⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:06 · CLE 10-2 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:24 · CLE 20-8 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 3:12 · CLE 106-84 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses technical free throw
Q3 10:17 · CLE 64-45 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
