⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-4 off them- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 51
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
Technical Foul
Q2 0:41 · CLE 44-52 LAL
- Flagrant
Chris Mihm Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 5:12 · CLE 62-68 LAL
- Turnover
Andre Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Derek Fisher.
Q4 2:13 · CLE 93-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 0:41 · CLE 44-52 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 5:12 · CLE 62-68 LAL
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
