⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-7 off them- Made one threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 2:39 · OKC 30-25 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 8:48 · OKC 68-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · OKC 95-103 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 8:02 · OKC 83-94 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruno Sundov Technical Foul
Q3 2:39 · OKC 70-75 CLE
- Turnover
Dajuan Wagner Traveling
Q4 2:28 · OKC 91-99 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · OKC 96-104 CLE
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 1 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 13 | Blocks | 6 |
