⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 1:47 · WSH 93-74 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 7:41 · WSH 38-46 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:42 · WSH 111-99 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Damon Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:31 · WSH 107-85 CLE
- Technical
Damon Jones technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:31 · WSH 107-85 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
