⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 14-6 off them
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
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive foul (Chris Bosh draws the foul)
Q4 3:35 · CLE 83-79 TOR
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas turnover
Q4 3:35 · CLE 83-79 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
