⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 30- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
- Made six threes to their twelve
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 10:55 · CLE 64-53 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 1:19 · CLE 87-72 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:33 · CLE 66-57 MIL
- Missed FT
Larry Hughes misses technical free throw
Q3 3:48 · CLE 72-63 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:46 · CLE 72-69 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
