⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 31
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30 in the second quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 49-point deficit to 36 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:00 · CLE 9-2 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30
Q2 2:08 · CLE 78-48 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q3 7:13 · CLE 89-53 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 49-point deficit to 36
Q4 8:29 · CLE 110-74 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
