⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 2
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 49
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7 in the fourth quarter
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 cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q3 1:06 · CLE 81-101 HOU
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7
Q4 4:56 · CLE 111-118 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dion Waiters steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:29 · CLE 106-112 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 11:41 · CLE 2-12 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 31 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
