⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 22-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 7
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 1:04 · CLE 90-80 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 3:42 · CLE 106-101 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:52 · CLE 15-19 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson bad pass
Q4 3:40 · CLE 106-101 ORL
- Turnover
Moe Harkless steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:03 · CLE 108-101 ORL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
