⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 33
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 0:01 · CLE 34-25 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Person missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 12:00 · CLE 28-24 HOU
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 12:00 · CLE 28-24 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
