⏱️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
▼ TOR 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 Raptors 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:39 · CLE 29-24 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 2:50 · CLE 59-51 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Drew Gooden traveling
Q4 1:15 · CLE 101-93 TOR
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:41 · CLE 105-97 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 4:26 · CLE 21-24 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 8:57 · CLE 89-87 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:13 · CLE 101-93 TOR
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:40 · CLE 105-97 TOR
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:40 · CLE 105-97 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
