⏱️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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
- Went cold from three, five of 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson offensive foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)
Q4 3:47 · MIL 81-88 CLE
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson turnover
Q4 3:47 · MIL 81-88 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 4:37 · MIL 81-93 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses technical free throw
Q2 10:21 · MIL 16-22 CLE
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:48 · MIL 48-58 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
