⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 29-9 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 5:31 · CLE 46-33 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 8:06 · CLE 88-63 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James double technical foul
Q4 4:26 · CLE 88-65 IND
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas double technical foul
Q4 4:26 · CLE 88-65 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 8:14 · CLE 13-14 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
