⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
0Q125-29
+3Q226-23
-3Q320-24
-5Q420-24
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 23-13 off them
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 49
Key battles
14Free throws made27
13Points off turnovers23
23Turnovers13
19Offensive rebounds11
🏀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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
5 second
Q4 0:37 · CLE 91-98 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
