⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 21-8 off them
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 7 down to 3 up
Q2 3:35 · CLE 46-43 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Snow bad pass
Q4 0:41 · CLE 101-94 WSH
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:39 · CLE 101-97 WSH
- Missed FT
Eric Snow misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · CLE 105-99 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- Steal
Jarvis Hayes stole it from Eric Snow
Q4 0:41 · CLE 101-94 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:46 · CLE 74-63 WSH
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:43 · CLE 93-87 WSH
- Missed FT
Roger Mason misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:58 · CLE 97-89 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
