⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q3 7:48 · CLE 66-48 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:00 · CLE 79-67 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 9 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
