⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their thirteen- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 21-12 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:33 · CLE 104-99 MIL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · CLE 111-106 MIL
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball turnover
Q4 0:00 · CLE 111-108 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 8:30 · CLE 63-74 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q4 1:35 · CLE 111-108 MIL
- Steal
Khris Middleton stole it from LeBron James
Q4 0:00 · CLE 111-108 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Sanders technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:44 · CLE 102-95 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
