⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-7 off them- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 4:43 · HOU 43-39 CLE
- Go-ahead
Luther Head hit a 9-foot running jumper
Q4 0:34 · HOU 89-88 CLE
- Ties it
Yao Ming hit a 11-foot two point shot
OT 3:40 · HOU 95-95 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming lost ball
Q4 0:00 · HOU 91-91 CLE
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
OT 2:57 · HOU 95-97 CLE
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
OT 0:00 · HOU 102-104 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 0:44 · HOU 67-68 CLE
- Lead
Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit a 13-foot two point shot
OT 4:01 · HOU 93-95 CLE
- Winner
LeBron James hit a driving dunk
OT 3:24 · HOU 95-97 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Flip Murray turnover
Q4 4:37 · HOU 80-78 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:35 · HOU 82-81 CLE
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:05 · HOU 101-103 CLE
📊The numbers
| HOU | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
