⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:00 · CLE 30-23 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 1:54 · CLE 52-40 LAL
- Steal
Larry Hughes stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 1:25 · CLE 88-85 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:31 · CLE 85-83 LAL
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:47 · CLE 93-87 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Maurice Evans turnover
Q4 4:11 · CLE 78-79 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant lost ball
Q4 1:25 · CLE 88-85 LAL
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
