⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
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
Q4 5:07 · CLE 77-88 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 3:54 · CLE 42-51 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:07 · CLE 77-88 TOR
- Turnover
Jerryd Bayless offensive foul (Alonzo Gee draws the foul)
Q4 2:40 · CLE 86-92 TOR
- Turnover
Jerryd Bayless turnover
Q4 2:40 · CLE 86-92 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
