⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 1:42 · CLE 79-93 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kwame Brown Traveling
Q4 2:14 · CLE 77-85 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
