⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 24-10 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 1:34 · CLE 87-82 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 2:57 · CLE 115-113 DAL
- Lead
Donovan Mitchell hit a 24-foot three shot
Q4 0:29 · CLE 118-115 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell lost ball turnover
Q4 0:48 · CLE 115-113 DAL
- Turnover
Evan Mobley out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:08 · CLE 118-117 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 6:48 · CLE 98-108 DAL
- Ties it
Josh Green hit a dunk, Luka Doncic with the assist
Q4 0:45 · CLE 115-115 DAL
- Go-ahead
P.J. Washington hit a layup, Luka Doncic with the assist
Q4 0:02 · CLE 118-119 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:40 · CLE 103-110 DAL
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving offensive foul
Q4 1:03 · CLE 115-113 DAL
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving turnover
Q4 1:03 · CLE 115-113 DAL
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 20 | Threes made | 14 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 35 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
