⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen
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
- Steal
Sam Merrill stole it from Mark Williams
Q4 1:09 · CLE 95-103 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:45 · CLE 54-51 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 0:32 · CLE 75-75 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 8:35 · CLE 81-90 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mark Williams lost ball turnover
Q4 1:09 · CLE 95-103 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
