⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 26
- A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
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
- Technical
Jason Kidd technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · DAL 68-82 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 9:44 · DAL 2-16 CLE
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21
Q2 6:34 · DAL 30-51 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
