⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 68
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Darius Garland bad pass
Q4 4:23 · CLE 105-106 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 5:17 · CLE 105-109 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass
Q4 3:43 · CLE 107-109 DEN
- Turnover
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:38 · CLE 109-114 DEN
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · CLE 109-115 DEN
📊The numbers
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
