⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-11 off them
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 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 7:07 · CLE 58-75 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Jumaine Jones Technical Foul
Q1 5:47 · CLE 4-17 PHI
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q3 4:16 · CLE 58-80 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:18 · CLE 2-9 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 8:37 · CLE 4-20 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 5:00 · CLE 90-115 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 39 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
