⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 37 from three
- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 37
- A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Burned in transition, 14 fast break points to 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:27 · DAL 12-7 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 11:00 · DAL 50-30 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 3:25 · DAL 65-49 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luka Doncic bad pass
Q4 4:41 · DAL 105-100 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:33 · DAL 90-87 CLE
- Winner
Caris LeVert hit a 26-foot threeer
Q4 2:03 · DAL 105-107 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up
Q4 5:21 · DAL 105-111 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jarrett Allen bad pass
Q4 2:57 · DAL 105-102 CLE
- Missed FT
Georges Niang misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · DAL 110-113 CLE
- Missed FT
Georges Niang misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · DAL 110-113 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
