⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their fifteen- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 68
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul
Q2 6:09 · DEN 53-56 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:26 · DEN 36-40 CLE
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q2 7:16 · DEN 53-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darius Garland misses technical free throw
Q2 6:09 · DEN 53-56 CLE
📊The numbers
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 15 | Threes made | 23 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 39 | Assists | 40 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
