⏱️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
-2Q120-20
+2Q220-16
+3Q326-23
-3Q426-25
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their eleven- Lost the glass, 17 rebounds to 27
Key battles
15Fast break points5
10Blocks4
16Free throws made9
23Assists14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 3:59 · CLE 90-75 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:29 · CLE 81-75 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
