⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eleven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses technical free throw
Q3 10:11 · CLE 59-49 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cade Cunningham technical foul
Q3 10:11 · CLE 59-49 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
