⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:08 · LAL 64-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:35 · LAL 48-59 CLE
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:22 · LAL 56-74 CLE
- Technical
Lamar Odom double technical foul
Q4 4:03 · LAL 73-93 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 9:22 · LAL 8-11 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 7:28 · LAL 25-44 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 5:22 · LAL 73-94 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
