⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 28-8 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 3:43 · POR 39-32 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 3:12 · POR 69-53 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 6:20 · POR 89-65 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
