⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-17 off them- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 13
- Made five threes to their eleven
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 31
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 cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 1:47 · CLE 79-95 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 8:21 · CLE 8-23 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 7:28 · CLE 34-56 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 12 |
