⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:15 · CLE 91-101 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:56 · CLE 20-26 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 9:29 · CLE 30-44 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 0:47 · CLE 44-59 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
