⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:25 · LAC 8-2 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 9:18 · LAC 81-72 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeff McInnis Technical Foul
Q4 11:38 · LAC 70-68 CLE
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 1 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
