⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up
Q1 2:08 · NY 24-29 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:55 · NY 69-80 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 4:16 · NY 82-96 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
