⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+4Q125-24
-3Q227-33
-10Q320-32
+8Q427-20
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
8Steals3
2Blocks6
46%Three-point accuracy32%
19Assists28
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:31 · CLE 97-107 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
