⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 42
- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 28-12 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 9:51 · CLE 15-5 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 3:46 · CLE 124-109 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 0:43 · CLE 72-65 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:27 · CLE 82-79 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 2:25 · CLE 99-96 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Miller technical foul
Q3 10:27 · CLE 79-68 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 20 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 34 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
