⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of eighteen from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 9:11 · CLE 94-86 OKC
- Winner
Kyrie Irving hit a driving layup
Q4 1:12 · CLE 110-108 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:18 · CLE 31-38 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 6:30 · CLE 94-97 OKC
- Ties it
Kevin Durant hit a three jumper, Russell Westbrook with the assist
Q4 1:25 · CLE 108-108 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Liggins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 0:49 · CLE 22-21 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
