⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 4:18 · ORL 74-65 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses technical free throw
Q2 10:33 · ORL 37-29 CLE
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tobias Harris and LeBron James
Q3 5:26 · ORL 64-62 CLE
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo possession lost ball turnover
Q4 0:58 · ORL 89-92 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dion Waiters technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:33 · ORL 37-29 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q4 3:42 · ORL 85-90 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · ORL 89-95 CLE
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
