⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 2:20 · CLE 11-25 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 8:40 · CLE 16-37 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Morris Peterson Technical Foul
Q3 0:10 · CLE 58-79 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
