⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
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
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:48 · CLE 14-9 MIN
- Flagrant
LeBron James flagrant foul type 1 (Mark Blount draws the foul)
Q3 4:56 · CLE 55-50 MIN
- Technical
Anderson Varejao double technical foul
Q4 10:10 · CLE 68-64 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mark Blount misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 4:56 · CLE 55-50 MIN
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
