⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:12 · TOR 21-24 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 9:10 · TOR 45-59 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
