⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 2
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 6:28 · CLE 23-10 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q4 4:46 · CLE 107-78 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tristan Thompson and Bradley Beal
Q3 4:09 · CLE 70-59 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
