⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 41 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12
Q2 3:48 · DET 51-63 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 8:18 · DET 87-100 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:11 · DET 0-11 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 1:06 · DET 24-37 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 9:34 · DET 52-77 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul
Q4 4:53 · DET 90-103 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
