⏱️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
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-11 off them- Went cold from three, three of twenty
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:23 · CLE 8-0 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:31 · CLE 78-71 MIL
- Steal
Wally Szczerbiak stole it from Richard Jefferson
Q4 1:34 · CLE 96-88 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · CLE 98-90 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luc Mbah a Moute bad pass
Q4 4:52 · CLE 88-83 MIL
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson bad pass
Q4 1:34 · CLE 96-88 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
