⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 2:02 · CLE 27-23 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dajuan Wagner missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:31 · CLE 84-89 SAC
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:00 · CLE 84-89 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:54 · CLE 8-18 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 1:27 · CLE 69-79 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vlade Divac missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:49 · CLE 85-89 SAC
- Missed FT
Vlade Divac missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:57 · CLE 87-89 SAC
- Missed FT
Vlade Divac missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:57 · CLE 87-89 SAC
📊The numbers
| CLE | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
