⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 23-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devean George missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:09 · LAL 115-111 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 10:30 · LAL 2-0 CLE
- Technical
Wesley Person Technical Foul
Q3 0:00 · LAL 90-74 CLE
📊The numbers
| LAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
