⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
-3Q129-34
-10Q220-30
+13Q329-18
-9Q416-24
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
Key battles
2Steals6
13Free throws made25
8Fast break points15
25%Three-point accuracy35%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 11:32 · POR 31-46 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
