⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
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
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:39 · CLE 86-78 LAC
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:39 · CLE 86-78 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
