⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 21 from three
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 7:15 · MEM 71-91 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:47 · MEM 39-47 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 1 | Threes made | 12 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 10 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
