⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q3 5:21 · BKN 69-76 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q4 6:37 · BKN 86-107 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
