⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 29
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 28-13 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 30
- A 22-0 run from level to 22 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run from level to 22 points up
Q1 10:57 · POR 24-2 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q1 3:21 · POR 33-4 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 41
Q3 11:18 · POR 74-33 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 43-point deficit to 33
Q4 9:12 · POR 96-63 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Ramon Sessions technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:47 · POR 55-18 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 6 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
