⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of fourteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:36 · ORL 9-17 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 6:28 · ORL 40-55 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 71% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 9 | Assists | 12 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
