⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of fourteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:41 · WSH 17-8 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kwame Brown Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 0:03 · WSH 30-22 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 0:03 · WSH 30-22 CLE
- Missed FT
Jeff McInnis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 2:14 · WSH 76-74 CLE
- Missed FT
Eric Snow missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:59 · WSH 113-105 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
