⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
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 4 down to 6 up
Q1 10:38 · CLE 12-6 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James Technical Foul
Q3 4:43 · CLE 75-68 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 4:43 · CLE 75-68 MIL
- Turnover
Damon Jones Backcourt
Q4 1:35 · CLE 103-95 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
