⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 26-16 off them
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 26
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 3:37 · BKN 58-56 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 10:09 · BKN 101-95 CLE
- Lead
Royce O'Neale hit a 23-foot threeer, Mikal Bridges with the assist
Q4 1:58 · BKN 108-105 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dorian Finney-Smith bad pass
Q4 2:28 · BKN 105-103 CLE
- Missed FT
Cam Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:36 · BKN 108-105 CLE
- Turnover
Royce O'Neale bad pass
Q4 0:43 · BKN 111-109 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:25 · BKN 5-16 CLE
- Ties it
Donovan Mitchell hit a 3-foot dunk
Q4 0:41 · BKN 111-111 CLE
- Winner
Donovan Mitchell hit a 27-foot threeer
Q4 0:12 · BKN 113-114 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Garland flopping technical foul
Q2 0:38 · BKN 60-61 CLE
- Turnover
Isaac Okoro offensive foul
Q4 2:56 · BKN 105-103 CLE
- Turnover
Isaac Okoro turnover
Q4 2:56 · BKN 105-103 CLE
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
