⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 30 from three
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 35-6 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 2:19 · CHA 27-22 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 0:49 · CHA 27-32 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 9:34 · CHA 31-42 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 5:36 · CHA 40-57 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:52 · CHA 29-32 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
