⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 27- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 18-10 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 8:11 · CLE 52-37 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 8:12 · CLE 89-63 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 9:27 · CLE 113-84 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 2:12 · CLE 26-20 PHI
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 4:18 · CLE 93-68 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
