⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:41 · NY 64-64 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 6:45 · NY 74-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddy Curry misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:59 · NY 98-105 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
