⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 35
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 50
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 dragged them back level
Q3 7:33 · CLE 59-59 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeff McInnis Traveling
Q4 1:23 · CLE 87-93 HOU
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Offensive Foul. Ilgauskas's 6th Personal Foul, Cleveland's 6th Team Foul.
Q4 0:55 · CLE 87-95 HOU
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Foul
Q4 0:55 · CLE 87-95 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:34 · CLE 85-91 HOU
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
