⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
+6Q129-21
+1Q228-22
-4Q325-25
+5Q421-17
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-3 off them- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 24
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their 28
Key battles
3Free throws made20
19Points off turnovers3
54Points in the paint24
22Fast break points9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 10:15 · PHI 12-5 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
| PHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
