⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 23 from three
- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 14-2 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:03 · CLE 9-2 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 6:03 · CLE 23-13 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 3:04 · CLE 92-77 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:26 · CLE 74-69 PHI
- Missed FT
Jeremy Pargo misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:04 · CLE 81-77 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 7:11 · CLE 39-28 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Turner misses technical free throw
Q4 7:26 · CLE 74-69 PHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 11 |
