⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BKN 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 Nets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 30 from three- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 10:49 · CLE 59-70 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:53 · CLE 100-109 BKN
- Steal
Donovan Mitchell stole it from T.J. Warren
Q4 1:15 · CLE 113-121 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 6:43 · CLE 10-19 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 3:00 · CLE 45-58 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 2:52 · CLE 111-118 BKN
- Turnover
T.J. Warren lost ball turnover
Q4 1:15 · CLE 113-121 BKN
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving traveling
Q4 0:51 · CLE 115-121 BKN
📊The numbers
| CLE | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
