⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
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 stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 11:33 · CLE 77-56 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Georges Niang and Jamal Cain
Q3 0:36 · CLE 103-72 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 18 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
