⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34- They shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 26-17 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 7:43 · GS 20-13 CLE
- Steal
Monta Ellis stole it from Delonte West
Q4 0:58 · GS 109-115 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:04 · GS 112-115 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Monta Ellis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:36 · GS 60-67 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 4:20 · GS 47-55 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Delonte West lost ball
Q4 0:58 · GS 109-115 CLE
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
