⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:54 · CLE 82-83 NY
- Turnover
Eric Snow turnover
Q4 3:13 · CLE 82-85 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:05 · CLE 37-43 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 3:38 · CLE 82-92 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eddy Curry traveling
Q4 1:16 · CLE 82-87 NY
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · CLE 82-90 NY
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
