⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 1:20 · OKC 85-73 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q4 4:58 · OKC 106-89 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q1 8:07 · OKC 3-11 CLE
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
