⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
David Lee flagrant foul type 1 (Mo Williams draws the foul)
Q4 3:33 · GS 108-91 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mo Williams flagrant foul type 1 (Stephen Curry draws the foul)
Q3 4:30 · GS 80-63 CLE
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:20 · GS 108-93 CLE
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
