⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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)
Q1 6:24 · CLE 10-6 HOU
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 0:44 · CLE 36-40 HOU
- Technical
Larry Hughes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:24 · CLE 68-79 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 7:18 · CLE 10-10 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 9:49 · CLE 66-79 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
