⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 9:15 · POR 45-28 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 7:01 · POR 84-54 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Daniels Technical Foul
Q4 7:48 · POR 102-77 CLE

Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q2 1:10 · POR 62-38 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |










