⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of nineteen from three- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 22-11 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:52 · CLE 58-75 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 9:00 · CLE 54-73 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 4:52 · CLE 58-83 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:00 · CLE 95-105 GS
📊The numbers
| CLE | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
