⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 31
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 3:47 · CLE 30-18 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 10:52 · CLE 80-77 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 1:24 · CLE 105-87 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 10:18 · CLE 37-38 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 0 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
