⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+3Q131-27
-2Q217-18
-19Q315-33
-3Q425-28
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 21-13 off them
Key battles
11Free throws made23
3Threes made7
9Turnovers16
21Points off turnovers13
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
