⏱️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
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 20-4 off them- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to six
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 10:30 · CLE 81-64 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Sasha Pavlovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:57 · CLE 50-48 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruce Bowen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:56 · CLE 49-48 SA
📊The numbers
| CLE | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
