⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 28- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:23 · CLE 15-6 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:58 · CLE 48-46 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 7:01 · CLE 48-50 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 4:22 · CLE 99-118 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
