⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 18-0 run took them from 15 down to 3 up in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball
Q4 1:39 · CLE 77-82 WSH
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 1:35 · CLE 77-84 WSH
- Turnover
Anderson Varejao lost ball
Q4 0:09 · CLE 84-89 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 15 down to 3 up
Q1 2:41 · CLE 23-26 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 3:05 · CLE 57-59 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 2:23 · CLE 77-87 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Billy Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · CLE 84-89 WSH
- Missed FT
Billy Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · CLE 84-89 WSH
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CLE 84-90 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
