⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- Winner
Vince Carter made 17 ft Jumper.
Q4 1:45 · TOR 69-67 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Donyell Marshall Lost Ball. Stolen by Eric Williams.
Q4 2:48 · TOR 67-63 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:02 · TOR 42-46 CLE
- Ties it
LeBron James made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Q4 2:09 · TOR 67-67 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:31 · TOR 67-63 CLE
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 18 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
