⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 30-18 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q3 10:52 · NY 48-69 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q3 1:46 · NY 66-92 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q4 5:39 · NY 88-104 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q1 1:06 · NY 22-42 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q2 9:37 · NY 24-52 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 6:35 · NY 51-81 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 2:57 · NY 35-59 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
