⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 54
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 25
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 3:15 · CLE 30-17 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 7:09 · CLE 93-74 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 4:37 · CLE 137-109 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 9:20 · CLE 41-31 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:12 · CLE 121-104 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 20 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 40 | Assists | 26 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
