⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q4 4:01 · OKC 81-97 CLE
- Technical
Desmond Mason double technical foul
Q4 2:01 · OKC 86-100 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:56 · OKC 62-67 CLE
- Technical
Ben Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:01 · OKC 81-97 CLE
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
