⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 1 down to 9 up
Q1 2:34 · CLE 31-22 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:16 · CLE 96-88 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:15 · CLE 10-14 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Turnover
Q4 4:01 · CLE 92-84 MIN
- Turnover
Troy Hudson Lost Ball. Stolen by Drew Gooden.
Q4 2:19 · CLE 96-88 MIN
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
