⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of twenty from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:18 · CLE 24-19 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 10:06 · CLE 29-33 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:03 · CLE 83-73 NY
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
