⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 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, 14 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- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-10 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 6:52 · CLE 24-14 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 2:39 · CLE 33-16 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
