⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 28- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 22-7 off them
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 5:53 · CLE 27-17 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 4:04 · CLE 80-71 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 7:31 · CLE 97-84 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
