⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:40 · WSH 30-22 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison turnover
Q4 0:51 · WSH 88-91 CLE
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:15 · WSH 90-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 8:49 · WSH 32-34 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
