⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
+1Q125-28
-4Q220-25
+2Q324-21
-2Q429-30
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
25Free throws made11
32%Three-point accuracy58%
8Turnovers14
15Assists24
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:00 · POR 31-28 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anderson Varejao offensive goaltending
Q4 1:12 · POR 90-95 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
