⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 5
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 6:31 · CLE 88-108 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Brown technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:26 · CLE 51-59 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:04 · CLE 27-27 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:17 · CLE 51-65 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 0:30 · CLE 68-90 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 39 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
