⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of twelve from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 6:26 · NY 68-81 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 2:10 · NY 40-47 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 2:29 · NY 55-74 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Ollie missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:29 · NY 80-88 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · NY 82-88 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · NY 82-88 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
