⏱️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
-2Q129-28
-1Q227-24
+3Q325-21
+5Q421-13
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their fourteen- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 2
Key battles
20Fast break points2
29Free throws made10
7Blocks4
11Offensive rebounds15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 0:28 · CLE 88-73 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
