⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 28
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 6:56 · CLE 24-11 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 10:18 · CLE 39-23 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 5:56 · CLE 52-34 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)
Q1 8:52 · CLE 9-2 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
