⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
- A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q2 7:07 · WSH 36-41 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 8:02 · WSH 95-78 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses technical free throw
Q1 11:23 · WSH 0-0 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:58 · WSH 18-28 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 0:03 · WSH 22-39 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 6:03 · WSH 60-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:21 · WSH 102-85 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
