⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve
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 11-point lead to 19
Q4 10:15 · CLE 81-62 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:13 · CLE 11-15 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:30 · CLE 21-25 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
