⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 29 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 11:11 · MEM 33-38 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q4 5:03 · MEM 86-111 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 5:48 · MEM 15-28 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:45 · MEM 8-8 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
