⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-7 off them- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 54
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Parker misses technical free throw
Q3 6:54 · CLE 49-61 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:38 · CLE 5-13 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 2:46 · CLE 13-26 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 10:55 · CLE 18-37 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Daequan Cook misses technical free throw
Q2 5:03 · CLE 26-44 OKC
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:54 · CLE 49-61 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
