⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 6:26 · POR 19-13 CLE
- Lead
Travis Outlaw hit a 20-foot jumper, Brandon Roy with the assist
Q4 2:02 · POR 83-81 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Blake bad pass
Q4 0:00 · POR 83-84 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 4:03 · POR 81-81 CLE
- Ties it
LeBron James hit a 24-foot three jumper
Q4 2:26 · POR 81-81 CLE
- Winner
LeBron James hit a two point shot
Q4 0:00 · POR 83-84 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Drew Gooden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:39 · POR 83-82 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
