⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30- Made five threes to their eleven
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 5:35 · GS 78-70 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Harrison Barnes and Daniel Gibson
Q4 8:40 · GS 89-78 CLE
- Missed FT
Harrison Barnes misses technical free throw
Q4 8:40 · GS 89-78 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:37 · GS 48-43 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:37 · GS 65-65 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
