⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 18-2 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 7:56 · LAC 20-4 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sam Cassell lost ball
Q4 0:39 · LAC 97-90 CLE
- Missed FT
Quinton Ross misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · LAC 98-90 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:57 · LAC 70-60 CLE
- Steal
Larry Hughes stole it from Sam Cassell
Q4 0:39 · LAC 97-90 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:28 · LAC 88-80 CLE
- Missed FT
Larry Hughes misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:32 · LAC 90-82 CLE
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
