⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 82 points inside to 40- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the second quarter
- Made six threes to their fifteen
- Went cold from three, six of 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kennedy Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:18 · UTAH 105-109 CLE
- Missed FT
Oscar Tshiebwe misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:01 · UTAH 111-119 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q2 10:33 · UTAH 30-44 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 4:01 · UTAH 106-117 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 33 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 82 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
