⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 34
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 0:06 · CLE 31-21 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Lee Nailon Technical Foul
Q4 2:46 · CLE 89-71 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 2:47 · CLE 89-78 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom Technical Foul
Q2 0:55 · CLE 51-37 MIA
- Missed FT
John Wallace missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 2:46 · CLE 89-71 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
