⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 1:36 · CLE 27-22 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 0:15 · CLE 61-43 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
