⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeAndre Jordan flagrant foul type 1
Q4 10:41 · DEN 96-82 CLE
- Technical
Jamal Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:50 · DEN 104-91 CLE
- Technical
Bones Hyland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:38 · DEN 104-94 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:26 · DEN 26-30 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
