⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 29 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball
Q4 3:06 · CLE 76-82 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 3:04 · CLE 33-47 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dikembe Mutombo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:55 · CLE 76-82 HOU
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady bad pass
Q4 2:49 · CLE 76-82 HOU
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
