⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of eighteen from three
- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 18-10 off them
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 26
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 took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 10:19 · CLE 12-8 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 7:28 · CLE 13-20 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:30 · CLE 52-60 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 8:11 · CLE 79-93 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
