⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:31 · CLE 44-34 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 8:29 · CLE 61-48 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 2:24 · CLE 105-90 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
