⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+6Q127-21
-8Q218-28
-11Q318-28
+2Q422-19
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to eleven
Key battles
10Fast break points20
11Offensive rebounds20
2Blocks4
21Points off turnovers17
🏀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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:53 · CLE 28-21 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
