
