⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards 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.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood double technical foul
Q4 9:03 · WSH 79-74 CLE
- Turnover
Caron Butler 3 second
Q4 4:52 · WSH 89-82 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:31 · WSH 74-73 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 8:41 · WSH 79-74 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
