⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 22
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 took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:48 · POR 31-23 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 0:49 · POR 83-67 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 8:34 · POR 92-69 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 9:33 · POR 61-51 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:53 · POR 72-65 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q4 10:47 · POR 79-67 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
