⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 23
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 30-9 off them
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 4:41 · WSH 21-12 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 8:15 · WSH 92-61 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 39
Q4 5:54 · WSH 104-65 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood double technical foul
Q1 9:27 · WSH 4-4 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
