⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two
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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:22 · CLE 4-10 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 0:54 · CLE 16-27 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
