⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 51
- Beaten inside, 20 points in the paint to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:03 · WSH 22-10 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 9:11 · WSH 61-53 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shelvin Mack out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:22 · WSH 79-79 CLE
- Turnover
Garrett Temple bad pass
Q4 1:19 · WSH 81-82 CLE
- Missed FT
Emeka Okafor misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:46 · WSH 81-82 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 5:52 · WSH 79-82 CLE
- Winner
Tristan Thompson hit a jumper, Kyrie Irving with the assist
Q4 0:24 · WSH 82-84 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyler Zeller traveling
Q4 2:56 · WSH 79-82 CLE
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving traveling
Q4 2:05 · WSH 79-82 CLE
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · WSH 81-82 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
