⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 28-10 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 7:43 · CLE 16-8 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 0:26 · CLE 51-33 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
