⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:17 · WSH 12-8 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up
Q3 10:45 · WSH 68-61 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q4 10:26 · WSH 96-84 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jordan Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · WSH 114-107 CLE
- Missed FT
Othyus Jeffers misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · WSH 115-107 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 27 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
