⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 27-13 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 5:18 · CLE 40-28 MIL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q4 7:56 · CLE 91-68 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:52 · CLE 53-44 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 10:26 · CLE 53-47 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
