⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
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
- Technical
Donovan Mitchell technical foul
Q3 7:37 · CLE 67-74 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 6:54 · CLE 16-26 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 10:04 · CLE 90-111 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 35 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
