⏱️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
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:07 · CLE 55-51 PHI
- Ties it
Delonte West hit a 24-foot three jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 1:13 · CLE 88-88 PHI
- Winner
LeBron James hit a 4-foot running jumper
Q4 0:19 · CLE 90-88 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Brown traveling
Q4 1:37 · CLE 85-88 PHI
- Missed FT
Joe Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · CLE 90-88 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:00 · CLE 22-33 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Louis Williams traveling
Q4 4:39 · CLE 80-80 PHI
- Turnover
Thaddeus Young turnover
Q4 0:40 · CLE 88-88 PHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
