⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:20 · MIN 25-25 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 8:30 · MIN 29-36 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Daniel Gibson misses technical free throw
Q1 2:31 · MIN 13-21 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
