⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three- Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 1:22 · ORL 30-20 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q4 9:33 · ORL 88-92 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 9:30 · ORL 36-39 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
