⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 9:52 · LAL 13-2 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q2 7:05 · LAL 47-20 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 36-point lead to 47
Q3 9:23 · LAL 74-27 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
