⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 26, and were outscored 25-15 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 5:47 · DET 56-78 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q4 1:16 · DET 95-116 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 2:49 · DET 24-33 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q2 9:20 · DET 26-47 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 31
Q3 11:39 · DET 43-74 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
