⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 17-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 5
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 51
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
- Steal
Georges Niang stole it from Jordan Clarkson
Q4 0:41 · CLE 120-113 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 1:35 · CLE 124-113 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul
Q4 7:40 · CLE 107-98 UTAH
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:59 · CLE 116-111 UTAH
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 1:35 · CLE 116-113 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Walker Kessler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:58 · CLE 111-108 UTAH
- Missed FT
Walker Kessler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:17 · CLE 115-110 UTAH
- Turnover
Jordan Clarkson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:41 · CLE 120-113 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CLE | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 20 | Threes made | 19 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 33 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
