⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of ten from three- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- A 29-0 run took them from 7 down to 22 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 27-17 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:18 · MIL 11-0 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q2 2:45 · MIL 31-47 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 29-0 run
A 29-0 run took them from 7 down to 22 up
Q1 3:45 · MIL 17-39 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 11 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
