⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 15-2 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
- Ties it
Carlos Boozer made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
OT 2:47 · CLE 84-84 PHI
- Ties it
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made Layup.
OT 1:54 · CLE 86-86 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Offensive Foul
Q4 1:47 · CLE 78-82 PHI
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Foul
Q4 1:47 · CLE 78-82 PHI
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Lost Ball. Stolen by Allen Iverson.
OT 0:34 · CLE 86-88 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- Lead
John Salmons made Layup.
OT 2:28 · CLE 84-86 PHI
- Winner
Aaron McKie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
OT 0:56 · CLE 86-87 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron McKie Technical Foul
Q2 5:35 · CLE 36-30 PHI
- Turnover
Allen Iverson Bad Pass
Q4 2:04 · CLE 78-82 PHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 17 | Blocks | 3 |








