⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 14
- A 23-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q3 3:23 · BKN 69-88 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Ben Simmons and Jarrett Allen
Q3 11:46 · BKN 51-59 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 29
Q2 0:29 · BKN 51-80 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 2:57 · BKN 91-118 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 13 |
