⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-8Q120-26
-6Q222-25
-6Q321-24
+5Q420-15
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 20-5 off them
Key battles
20Points off turnovers5
2Fast break points8
38%Three-point accuracy63%
9Blocks5
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
