⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 34- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 10:41 · CLE 2-4 MIN
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:12 · CLE 27-25 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:28 · CLE 19-23 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
