⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 32
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:26 · CLE 10-0 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 4:01 · CLE 28-11 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 7:41 · CLE 94-69 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:06 · CLE 56-49 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
