⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 29- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-10 off them
- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 46
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 52
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 11:21 · CLE 12-0 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 6:43 · CLE 26-8 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q4 5:45 · CLE 93-108 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:23 · CLE 39-38 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 3:47 · CLE 54-56 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 6:43 · CLE 65-76 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 38 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
