⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+4Q134-26
+14Q231-17
-1Q324-24
+3Q423-18
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 21
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 1
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
21Fast break points1
31Free throws made7
6Blocks0
3Steals10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:15 · CLE 9-2 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
