⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 25 rebounds to 15
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:15 · LAC 27-26 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:33 · LAC 63-65 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:52 · LAC 27-34 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 10:26 · LAC 77-80 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 6:50 · LAC 83-92 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 8:00 · LAC 79-80 CLE
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · LAC 95-101 CLE
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · LAC 95-101 CLE
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
