⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:15 · CLE 14-9 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q3 3:10 · CLE 98-79 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:55 · CLE 125-100 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses technical free throw
Q2 8:21 · CLE 37-35 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
