⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 6
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 14-point lead to 24
Q3 7:54 · CLE 72-48 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
