⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, 24 of 44 from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-17 off them
- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 44
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:47 · CLE 49-47 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 3:21 · CLE 98-85 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:22 · CLE 131-112 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Garland technical foul
Q2 3:15 · CLE 57-55 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:49 · CLE 31-31 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:22 · CLE 33-39 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Moussa Diabate flagrant foul type 1
Q3 3:12 · CLE 93-85 CHA
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 24 | Threes made | 21 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 36 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
