⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+3Q130-24
+3Q226-18
+6Q326-20
-1Q420-22
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 40
Key battles
2Blocks9
23Points off turnovers9
25Offensive rebounds11
9Threes made4
🏀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 3-point lead to 11
Q2 9:15 · CLE 39-28 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 25 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
