⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q4 6:58 · OKC 87-102 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal offensive foul (Nenad Krstic draws the foul)
Q4 4:43 · OKC 87-91 CLE
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal turnover
Q4 4:43 · OKC 87-91 CLE
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
