⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:32 · CLE 18-17 WSH
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Bad Pass
Q4 1:57 · CLE 99-92 WSH
- Missed FT
J.R. Bremer missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:00 · CLE 104-97 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas Bad Pass. Stolen by LeBron James.
Q4 1:44 · CLE 99-92 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
