⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 34-17 off them
A 15-0 run took them from 6 down to 9 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 6 down to 9 up
Q2 11:38 · WSH 33-24 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Hughes Technical Foul
Q2 0:51 · WSH 45-42 CLE
- Technical
Kwame Brown Technical Foul
Q3 0:17 · WSH 64-75 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 8:27 · WSH 50-55 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 5:31 · WSH 55-68 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 0:33 · WSH 64-80 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 0:51 · WSH 45-42 CLE
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Technical Foul
Q4 9:06 · WSH 70-82 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James Bad Pass. Stolen by Kwame Brown.
Q4 0:18 · WSH 93-100 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
