⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
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 cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 2:26 · CLE 71-84 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:24 · CLE 87-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic Technical Foul
Q4 0:24 · CLE 96-109 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
